According to Reuters, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming crypto advisory council is reportedly considering establishing a strategic bitcoin reserve. This idea sparked a response from economist and gold bug Peter Schiff, who shared his perspective on the concept of a BTC reserve. Trump’s Transition Reportedly Eyes Bitcoin Reserve, Schiff Fires Back at Fiscal Misstep On Thursday, […]
Design Team Unveils New WordPress Design System Figma Library
Automattician James Koster has announced the launch of a new WordPress Design System library for Figma, the popular tool the design team uses to create mockups and prototypes for WordPress. “The intention of this resource is to streamline the design process for folks working in the WordPress ecosystem,” he explained. The design …
Brazilian Crypto Giants Team up to Launch Real-Pegged Stablecoin
Bitso, Mercado Bitcoin, and Foxbit have joined forces to issue brl1, a stablecoin pegged to the value of the Brazilian real. The stablecoin will be issued on Ethereum and Polygon, with Cainvest providing liquidity for the BTC and ETH pairs listed on these exchanges and other markets to be developed in the future. Crypto Consortium […]
Experimental Health Dashboards to Track WordPress Team Progress and Stats
Hari Shanker and Courtney Robertson have introduced experimental WordPress contribution health dashboards designed to monitor the performance of various WordPress teams. They also presented the pilot dashboards developed for the Make/WordPress Core, Community, and Training teams, along with key statistics from the WordPress 6.6 release. History and Challenges The concept of …
WordPress Community Team to Close Inactive Meetup Groups by September 16, 2024
Automattic’s Community Engagement Specialist, Devin Maeztri, has announced that the WordPress Community Team will close all inactive meetup groups by September 16, 2024. Over the past month, the team has been working hard to reactivate recently inactive WordPress Meetups. “This project comes in response to recent data revealing that nearly half of …