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Bank Of Venezuela Ordered To Allow Petro Purchases And Deposits
President Nicolas Maduro announced in a tweet that the Bank of Venezuela will now have the ability to accept Petro deposits and allow customers to purchase the nation's own cryptocurrency at all locations. дальше »
2019-7-5 18:47
Komodo Releases Beta Version Of AtomicDEX App For Android Users
Crypto wallet provider Komodo has released a beta version of their AtomicDEX platform on Android, allowing users to perform atomic swaps directly from their phone.
дальше »2019-7-5 18:38
Dogecoin Makes Its Way On To Binance
After being listed on Coinbase earlier this year in May, everyone's favorite joke coin has found its way on to Binance, and even received some high praise from one Vitalik Buterin.
дальше »2019-7-5 18:30
ZenGo Publishes Open-Source Code For Non-Custodial Libra Wallet
Israel-based startup ZenGo released the open-source code for its non-custodial Libra wallet alternative, which is currently only available on the Libra testnet and will reportedly ensure complete user control over Libra funds. дальше »
2019-7-4 01:32
Coinsquare Wants To Bring Crypto Transactions To Non-Bank ATMs In The US
Canadian crypto exchange Coinsquare has purchased a controlling stake in FinTech software producer Just Cash, and the partners plan to bring crypto transactions to traditional, non-bank ATMs in the US. дальше »
2019-7-4 23:59
Solve This Math Problem, Steal All The Bitcoin
The P versus NP problem is one of seven Millennium Prize Problems, meaning the Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will award $1 million to whoever manages to prove or disprove the statement. дальше »
2019-7-4 23:53
Facebook Responds To Open Letter From Congress
David Marcus, overseer of the Libra project, posted on Facebook that the company is ready and willing to work with world regulators – and that the best part of Libra is that users won't have to trust Facebook. дальше »
2019-7-3 21:36
Telegram's Planned July Gram ICO Adds Another Strange Fold
When the Gram ICO was announced at the beginning of June, the cryptosphere was wary about the Gram tokens being sold by a third party on the crypto exchange Liquid. Now investors will find the Gram price will be set at $4, though a 50 cent discount will be given to those who pay using Liquid's QASH cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-7-3 19:17
FCA Plans Possible UK Ban Of Crypto-Based Derivatives
The Financial Conduct Authority, a UK financial watchdog, has issued a press release stating the agency is consulting over a ban on the “sale, marketing and distribution to all retail consumers” of crypto-based derivatives including options and futures, as well as “unregulated transferable cryptoassets." дальше »
2019-7-3 19:09
eToro Wallet Adds Support For Ethereum Tokens
eToro's crypto wallet will add support for 120 ERC-20 standard tokens, beginning with Maker, basic attention token, and OmiseGO. Additional tokens will be rolled out in the "near future."
дальше »2019-7-3 19:02
Congressional Subcommittee To 'Immediately' Halt Libra Progress
In a letter sent to Facebook's principals, including Mark Zuckerberg, Representative Maxine Waters asks the social media giant to stop "any movement forward on Libra," fearing the project will lead to an entirely new global financial system based out of Switzerland. дальше »
2019-7-3 18:57
Ethereum Foundation Works To Certify Ethereum's Sharia Compliance
The Ethereum Foundation has partnered with finance experts in the Gulf Coast to work to ensure the Ethereum blockchain is compatible with Islamic financial customs, including making sure executable distributed code contracts are compliant with Islamic banking rules. дальше »
2019-7-3 00:20
Doubt Surrounds US Regulators' Ability To Address Libra Issues
In a letter written to the heads of five congressional committees, organizations including the Service Employees International Union and the Consumer Federation of America expressed their fears that regulators are not prepared to address the issues Facebook's Libra project presents and that the social networking giant needs to present a fuller picture of its plans. дальше »
2019-7-3 00:07
CipherTrace, Shyft Partner To Provide Solution For FATF 'Travel Rule'
Intelligence solutions provider CipherTrace and identity solutions provider Shyft are working on developing a know-your-customer-based solution to the Financial Action Task Force's new "Travel Rule," which will see crypto exchanges share trader information. дальше »
2019-7-2 19:25
Bitfinex Pays Back Part Of $700 Million Owed To Tether
Bitfinex has reportedly forked over $100 million of a $700 million debt it owes stablecoin issuer Tether, leading some to believe the crypto exchange may have reached its LEO token sale goal of raising $1 billion. дальше »
2019-7-2 19:20
Gemini Is After A Broker-Dealer License
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini plans to apply for a broker-dealer license with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority in an attempt to become an approved alternative trading service, which would allow users to legally swap digital securities on the exchange's platform. дальше »
2019-7-2 19:14
Germany Eyes Euro-Backed, Bank-Controlled Stablecoin
To provide a faster alternative to the euro, Germany's dominant political parties, the Christian Democratic Union of Germany and the Christian Social Union, are mulling over the prospects of a digital euro, or "e-euro," that would act as a digitized version of a small part of the existing money supply. дальше »
2019-7-2 00:25
Huobi To Develop Own Public Blockchain
Following in the footsteps of crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi is working to launch its own blockchain, dubbed FinanceChain, aimed at helping financial firms manage their own lending services, stablecoins, security token offerings, and specific payments services. дальше »
2019-7-2 22:27
The 'Coinbase Effect' And Where It Stands In Current Market Conditions
After Coinbase added support for Chainlink's LINK cryptocurrency last week, the coin saw a spike in price, putting the "Coinbase Effect" at center stage in this (maybe, not quite) post-winter boom. дальше »
2019-7-2 22:21
Calibra Begins BitLicense Application Process
Calibra, the Facebook subsidiary that will develop the Libra wallet, has registered as a money services business with the US Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network, applied for US money transfer licenses, and has now begun the process to receive the coveted BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services. дальше »
2019-7-2 22:00
Reddit To Roll Out Native BAT Tipping For Brave Users
Users of the Brave browser will soon be able to leave basic attention token tips on reddit. The feature, according to Brave developers implementing the system, will function similarly to the Tippin.me Chrome extension. дальше »
2019-7-2 19:02
Metronome's MET Token Can Now Be Moved Across Blockchains
After successful tests that saw the Metronome development team move the MET token between the Ethereum and Ethereum Classic blockchains, the feature was released to the public, eliminating what the developers feel is a centralization issue with chain permanence. дальше »
2019-7-2 18:57
Craig Wright Can't Access Early Bitcoin Addresses
After being ordered to produce a list of his own early bitcoin addresses, Wright claimed he wouldn't be able to comply with the order as courtroom tensions flared and the self-proclaimed Satoshi was threatened to be handcuffed. дальше »
2019-6-29 02:11
Gemini Eyes Chicago Expansion Following Coinbase's Windy City Exit
Coinbase terminated its Chicago division at the end of April, and Gemini's new Chicago-based outpost has reportedly already taken on five former Coinbase employees.
дальше »2019-6-29 00:27
How Blockstream Helps Some Get Back To Bitcoin's Roots
The small community growing around messages sent via Blockstream's satellites and paid for using the Lightning Network is in early enough stages that it reminds some members of what it used to be like to mine bitcoin on a simple desktop computer. дальше »
2019-6-29 00:14
Steve Forbes Wants Facebook To Back Libra With Gold
Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, wrote an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg urging Facebook's CEO to back Libra with gold and change the cryptocurrency's name to ... the "Mark." дальше »
2019-6-29 19:11
Coinbase's 'United States Of Crypto' Survey Shows A Rise In Interest
Coinbase claims its survey shows that over half of all Americans, when prompted with a list of cryptocurrencies, have at least heard of bitcoin, but when unprompted, the numbers dip down quite a bit. дальше »
2019-6-29 19:06
Blockchain Association To Take Over Kik's Defend Crypto Initiative
The DC-based lobbyist group Blockchain Association will be taking over Defend Crypto, the crowdfunding initiative Kik started to help itself and other crypto-related businesses hit with lawsuits from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. дальше »
2019-6-29 19:00
Netflix-On-The-Blockchain Project Abandons Crypto Aspirations Following ICO
TaTaTu, originally pitched as a streaming platform similar to Netflix that would also offer its own publicly traded token, raised $575 million in its 2018 token sale. Now the business running TaTaTu has stated crypto was never really part of the plan and blockchain tech only accounts for a small portion of the platform. дальше »
2019-6-29 18:51
Eric Voorhees Wants To Integrate Libra Into ShapeShift
While speaking at a Bitcoin 2019 conference event, ShapeShift CEO Eric Voorhees remarked on Libra, its spot on his exchange's platform, and what it will mean for broader cryptocurrency adoption. дальше »
2019-6-28 01:11
Bitrue Suffers $5 Million Hack, Suspends Trading
Hackers were able to breach the accounts of about 90 users of the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, managing to steal 9.3 million XRP and 2.5 million Cardano, totaling $4.7 million.
дальше »2019-6-28 01:05
Hewlett-Packard Wants To Make IoT Devices Safer With AI And Blockchain
Combining artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, Hewlett-Packard is working on an information-processing method to allow internet of things devices to communicate without sending or storing data on a corporate cloud. дальше »
2019-6-28 22:16
Vitalik Buterin's Father On Introducing His Son To Decentralized Cash
In a recent interview, Vitalik Buterin's father, Dmitry Buterin, opened up about the socialist underpinnings of his life growing up that drove him to introduce his son to Satoshi Nakamoto's vision of decentralized money. дальше »
2019-6-28 22:09
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches Record High
During the upward trend Bitcoin experienced these past two weeks, mining operations were working at high gear, performing calculations at an average of 56.77 quintillion hashes per second.
дальше »2019-6-28 21:59
RBI Crypto Banking Ban Shutters Another Indian Exchange
Indian crypto exchange Koinex announced it will be ceasing operations as a result of the Reserve Bank of India's ban on banks offering services to crypto-related firms.
дальше »2019-6-28 19:32
Celer Network, Wyre Partner To Improve DApp Onboarding
Blockchain startup Celer Network has partnered with the payments provider Wyre to essentially make dApps function more like apps by removing the need to purchase cryptocurrency externally, allowing crypto newbies to jump right in. дальше »
2019-6-28 19:25
EU Banks Race To Implement Instant Payments In Wake Of Libra Announcement
Countries within the eurozone could have an instant payments system implemented across all banks by 2020 as finance industry officials fear competition with Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency.
дальше »2019-6-28 19:20
Edward Snowden Touches On Bitcoin's Privacy Failings
Speaking at the Bitcoin 2019 conference, Snowden stated that Bitcoin's lack of privacy was presently its biggest flaw, and he opened up about the encrypted services he used to communicate with journalists in 2013 (which he paid for with bitcoin). дальше »
2019-6-28 19:13
Coinbase Experiences Outage As Bitcoin Price Drops
As the price of bitcoin dropped more than $1,700 in 15 minutes, crypto exchange Coinbase experienced major outages across its website, mobile apps, and API.
дальше »2019-6-27 01:22
Florida Town Pays Bitcoin Ransom As Ransomware Continues To Haunt Local Governments
Officials in Lake City, Florida, paid $500,000 worth of bitcoin to hackers who had brought down the city's computer system for two weeks. Lake City is the second Florida town in as many weeks to pay a bitcoin ransom as a result of a ransomware attack. дальше »
2019-6-27 22:16
What The Libra White Paper Has To Say About Digital Identity
In two short sentences, the Libra white paper touches on Facebook and the Libra Association's goal to create an open identity standard, but some researchers have doubts about how open the standard would actually be. дальше »
2019-6-27 22:10
Opera's Mobile App With Built-In Wallet Now Available For iPhone Users
With the launch of Opera Touch for iOS, users will have access to Web3 via the Ethereum blockchain, allowing them to use dApps and make transactions using cryptocurrency.
дальше »2019-6-27 19:08
Binance Employees Really Like Binance Coin
Believing in the long-term growth of Binance Coin (BNB), Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao revealed that employees hold a total of 32 million BNB, worth about $1.2 billion.
дальше »2019-6-27 19:02
Facebook Looks For Libra Success In Indonesia
With a massive user base that already has experience owning cryptocurrency, Facebook's Libra seems ready to take off in Indonesia, but the social media giant will still have plenty of regulatory matters to iron out first. дальше »
2019-6-27 18:56
IOTA Foundation Shares Details Of Improved Network Security And Scalability
Researchers for the IOTA Foundation have released details of their plan to combine proof-of-work algorithms with proof-of-stake algorithms to improve the IOTA network's ability to avoid congestion and tackle spam attacks. дальше »
2019-6-26 00:43
Mining Rig Manufacturers Struggle To Keep Up With Demand
While bitcoin's current upward trend has increased the demand for mining rigs, manufacturers are also feeling the heat from established mining operations that need more computing power.
дальше »2019-6-26 00:10
Ameen Soleimani Theorizes Ethereum Partnership With Libra
Over Twitter, Ameen Soleimani, CEO of SpankChain, outlined a funding and governance plan for an Ethereum organization that could work to become a member of the Libra Association. Crypto Twitter had a word or two regarding Soleimani's idea. дальше »