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  • Brazilian Bitcoin Exchange Wins Standoff as Bank Reopens Account to Avoid Fines

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    Banco do Brasil reportedly even held $32,300 of the exchange’s funds in limbo. A lawsuit against it was filed on Sept. 12. Initially, an injunction was denied, but judge Fátima Rafael, from the Federal District Court, later gave the financial institution a 24-hour period to reopen Bitcoin Max’s accounts or face a fine of about […]

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  • How to use sight, sound to craft pleasing digital signage

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    Claude Debussy said, “Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.” Our senses tell us what is real and what is not, and we rely on them for information about the world around us. They also trigger […]

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  • Did a Canadian Crypto Exchange Steal All Its User Funds?

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    By Laura Desmond Canada just renegotiated NAFTA, legalized marijuana, and is now the scene of crypto’s most recent exit scam A small crypto exchange in Canada is crying “hack”, but it appears they pulled off an exit scam disappearing with ~$6 million worth of bitcoin. An exit scam is when an exchange builds up a reserve […]

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  • Do Security Tokens Need a New Blockchain? Benefits and Challenges Part II

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    By Laura Desmond This is the second part of an essay that debates the value proposition of a new blockchain for security tokens. In the first part, we discussed some of the challenges of the current generation of security token platforms that justify the case for a new blockchain for security tokens. Today, I would like […]

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  • Venezuela Officially Launches Sale of Controversial Petro Coin for Fiat, Crypto

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    Venezuela’s controversial state-owned cryptocurrency the Petro is now available for purchase for fiat and crypto, Venezuelan Economy Department announced on Twitter Monday, Oct. 29. According to an infographic included in the tweet, Petro can now be purchased directly from the country’s treasury via the coin’s official website or from six crypto exchanges authorized by the government. The state-issued coin can be purchased […]

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  • How Women Can Enter the Blockchain Industry Without a Technical Background

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      More and more people are asking questions on Quora regarding how to enter the blockchain field, and specifically how to enter without a technical background, and how women are doing in this industry. To find answers to these questions and more I interviewed the CMO of a lower-level public blockchain, Quarkchain, Anthurine Xiang. When […]

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  • Digital signage helps firefighters save lives

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    Digital signage isn’t just for advertisements; it can also supply lifesaving information. One example of this is the FireRescueTV platform, designed specifically for firefighters. Martin Grube, executive producer of FireRescueTV, created the platform to help firefighters train, get information on fires in progress and relax with entertaining content. Digital Signage Today spoke with Grube to learn more […]

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  • Don’t Use Ads To Get Your First Customers

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    Why Ads Are Toxic To Early Stage Startups If you just started a company for the first time and you’re using ads to get your first paying customers, you’re doing it wrong. Unless you’re a repeat successful founder, you’ll be out of business in 2 years. I’m sure of it. I often times post about my […]

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  • Top 12 Things That Destroy Developer Productivity

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    A lot of articles address the role of tech leads and engineering managers. One common theme we often come across is how to increase a team’s productivity. But before you focus your energy trying to increase their productivity, you might first want to consider what’s destroying it, to have a sound base on which you can […]

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  • Time to Kill the Tech Monopolies

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    What Is The Best Way To Improve Competition In Modern Capitalism? A comedian once quipped that “if poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets”. This is yet to happen, but the populist movements across the world are a good indication of the ongoing rejection of the liberal order […]

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