The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is ready to give its approval for the launch of regulated futures on Ethereum if all the necessary conditions are met, CoinDesk writes with reference to a high-ranking official who wished to remain anonymous because the agency does not usually disclose such information. “I believe that we can get used to the ether-bound derivatives under our jurisdiction, ” he said. We do not make straightforward statements, but we consider the applications submitted to us. A derivative exchange comes to us and says that it wants to launch a certain product. If they offer…
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The blockchain project team of the TRON Foundation reported that the bug that threatened the stability of the TRON network was successfully eliminated. According to the publication, which was posted on HackerOne , the bug found in the TRON code could allow attackers to absorb the computing capabilities of the TRON network and carry out a DDoS attack by introducing malicious code into a smart contract, which would trigger network overload. The report states that with just one computer a potential attacker could make a DDoS attack on all or half of the nodes of the so-called super representatives. Such…
The British Chancellor of the Supreme Court and British judge Sir Jeffrey Vos said that smart contracts and cryptocurrencies will inevitably come to mass recognition in society if appropriate regulation is adopted. He said this in his speech at the Law Faculty of the University of Liverpool. Sir Jeffrey also noted that: “The time has come to direct the appropriate resources to study the necessary changes in the legislation so as to come to the correct and widespread use of cryptocurrencies and smart contracts.” “Why can't smart contracts take so long to become ubiquitous?” The question of how and when…
As the cryptocurrency market enters a new week, traders and investors expect Bitcoin to reach $ 6,000 or at least approach this value. Over the past seven days, the value of the largest cryptocurrency has risen to $ 5,886, starting the climb from $ 5,216. Yesterday, the Bitcoin (BTC) exchange rate opened at $ 5,831 and closed at $ 5,795, which indicates that the digital asset lost about $ 36 during the day. Today, at the time of this writing, the BTC course has risen to $ 5,952. Despite the fact that volatility is growing, analysts are optimistic about the…
Peter Velle, a well-known Bitcoin developer and Blockstream company, has published two proposals to improve the first cryptocurrency protocol (BIP), which implies softforka to implement Taproot technology. Taproot proposal by @pwuille https://t.co/GavATW2C2b pic.twitter.com/CKC23bJq71 – NVK (@nvk) May 6, 2019 In recent years, developers have published several separate proposals, including the introduction of mercury-free abstract syntax trees […]
Financial corporation Fidelity Investments will launch Bitcoin trading service (BTC) in the very near future. It is reported by Bloomberg, citing an informed source. According to Bloomberg, “within a few weeks”, Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of the fourth-largest investment fund in the world of Fidelity (about $ 7 trillion in the asset portfolio), will begin offering bitcoin futures to institutional investors. It is emphasized that we are talking only about legal entities, as well as large orders. Meanwhile, this news comes amid the repeated delay in launching work with such tools not only from Fidelity Digital Assets, but also…
According to Bloomberg , in the coming weeks, Fidelity Investments, a large American company that provides financial services, will launch a platform through which institutional customers will have access to Bitcoin trading. Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of the American financial giant, which was launched in October 2018, in the next few weeks will open access to trade for cryptocurrency Bitcoin for institutional clients. Fidelity Digital Assets already offers a digital asset storage and OTC trading service. Arlene Roberts, a spokeswoman for Fidelity Investments, drew attention to the fact that the company already provides services to a certain number of…
Already known to the community shareholder Bitfinex Zhao Dong again shared exclusive information about the exchange. Thus, according to him, the net profit of the trading floor in 2018 was $ 404 million, and shareholders received dividends totaling $ 261 million, reports 8btc with reference to correspondence in the Chinese messenger WeChat. Note that the staff of the exchange does not exceed 90 people. […]
One address on the Bitcoin Cash network made 587,000 transactions in April. This is 49% of the total number of transfers per month. 50% of $ BCH transactions in the last month.https: //t.co/eSfJswoZqN – I am Nomad (@IamNomad) on May 5, 2019. Thus, the address began to make transfers on April 8, most often on one and […]
Christian Catalini, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, went on vacation and now, according to reports from CoinDesk , is developing a cryptocurrency for the social network Facebook. Two anonymous sources who are familiar with Facebook’s plans shared with CoinDesk that Christian Catalini is now working with Facebook to help her develop in a crypto-space. It is assumed that Facebook is developing a stablebcoin, through which millions of social network users will have the opportunity to share with each other means and make online purchases. Catalini is one of the most prominent researchers in the field of cryptocurrency.…