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Synthetix Resumes Trading Following Misplacement Of 37 Million Synthetic Ether
After an oracle error resulted in a trading bot receiving profits of 1,000 times their actual worth, an agreement between the bot's owner and Synthetix saw the exchange platform get back 37 million synthetic Ether while the bot owner received a bug bounty. дальше »
2019-6-25 19:29
Bitcoin IRA, BitGo Offer Full Crypto Retirement Accounts
With Bitcoin IRA offering hybrid crypto and fiat individual retirement accounts (IRAs) since 2016, the digital asset IRA firm has partnered with BitGo to launch crypto IRAs, allowing individuals to diversify their holdings among 12 different digital assets. дальше »
2019-6-25 19:20
Swiss National Bank Member A-OK With Facebook And Libra
Speaking at the Crypto Valley Conference in Zug, Switzerland, Thomas Moser, an alternate member of the governing board at the Swiss National Bank, said Facebook's Libra project has yet to sound any alarms for the Swiss National Bank and that the country's regulators are "pretty relaxed" about it. дальше »
2019-6-25 19:13
What PoolTogether's Lottery Can Tell Us About The Money Libra's Backers Will Make
In PoolTogether's Ethereum-based lottery, winners receive payment from interest earned on pools of the Dai stablecoin, while everyone else receives the price they paid for a ticket back. Backers of the Libra investment token, Facebook's token released alongside Libra, will expect to earn a profit in a similar way. дальше »
2019-6-25 00:10
Coin Metrics Finds Inaccuracies With Kik's Kin Usage Claims
After Kik claimed its blockchain saw more activity than both Ethereum and Bitcoin, data provider Coin Metrics found that while users were creating Kin accounts, 93% of them remained empty.
дальше »2019-6-24 19:20
Electric Coin Company Working On New Zcash Blockchain
With fewer than 2% of Zcash users taking advantage of the network's privacy features, Electric Coin Company developers and the Zcash Foundation hope a new blockchain with private transactions enabled by default will change how people use the network and its native coin, ZEC. дальше »
2019-6-24 19:09
Big Banks Ask Regulators To Ensure A 'Level Playing Field' Following Libra Announcement
In a report published by the Bank for International Settlements, the "bank for central banks" asked that regulators keep banks in mind when they update and create new financial rules as Facebook and other tech companies enter the payments and custody business. дальше »
2019-6-24 19:01
Introduced Bill Would Require Facebook And Others To Disclose Value Of User Data
A bipartisan bill introduced today asks that platform's with more than 100 million monthly users disclose what data is collected, how it is used, and to provide the monetary value of that data once every 90 days. дальше »
2019-6-24 18:47
What Info The FATF Expects Crypto Exchanges To Divulge With New Rule
To comply with the new Financial Action Task Force regulations that take effect today, both cryptocurrency exchanges and specific crypto holders around the world must give up some transaction privacy in the name of anti-money laundering. дальше »
2019-6-22 00:08
The Future Of Money After Facebook's Libra Announcement
The internet and financial regulators were spewing hot takes on Libra after Facebook released its white paper. With cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and the future of money on everyone's mind, what can we expect from fiat and digital currency in the future? дальше »
2019-6-22 23:53
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Have A 'Beehive Account' Problem
Smaller crypto exchanges in South Korea are offering some customers "beehive accounts," which manage traders' money via the exchanges’ own corporate bank accounts, masking users' identities. дальше »
2019-6-22 23:44
2 Ethereum Improvement Proposals Approved For Istanbul Upgrade
With over 30 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) discussed during today's biweekly Ethereum developers call, EIP 2024, which adds a new precompile to the Ethereum Virtual Machine, and EIP 1702, which aims to smooth out smart contract upgradability, were both approved for the Istanbul upgrade. дальше »
2019-6-22 23:38
Group Of Seven Task Force Created In Wake Of Libra Announcement
France’s central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau has announced the creation of a Group of Seven central bank governors task force, which will work to produce a study outlining how central banks can regulate Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency to keep it in line with anti-money-laundering regulations and consumer protection rules. дальше »
2019-6-21 19:12
At-Home Mining Rig Coinmine One Can Now Mine Bitcoin
According to Coinmine founder Farbood Nivi, the Coinmine One's new bitcoin mining capabilities can earn at-home miners about $15-$20 a month in BTC, but the electricity it takes to meet those marks isn't outlined. дальше »
2019-6-21 19:01
Facebook Yet To Speak With RBI About Its Libra Project
With the Royal Bank of India (RBI) looking to find out whether or not Libra will operate on a "closed system," reports indicate Facebook is yet to meet with RBI officials or anyone within the Indian government. дальше »
2019-6-21 00:25
Unstoppable Domains To Hold First Auction For 'Uncensorable' Blockchain Domains
As a domain registry, Unstoppable Domains partnered with blockchain platform Zilliqa to offer users . zil domain names. Now Unstoppable Domains is setting up for a June 27 sale of some of its most popular domain names, including "bitcoin. дальше »
2019-6-21 00:03
Ethereum Classic Devs Commit To September Hard Fork
After delaying the "Atlantis" hard fork at the end of May, Ethereum Classic developers have set a date for September 17 to implement the system-wide upgrade.
дальше »2019-6-21 23:50
Messaging App Line Close To Opening Crypto Exchange In Japan
Japan’s Financial Services Agency may issue a license as early as this month that would allow the messaging app Line to open an exchange, allowing its users to trade cryptocurrency, including Line's native token, Link. дальше »
2019-6-21 19:23
Australia’s Central Bank Chief Wants To Bury Some Of The Hype Around Libra
Australia’s central bank chief, Philip Lowe, believes that even after the release of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, it will be a long time before the Libra "becomes something we're using all the time." дальше »
2019-6-21 19:17
Monerium Receives Iceland's OK To Put E-Money On The Blockchain
Iceland's financial regulator awarded blockchain startup Monerium an electronic money institution license, allowing the company to put e-money on the blockchain, removing the need for intermediaries like PayPal and Google Pay. дальше »
2019-6-21 19:09
Big Four Auditor PwC Offers 'Halo' Auditing Tool To Blockchain Firms
PwC's Halo tool can help blockchain firms, or any business dealing with cryptocurrencies, track cryptocurrency payments, ownership, and accounts, as well as bring all the information together in an easy-to-follow package. дальше »
2019-6-21 19:02
New Ernst & Young Report Sheds Light On QuadrigaCX CEO Thievery
Ernst & Young, QuadrigaCX's court-appointed monitor, has released a report showing Gerald Cotten, the exchange's deceased CEO, stole up to $200 million of users' funds, which may have been used to purchase the boat, aircraft, luxury vehicles, and gold and silver coins Cotten owned. дальше »
2019-6-21 18:55
Regulators Discuss Controversial FATF Rule Before G20 Summit
Prior to the upcoming G20 Summit, regulators are discussing the Financial Action Task Force's rule that would see cryptocurrency exchanges verifying $1,000 transactions, focusing on the kind of ramifications too much regulation can have. дальше »
2019-6-20 00:56
Russia Has No Plan To Legalize Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov says the country will not legalize the use of Facebook's Libra despite recent bills meant to loosen the grip on the use of cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-6-20 00:02
Oregon Prisons Ban Blockchain Literature, Citing Security Concerns
A three-person committee of information technology workers has suggested the ban of a large swath of introductory technology and coding books from prisons in Oregon, including four basic blockchain tech explainers. дальше »
2019-6-20 23:58
Google's Slow, Steady Approach To Blockchain Tech Adoption
Last week's partnership announcement with Chainlink was just the most recent blockchain-related move Google has pulled off in a string of similar business deals, suggesting the search engine giant and its data warehousing solution, BigQuery, are prepping for something big. дальше »
2019-6-20 23:50
Litecoin Foundation To Offer Another Crypto Debit Card
After cutting ties with its first crypto debit card, LitePay, in March 2018, the Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Bibox Exchange and blockchain firm Ternio to release a second physical Litecoin debit card. дальше »
2019-6-19 19:17
Cloudflare Introduces Ethereum Gateway To Its Distributed Web Gateway Toolbox
The Cloudflare gateway will allow any device with access to the internet to interact with the Ethereum network, giving users the opportunity to deploy an executable distributed code contract without having to run a node. дальше »
2019-6-19 18:57
A Closer Look At Calibra, The Wallet Provider For Facebook's Libra
As a Facebook subsidiary, the Calibra wallet will have its own standalone app for Libra holders, and it will be integrated into the Facebook Messenger app and WhatsApp. With the potential for a huge user base, the wallet provider could learn a lot from Facebook's past attempt to get into the payments business with Facebook Credits. дальше »
2019-6-19 18:45
Ethereum Foundation Proposes January Rollout Of Ethereum 2.0 'Phase Zero'
In the biweekly call with Ethereum 2.0 developers, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake proposed that with the code on track to be finalized by June 30, the first iteration of the 2.0 upgrade, dubbed Phase Zero, could come as early as January 3, 2020. дальше »
2019-6-19 18:33
What Kik's Kin Can Tell Us About Facebook's Libra
While Kik hasn't achieved anywhere near the user count Facebook has, how the messaging service's base users reacted to and used the Kin token might give us some insight into what Facebook can expect with its Libra cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-6-19 00:19
Indian Government Officials Ask For Fingerprinted WhatsApp Messages
After kidnapping rumors spread on WhatsApp led to lynchings across India in 2018, two senior government officials are asking that the messaging platform digitally fingerprint every message in order to ensure traceability. дальше »
2019-6-19 22:28
Facebook's Libra Blockchain Is Actually Block-less
Rather than a collection of blocks that hold transaction records, Facebook's Libra blockchain looks to be a single data structure that records transaction history, causing some to break out the term "glorified database." дальше »
2019-6-19 22:20
Polygraph Protocol Looks To Hold Double Spenders Accountable
Developers of the Polygraph protocol hope the system can step in where Byzantine agreement protocols fail, helping to hold blockchain users accountable for double spending and preventing parties with more than one-third of a network's total mining output from gaining decision-making authority. дальше »
2019-6-19 22:12
Ripple Invests In Money Transfer Service MoneyGram
As part of the partnership, MoneyGram will use xRapid, which settles transactions in XRP on the Ripple network, for its blockchain-based services.
дальше »2019-6-18 19:13
Hyperledger Blockchain Consortium Adds 8 Members, Including Microsoft And Salesforce
Along with newly added international companies Norilsk Nickel and Gloscad, a group of new associate members also joined the Hyperledger blockchain consortium, including the Ethereum Foundation.
дальше »2019-6-18 19:07
French Finance Minister Asks For Central Bank Review Of Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has called on the Group of Seven central bank governors to prepare a July report regarding the financial aspects of Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, as European Parliament members fear the social media platform could become a shadow bank. дальше »
2019-6-18 18:58
It's Libra Season: Facebook Reveals Details Surrounding Its Cryptocurrency Project
From a new Facebook subsidiary, Calibra, to the creation of an independent consortium, the Libra Association, we get our first look at Libra, Facebook's cryptocurrency for the unbanked.
дальше »2019-6-18 18:48
Korean Crypto Exchanges To Accept More Liability For Hacks
Five major cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea have formally changed their terms of service to become more liable for hacks that may affect users, even if the exchange platform was not "willfully or grossly negligent." дальше »
2019-6-18 23:43
What Financial Regulators Want To Know About Facebook's Cryptocurrency
How much Facebook is too much Facebook? That's what financial regulators want to know as they look into Facebook's data-prying hands, and who the social media platform will pick to own and manage the giant data sets associated with Facebook's cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-6-17 19:26
Binance DEX To Support Bitcoin Trading With BTC-Pegged Token
While Binance DEX only supports tokens built on Binance Chain, Binance's own blockchain, the decentralized exchange will now support bitcoin trading with a newly created token pegged to the bitcoin. дальше »
2019-6-17 19:05
Up To 40 Broker-Dealer Applications Wait For Approval From FINRA
With some broker-dealer applications stuck in regulatory limbo for up to 14 months, firms ready to launch their regulated blockchain products in the US have been forced to wait while the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission deal with the "complex issues" present in the regulation of digital assets. дальше »
2019-6-17 18:56
Google Looks To Chainlink For Blockchain Data Storage
BigQuery, Google’s data warehousing and business intelligence solution, may get some help sorting its data on the blockchain thanks to an oracle smart contract provided by the startup Chainlink. дальше »
2019-6-15 23:57
Binance Will No Longer Serve US Traders Following Announcement Of Binance US
While non-verified US users may still be able to use Binance.com using a VPN, an update to the platform's Terms of Use states Binance “is unable to provide services to any U.S. person.”
дальше »2019-6-15 23:50
Insiders Provide Realistic Timeline For Facebook's Crypto Project
Sources with knowledge relating to Facebook's cryptocurrency project, GlobalCoin, say the technology behind the possible stablecoin "has a long way to go" and that possible blockchain company partners are reluctant to work with the social media giant. дальше »