The technology provider Avnet, on the Fortune 500 list, announced support for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment options. The company from Phoenix, Arizona realized this opportunity with the support of BitPay processing service. In partnership with @BitPay, we're now accepting cryptocurrency! Ordering and completing a transaction. Find out […]
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The FSB of Russia sent to the highest legislative body of this country its comments on the draft law on digital financial assets (CFA), pointing to “excessive manufacturability” and insufficient attention in this document to the topic of illegal money laundering using cryptocurrency . According to Anatoly Aksakov, the head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Market, this issue was not settled in the draft law “due to the complexity and debatability of the position” on it, but it should be closed before the end of the year. “The position of the FATF, based on the information of Rosfinmonitoring,…
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), said on Twitter that it will add to the platform a lot of new cryptocurrencies. ICE and Blockstream have partnered with each other to create a “Cryptocurrency data flow” that will provide real-time pricing data for cryptoactives from around the world. At the moment, they have chosen only 2.75% of the total number of crypto projects in the world. Here is the full list of currently supported cryptocurrencies: And what do you think about this?
From January 1, 2020, mandatory paid registration of all mobile devices with Internet access on phones, tablets, laptops can be introduced in Russia. The corresponding bill has already been submitted to the State Duma, and in the first reading, the parliament plans to consider it in the current plenary week. The initiative was initiated by the head of the Temporary Commission of the Information Society Development, Lyudmila Bokova, who earlier, together with Senator Andrei Klishas and Deputy Andrei Lugovoy, introduced the law on “ sovereign Internet ” to the Duma. If the law enters into force, manufacturers and importers will…
The New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia, which lost up to 10% of its funds as a result of the January hacker attack, officially resumed trading. Update: We have resumed trading on 40 trade pairs that we have quantified as secure. We will continue to expand this list. – Cryptopia Exchange (@Cryptopia_NZ) March 19, 2019 “We resumed trading […]
According to EOS co-founder Brendan Bloomer, the first digital currency in 20 years will replace gold as a store of value. He is confident that transaction fees will inevitably increase after the last Bitcoin is extracted, but, nevertheless, various scalability solutions, such as the Lightning Network, will still offer cryptocurrency users more efficient and cheaper options. In January, VanEck head of investment company, Jan Van Ek, said that crypto investors are moving from Bitcoin to traditional asset classes such as gold. He explained that Bitcoin had drained liquidity, so it was difficult to treat it as a store of value.…
According to Valery Schepanik, senior consultant for digital assets of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the norms of securities legislation may apply to certain types of glasscoins . Reported Decrypt . According to Shchepanik’s classification, one stablecoin can be tied to real assets like gold or real estate, the other to fiat currency, and the third to use various “financial mechanisms that support price stability.” It is the third category, in its opinion, that can become the object of close attention of the regulator. “I came across steyblokinoy, the value of which controls a certain pricing mechanism…
Wallet and mobile applications (for iOS and Android) from leading American cryptocurrency company Coinbase now support Stellar Lumens digital asset (XLM). XLM is now live at https://t.co/bCG11KveHS and Android apps. Coinbase customers can buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store XLM. https://t.co/YSIYNPO4JP – Coinbase (@coinbase) 18 […]
The Cabinet of Ministers of Japan proposed amendments to the laws “On Financial Instruments and Exchanges” and “On Financial Settlements”. Thus, it is planned to consolidate a number of norms regulating the market for digital assets. The Law “On Financial Instruments and Exchanges” is aimed at ensuring the transparency of markets and the safety of investors. It contains clear requirements for operations with derivatives and securities. Several points may be added to Japanese law. So, it is proposed to make cryptocurrency in a separate category – “cryptographic assets”. This is consistent with the definition adopted by the G-20 countries. Companies…
Ledger Nano S was the first hardware cryptograph certified by the French Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI). Ledger is proud to announce that it is a wallet! The obtained CSPN certificate shows a third-party assessment of security, rather than taking our word for it. Read more here: https://t.co/PYrRcFt15u#DontTrustVerify […]
