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Report: Blockchain Patents ‘Skyrocket’ in 2020, Alibaba Owns the Most Crypto Patents
20.9.2020
A study from the team at Kisspatent shows that Alibaba Group is the largest blockchain patent holder in 2020 capturing 10x the number of patents held by IBM. The report notes that blockchain patents “are skyrocketing” this year and so far in 2020, there’s been more distributed...
Crypto exchange volume data is becoming more reliable — but it’s still far from perfect
9.9.2020
There has been a threefold improvement in the quality of data on crypto rankings site CoinMarketCap, according to a new report, but wash trading remains a thorny issue
Money Market Protocol Aave Settles $300 Million in Defi Flash Loans
2.9.2020
This weekend the decentralized money market protocol Aave broke records as the community witnessed a massive flash loan of $14 million worth of the stablecoin DAI. So far, the Aave protocol has seen over $300 million in flash loans to-date and this trend doesn’t seem to be abating any time...
Banks in Mexico Pose Greater Money Laundering Risk Than Crypto Firms, Says Report
28.8.2020
Commercial banks by far pose the greatest risk of money laundering in Mexico compared to crypto-related companies, according to a new report by the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The study singles out what it calls the “G7 banking group”, which includes BBVA...
The frontrunner in ByBit’s trading competition is up 4000% so far
26.8.2020
How the heck is this even possible?
Comparing Data in Google and Netlify Analytics
25.8.2020
Jim Nielsen:
the datasets weren’t even close for me.
Google Analytics works by putting a client-side bit of JavaScript on your site. Netlify Analytics works by parsing server logs server-side. They are not exactly apples to apples, feature-wise. Google Analytics is, I think it’s fair...
The New CSS-Tricks Video Intro by dina Amin
18.8.2020
You know we do video screencasts, right? It’s not, like, super regular, but I have done them for a long time, still like doing them, and plan to keep doing them. I publish them here, but you can subscribe over on YouTube as well.
I’ve had a couple of different custom video intro...
‘The Enron of Europe’ — What We Know So Far About the Wirecard Scandal
7.8.2020
Australian YouTuber Dagogo Altraide posted a new video to his 2.5M subscribers detailing the fall of FinTech company Wirecard
Ethereum’s Adoption Rate After 5 Years Far Exceeds Bitcoin’s
29.7.2020
One metric suggests that heading into its fifth anniversary, Ethereum has had a much faster rate of growth and adoption than Bitcoin
Crypto Scammers Steal $381 Million in 2020, While Twitter Hackers Direct Funds to Mixers
24.7.2020
Cryptocurrency related scams have taken a total of $381 million from victims so far this year. This figure makes crypto scams the largest category of cryptocurrency-related crimes so far in 2020. Chainalysis data still shows current figures are well below those seen in 2019. In 2019, scams...
Analysts Claim Bitcoin’s 76 Day Stability ‘Bullish’: Hash Ribbons Cross and 2016 Patterns
21.7.2020
The price of bitcoin has been very stable lately, and the crypto asset has been trading in a less volatile range just above $9k per coin for 76 consecutive days. After the third halving, the price of bitcoin has also been far more stable, in contrast to the price action after the second halving....
Crypto Scams Reach New Heights in 2020 With $24M Stolen So Far
13.7.2020
Whale Alert alleges that crypto scams are skyrocketing in 2020 compared to statistics from 2017
Altseason Imminent: ‘Most Altcoins Should Gain on Bitcoin Soon,’ Says Veteran Analyst
13.7.2020
During the last 30 and 90-day intervals, a number of altcoins have done much better than bitcoin, as far as price percentage increases are concerned. Last Thursday, the popular analyst Peter Brandt told his 360,000 followers that the price of ethereum saw a “significant breakout”...
Mining Company Ebang’s Stock Listed on Nasdaq Down 11%, Firm Plans to Launch Offshore Exchange
3.7.2020
The bitcoin ASIC mining rig manufacturer, Ebang International Holdings, was recently listed on Nasdaq last Friday on June 26. Ebang is now the second mining rig manufacturer to have a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) by selling company shares. Since the initial sale on opening day, Ebang’s...
When a Line Doesn’t Break
2.7.2020
We expect a line to break when the text on that line reaches the parent box boundaries. We see this every time we create a paragraph, just like this one. When the parent box doesn’t have enough room for the next word in a line, it breaks it and moves down to the next line and repeats that...
Holders Gather 233K BTC This Year, While Bitcoin Cash Savers Outshine Composition by Time Held
19.6.2020
Market data from Glassnode shows that bitcoin holders have increased their positions by 233,000 BTC since January 1, 2020. However, when it comes to holders making money at the current price, bitcoin cash and bitcoinsv have performed better and the concentration of large holders is larger too....
Web Engine Diversity and Ecosystem Health
16.6.2020
As front-end developers, our job is working with browsers. Knowing how many we have and the health of them is always of great interest. As far as numbers go, we have fewer recently than we have in the past. It’s only this month that Edge is starting to auto-update browsers to the Chromium...
CUBE CSS
11.6.2020
A CSS methodology from Andy Bell:
The most important part of this methodology is the language itself: CSS. It’s key to note its existence in the name because some alternative approaches, such as BEM—which I have enjoyed for many years—can veer very far away from Cascading Style Sheets. I love CSS...
Creative Background Patterns Using Gradients, CSS Shapes, and Even Emojis
10.6.2020
You can create stripes in CSS. That’s all I thought about in terms of CSS background patterns for a long time. There’s nothing wrong with stripes; stripes are cool. They can be customized into wide and narrow bands, criss-crossed into a checked pattern, and played with in other ways using the idea...
The Most Dizzying Fee 'By Far' Paid for an Ethereum Transaction Today
10.6.2020
So, somebody today sent over USD 100 worth of ethereum (ETH) for a fee of over USD 2.5 million. Yes, in that order. The transaction caused an uproar in the Cryptoverse.
Per transaction details, this person sent ETH 0.55, at the time worth USD 133.93, but they paid a whopping ETH 10,669, or USD...