Terrorists have increasingly used cryptocurrency-oriented cryptocurrencies to finance their activities. This was stated by the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, at an international meeting of heads of special services, security agencies and law enforcement agencies, RIA Novosti reports. “So-called confidential cryptocurrencies are increasingly being used, guaranteeing the anonymity of transactions, unlike Bitcoin and its analogues,” Bortnikov emphasized. The head of the FSB […]
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The head of the Central Bank of Sweden Stefan Ingves said that the “important event” in the form of the launch of the Libra project pushed the country to reform the economy – in particular, a digital crown can be issued in Sweden during the year. Ingves said : "It was an incredibly important event … Libra appeared unexpectedly, and it made us think about what we are doing." Another reason for the launch of the electronic crown, Ingves called a sharp reduction in the use of cash in Sweden. Many stores in the country do not accept physical bills…
The analytical service CipherTrace began to track suspicious transactions for more than 700 crypto assets, CoinDesk reports. The updated platform now supports 87 of the top 100 assets, as well as ERC-20 standard tokens. The CipherTrace solution allows you to view the complete transaction history for each of the digital currencies available for tracking and set alerts for addresses marked as suspicious. The company sells its product […]
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) group on Monday presented a detailed report on the performance of its bitcoin futures market for the third quarter of this year. According to the exchange, the number of active contracts compared to the same period last year increased by 61% – from 2,873 to 4,629. Despite the BTC price drop by 25%, the number of active contracts compared to the second quarter decreased by only 1%. The average daily trading volume for CME bitcoin futures in the third quarter amounted to 5,534 contracts, up 10% compared to last year. The company notes that this…
CoinShares, a company specializing in circulating asset management, together with Blockchain, a cryptocurrency wallet provider, as well as the Swiss company MKS, which provides precious metals trading services, introduced the DGLD token, secured by gold. According to CoinShares, the launch of the network took place today, the project tokens are provided with $ 20 million in gold, which will be held in the Swiss store. Each DGLD token is supported by 1/10 troy ounce. Danny Masters, a spokesman for CoinShares, noted that the new asset will function as a sidechain of the flagship cryptocurrency network. The token combines the stability…
Layer1-backed Digital Currency Group (DCG) raised $ 50 million from a number of well-known venture capitalists, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. According to The Block, thanks to the successful closure of the Series A financing round, the company's market value reached $ 200 million. Initially, the company focused on supporting the Grin ecosystem of confidential cryptocurrency. However, now the San Francisco-based firm intends to focus on […]
Today, on Twitter, one of the users wrote that someone tried to transfer a block with one “0” to the Bitcoin blockchain . So he tried to trick the PoW protocol (Proof-of-Work). “#Bitcoin is attacked: someone tried twice to transfer incorrect blocks that start only from scratch … Glad my node immediately rejected this joker! ” #bitcoin under attack: twice someone tries to broadcast a bad block (proof of work failed: blocks start with only one zero .. 15 min later with not enough zero's). Glad my node rejects this joker immediately! pic.twitter.com/3yPEsTp91J – Plan₿ (@ 100trillionUSD) October 13, 2019…
RBC sources report that the cryptocurrency project of Pavel Durov can only be launched in a year. The blame for the disagreement with US regulators. Does TON launch carry over to a year? The cryptocurrency network Telegram Open Network was to be released before October 31 of this year. It is this date that was indicated by the extreme in the contract with investors. If participants in the ICO do not receive Gram tokens on time, they will have a legal right to demand their money back. We are talking about the $ 1.7 billion that the company raised last…
After Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe, Kayak, Bookings Holdings left the blockchain project from Facebook, Libra representatives reported that 1,500 companies have indicated their participation in the development of their stablecoin, while 180 people meet the requirements for project participants . This news indicates that Libra, most likely, will succeed in attracting 100 participants to its team until the launch of the stablecoin, which was originally planned for 2020, however, due to pressure from regulators, most likely, it will be necessary to postpone the dates. The board of directors includes David Marcus, Katie Hawn, Wences Casares, Matthew Davy and Patrick Ellis.…
The leading Swiss stock exchange SIX has launched a traded exchange product (ETP) based on Binance Coin. A MAJOR step. Now you can trade $ BNB ETP on Swiss Stock Exchange (Ticker: $ ABNB). Further bridging between #crypto (& #bnb) with the traditional financial world! Thanks to @AmunAG! https://t.co/hK8ku53no6 – CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 15, 2019 “An important step. Now you […]