The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank jointly launched a private blockchain network and the so-called quasi-cryptocurrency, the Financial Times reports. According to the publication, the asset is called “Learning Coin” and will be available only to the IMF and the World Bank. As the Financial Times writes : Learning Coin has been launched to better understand the underlying cryptocurrency technologies. The special application will work as a hub where blogs, research results, videos and presentations will be stored. During the tests, the teams of the IMF and the World Bank will earn coins for a better understanding…
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Coincheck has added support for Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple's XRP token to the recently launched over-the-counter (OTC) platform. Reported by the Cointelegraph. In addition to ETH and XRP, the Coincheck OTC platform supports Bitcoin. The management of the marketplace plans to add other cryptoactives in the future. OTC platforms are focused mainly on large traders who want to reduce transaction costs when working […]
This material is a review of the book by economist Seifedin Ammus “A Brief History of Money, or Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin”. After reading the title of the book “A Brief History of Money, or Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin,” you might think that it will deal with Bitcoin . A person who is alien to the topic of cryptocurrency and who knows only that the price of Bitcoin has fallen from $ 20,000 to $ 4,000 is unlikely to consider this work worthy of his attention and would prefer to buy a volume of…
UTEX (United Traders Exchange) is a new cryptocurrency exchange from the well-known company United Traders, which allows you to apply your experience and unleash the potential of your professional skills for profit. Company UT Exchange OU was registered in Estonia and has a license for the exchange and storage of cryptocurrency . UT Exchange OU meets the requirements of the European Union for working with personal data and anti-money laundering, and also meets other standards that are provided for such companies. In UTEX exchange interfaces, the KYC procedure is responsible for meeting the requirements. Interfaces for different groups of traders:…
On April 12, during a meeting with representatives of the IT sector in the High-Tech Park, Alexander Lukashenko stated that he “left a place” near the Belarusian NPP under construction, where it would be possible to mine bitcoins . The president said : “Wait, we will introduce a nuclear power plant, (there will be) a surplus of electricity … I left a place there. We will build farms and mine these bitcoins and sell them. Moreover, they say that if there is Bitcoin, it’s not a problem to sell it. ” The first power unit of the Belarusian NPP, located…
The head of the International Monetary Fund told how the financial world will change in the near future. The International Monetary Fund, on its official page on the social network Twitter, conducted a poll, asking the question: "How do you plan to pay for your lunch in a cafe in five years?" The survey involved 37660 unique Twitter users, of which 56% said that cryptocurrency will be the means of payment. Cash was chosen by only 8%, and the success of bank cards, whether debit or credit, is small — only 9% of those who participated in the study intend…
Arthur Hayes, co-founder and CEO of the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, does not exclude that in the foreseeable future, short-term bitcoin bonds may appear on the platform. The idea itself, however, is not fully worked out and it has yet to bring to mind. This assumption Hayes made in a conversation with a cryptanalyst and trader Luke Martin in the framework published on Friday, 12 […]
Data from the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission show that institutional investors have set themselves up to play Bitcoin appreciation from April 2nd. The date coincides with the latest Bitcoin rally price when it took off from about $ 4,100 to more than $ 5,300 per minute. Smart Money Goes Long on Bitcoin US CFTC data show that the number of open long Bitcoin futures contracts by asset managers and institutional investors on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) increased from March 26 to April 2. It is noteworthy that since April 2, 315 long bitcoin futures contracts have been…
The upcoming activation of the SUN Network protocol does not require any updating of the main network of the Tron blockchain, Justin San, CEO of the Tron Foundation, explained in a recent tweet. Decentralized applications (DApps), if they do not switch to the protocol, will also not be affected. MainNet doesn’t need to be upgraded after #SUNNetwork (DAppChain). # DApps won't switch to DAppChain. […]
The research division of Binance has prepared a new report indicating that a deep correction in the prices of Bitcoin and the overwhelming majority of the remaining altcoins may be behind and the so-called “bottom” is indeed passed. The study also showed the highly correlated nature of the cryptocurrency market due to the “herd mentality” that manifests itself in the later stages of the bull and bear phases. Since the beginning of this year, Bitcoin has grown more than […]
