The number of participants in the Chinese Digital Currency (CBDC) launch project continues to expand. The People's Bank of China announced that a startup specializing in the development of services based on AI is going to take part in testing the digital version of the renminbi. The SenseTime team...
Altcoin Tezos received first place in the ranking compiled by Weiss Crypto Rating. The researchers presented a list of the best cryptocurrencies at the end of last week. They analyzed the technology of each ecosystem and concluded that the best project is Tezos, which has also aggressively added...
Bitmain, the largest producer of mining equipment for Bitcoin, has published an official statement condemning ex-CEO Micree Zhan. This is reported by The Block, citing Bitmain's post on Weibo. The statement said that Zhan ignored the interests of the company and all employees and specifically filed...
The management of decentralized finance service dForce announced a plan for the redistribution of assets after an attacker returns all funds stolen from the site in the amount of $24.9 million. Over 90% of assets have been distributed to users in less than 24 hours. 100% users have been made whole...
Representatives of the "Crypto Valley" of the Swiss Zug are negotiating with the authorities on the creation of a special fund of 100 million francs (about $102 million) to help startups affected by the crisis against the backdrop of coronavirus. It is reported by Bloomberg with reference...
CoinDesk journalist Zach Voell decided to make a joke about the community in a rather original way, spreading fake news about the transfer of 65,091 BTC (more than 500 million) from the Trezor wallet, allegedly belonging to the DPRK leader Kim Jong-un. He designed his account in the style of the...
The negotiating amount of crypto futures surpassed $2 trillion in Q1 of 2020. Opposed to the Q4 of the last year, trade increased by 314%. Analysts emphasize that in 2019, the trend for an increase in activity in the cryptosphere futures market dominated. A slight decrease in trade was observed in...
Mining equipment manufacturer, Ebang International, has submitted an initial public offer (IPO) to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, during which the company intends to raise up to $100 million, the agency’s website reported. The Chinese company intends to place Class A ordinary shares...
The recently launched Binance mining pool has mined its first block. This was told by its CEO. Guess what is this?Click thread to see the answer. pic.twitter.com/MTVEoPYklj— CZ Binance 🔶🔶🔶 (@cz_binance) April 24, 2020 The indicated block is numbered 627,434 and was mined at 13:31...
The Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) lately adopted Huobi Token (HT), and the eponymous exchange became the first global platform whose native token received permission from a specific jurisdiction. FSA has established HT as a crypto asset that complies with the country's regulatory rules, and...
Melissa Netram, head of the research division of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), predicts an acceleration of the transition to a qualitatively new financial infrastructure. The structure of the global economy is changing. For some areas, the crisis will deal a crushing blow, but...
A consortium of banks and fintech companies in Argentina has launched a pilot program for processing requirements for direct debit of accounts based on a solution from the developer of the RSK blockchain, IOV Labs. It is reported by Cointelegraph. Since 2019, IOV Labs has been part of the round...
The amount of payments in bitcoins and Ethereum in favor of providers of “adult” content involving minors in 2019 amounted to $930,000. Such data are provided by the analytical startup Chainalysis. Compared with the year before last, the growth was 32%, which in turn more than doubled the...
The Venezuelan authorities have begun lending to farmers in the Petro crypto, the country's President Nicolas Maduro said. During his television appearance, the Venezuelan leader emphasized that firms engaged in grain production have already begun to receive their first loans in national digital...
In Europe, another Central Bank has joined the ranks of regulators with a keen interest in the cryptocurrency industry. The report of the Bank of the Netherlands says that the regulator allows its participation in the development and testing of the digital euro. Earlier, the Bank of France made a...
Ripple Labs and its leader, Brad Garlinghouse, have filed a lawsuit against YouTube for making video hosting an “accomplice” of repeated fraudulent XRP distributions. Ripple Labs filed a lawsuit against video hosting in the Northern District of California on April 21. Ripple Labs points to...
Ben Elliot, a self-taught artist from Paris, announced the release of tokens, the value of which depends on the development of his career and the market value of the works. The Stellar blockchain-based digital currency is called Ben Elliot Token (BET). Elliot said it was the world's first personal...
French programmer Alex Masmej tokenized his own life, receiving more than $20 thousand from investors as part of a “personalized token sale”. In total, 30 investors took part in the token sale, Masmej said on his blog. Using the raised funds, the programmer plans to move to Silicon Valley and...
