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Here’s how crypto-market’s 24/7 trading is setting an example

The past couple of years have witnessed the continued growth of institutional investments flowing into the cryptocurrency market. It includes not only hedge funds and family offices but even pension funds and conservative custody banks parking their funds here. Naturally, this has led to the entangling of traditional and crypto finance, with the latter having profound effects on stock and currency markets. These include the trading times that these markets follow. While cryptocurrency exchanges operate non-stop, traditional exchanges operate only during specific days and time frames. This could change in

Thermal print head for a parking management system based on Raspberry Pi pico and STONE TFT LCD

Brief introduction Thermal printers are very common in our daily life, and there are examples of thermal printers in restaurants, parking lots and shopping. This article will focus on the application of thermal printers in parking systems. Materials to be used STONE STWI101WT-01FTP thermal printer headRaspberry Pi picoCoin-operated machineFunctionThe control function is displayed on the serial screen, the main interface selects the floor, after entering the main interface selects the parking space, at the same time it will display the parking space number in the text box on the top

How to Restore Your Faith in Government

Images courtesy of MIT Video Productions Here’s the announcement of the new blockchain education program with the Massachusetts state government. It’s a big deal. We have a vision for where this kind of partnership can go, when governments begin educating themselves on the power of bitcoin and blockchain. That vision can be summed up in two words: Kendall Square. Kendall Square, then. The Kendall Square neighborhood lies next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stretching along the Charles River that separates Cambridge from Boston. (Here’s a map.) Although you’d think

Talking Digital Future: Smart Cities

My journey into smart cities and their future development was a really big surprise, as the way I arrived there was not something that I had planned. I was working as the chief information officer for a company in Northern California called O'Reilly Media when I got a call from a headhunter who asked if I would consider being the chief information office for the City of Palo Alto. I can vividly remember — it was only about eight years ago — my feeling when she asked the question. The