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Canadian firm planning to convert its Bitcoin trust to an ETF
3.3.2021
The Toronto-based investment firm will put the matter to a vote in April
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Has a Plan to Save Gamestop With Bitcoin
1.3.2021
Mad Money host Jim Cramer thinks he has a solution to save troubled video game retailer Gamestop with the help of bitcoin. He suggests that Gamestop should raise money to buy the cryptocurrency, then convert its 5,000 locations into bitcoin stores. He believes his idea will work. Jim Cramer...
Dubai Based Crypto Investment Fund to Convert $750 Million Worth of BTC Into ADA and DOT Tokens
26.2.2021
A Dubai based crypto-based investment fund, FD7 Ventures says it will offload bitcoins worth $750 million and will use the proceeds to increase positions in Cardano and Polkadot tokens. According to FD7 Ventures, this switch to the two altcoins will help the fund to better serve the interests...
Jim Cramer thinks GameStop should convert their stores into crypto info centers
25.2.2021
The Mad Money host proposed that the company's brick and mortar shops could become "crypto-information palaces" in which gamers could buy and sell cryptocurrencies
Mastercard Will Start Supporting Cryptocurrencies Directly on its Network
11.2.2021
Payments giant Mastercard has announced that it is preparing to allow a number of cryptocurrencies to move through its network directly. Customers, merchants, and businesses will no longer need to convert cryptocurrencies into fiat currencies to transfer through the Mastercard network. Mastercard...
Soaring Sell Orders Contrast Sharply with Bitcoin’s Renewed Bull Run
2.2.2021
Alongside the cryptocurrency’s meteoric climb over the back half of 2020 and early 2021, a curious phenomenon has unfolded; heightened profit-taking and conversion to fiat currencies. Data collected by Simplex, a fiat-crypto gateway, underscores this seemingly paradoxical development....
Ark Investment Study Suggests BTC Value Will Rise by $40,000 if All S&P 500 Companies ‘Allocate 1% of Their Cash to Bitcoin’
1.2.2021
According to the findings of a study by Ark Investment Management (AIM), the value of bitcoin can potentially increase by $40,000 if all S&P 500 companies allocate 1% of their cash holdings to the crypto. Similarly, if all these companies were to convert 10% of cash holdings into bitcoin,...
Colombian Watchdog Says Companies Can Convert Capital to Bitcoin
31.12.2020
Big American companies like MicroStrategy have made the headlines this year with their bitcoin (BTC)-buying policies, but companies in Colombia may be set to follow suit – after a corporate watchdog in the nation green-lighted the practice of holding capital reserves in crypto.
In an official...
Elon Musk Ponders Tesla Putting Billions Into Bitcoin, Asking if Such Large Transactions Are Possible
21.12.2020
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk made a series of tweets about bitcoin on Sunday. One of them concerns whether it is possible to buy bitcoin in “large transactions,” particularly for Tesla to convert its U.S. dollar reserves into bitcoin. Microstrategy’s CEO told Musk that this move...
Corporate Crypto Reserve Status: Software Firm Snappa Swaps 40% Cash Reserves for Bitcoin
25.8.2020
On Monday, Canadian graphics software company, Snappa, revealed that it was holding bitcoin as a reserve asset. Snappa follows the firms Microstrategy and the Canadian restaurant chain Tahini’s by deciding to convert cash reserves into the scarce crypto asset. The graphics software firm...
Tahinis Restaurants Convert Entire Cash Reserves into Bitcoin
19.8.2020
Popular Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant chain, Tahinis Restaurants announced on Twitter that they have converted all their cash reserves into Bitcoin, which were otherwise used as savings. In a long thread, they tagged influencers and platforms that helped them along their journey of embracing...
North Korea Reportedly Using Altcoins to Convert $1.5B in Stolen Funds to Cash
7.8.2020
North Korean hackers are reportedly using untraceable altcoins to convert stolen cryptocurrencies into cash
Bitpay Reveals Crypto-to-Fiat Prepaid Mastercard, Firm’s Flagship Visa Card Ends in December
12.6.2020
On June 11, 2020, the cryptocurrency payment services provider, Bitpay announced the firm is launching a prepaid Mastercard that can be loaded with a variety of digital assets. The Atlanta-based company says the card can be spent anywhere Mastercard is accepted and users can “instantly...
How to Convert a Date String into a Human-Readable Format
25.5.2020
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m writing this article, in part, because it’s something I look up often and want to be able to find it next time. Formatting a date string that you get from an API in JavaScript can take many shapes — anything from loading all of Moment.js to have...
90 Million More People Can Now Spend Crypto With TenX
4.5.2020
TenX’s popular Visa debit card—which lets you spend cryptocurrency without having to manually top up—has launched in Germany and Austria. It supports Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecoin (LTC), all of which can be spent anywhere that accepts Visa thanks to the card’s unique auto-convert...
Client-Side Image Editing on Mobile
20.3.2020
Michael Scharnagl:
Ever wanted to easily convert an image to a grayscale image on your phone? I do sometimes, and that's why I build a demo using the Web Share Target API to achieve exactly that.
For this I used the Service Worker way to handle the data. Once the data is received on the client,...
‘World’s First’ Crypto Card Game Might Convert Nocoiners
21.2.2020
Over ten years since its birth, and cryptocurrency still hasn’t gone mainstream. Still, Houston-based gaming startup Cypherpunk might change all this, with the release of Crypto Tycoon.
Billed as the world's first cryptocurrency-themed card game, it hopes to prove a hit among diehards and crypto...
Binance Announces Addition of Eight New Crypto Assets to the Convert Function
11.2.2020
World’s leading crypto exchange announced on Tuesday that it has added eight new crypto assets to the convert function, which means that these cryptocurrencies can now be converted to the other ones. This will improve the flexibility for traders, especially those who prefer trading as per market...
JavaScript ~~
9.12.2019
JavaScript is loaded with tiny syntax tricks to accomplish useful effects. For example, explore any codebase to see !! being used to convert a value to a boolean value. Have you seen ~~ before? Let’s have a look at what it does! We can employ ~~ to trigger a Math.floor operation with those...
Swiss Crypto Bank SEBA Launches With Range of Services
13.11.2019
SEBA Bank is now fully operational with a range of services to bridge the gap between the crypto world and traditional banking. Licensed in Switzerland, the bank’s crypto services include asset management, trading, custody, and financing. Its wallet app, e-banking, and card enable customers...