Author: BlockchainJournal

Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, owned by the American startup Circle, opened the output of cryptocurrency Grin. At the same time, the site made the first installment to the Grin General Fund in the amount of 1.27864 BTC. Grin withdrawals are our first monthly donation — 1.27864 BTC — to the @grinMW General Fund. #grin #mimblewimble Read more here: https://t.co/t4m0CAqtxq – Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) March 15 […]

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Mercuryo is expanding its presence in the cryptocurrency market. Today it became known about the start of cooperation of the crypto wallet with the CoinBase and CEX exchanges. This was reported by the COO “Mercuryo” Grigory Vaisman. Grigory said that the passage of the Mercuryo verification procedures at the largest cryptobirths is intended to strengthen the position of the wallet in the market and give its users the opportunity to buy and sell bitcoins at the best rate. “We are always looking for the perfect balance between the purchase price and the bitcoin price for our customers. As part of…

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On Friday, March 15, the daily trading volume of the first cryptocurrency exceeded $ 11 billion. The last time this figure was recorded on April 25 last year, when Bitcoin was trading around $ 8.845, according to CoinDesk Markets analyst Sam Umet. According to him, high trading volumes indicate investor interest in Bitcoin. However, he notes, the correlation between volumes […]

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Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Anton Siluanov approved the transfer of VTB's share in the Eurofinance Mosnarbank to US government. Interfax reported this with reference to the head of VTB Andrei Kostin. The share of VTB (25% plus one share), which the bank owns through foreign structures of VTB Bank and ITC Consultants, will be donated to the property of the Federal Property Management Agency. The transaction is expected to take place […]

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During the raids on the capital market "Gardener" and in the shopping center "Moscow", the police and the Rosguards found several large mining farms , mining equipment worth 2 billion rubles was seized. About this March 14 told the media sources in law enforcement: “During the raids on the Gardener and in Moscow, several mining farms were found. Their owners are established. " According to sources, large sums of cash were also found in the markets, but informers did not provide details, noting: "It remains to determine the origin of all these funds." Earlier, on March 11 and 12, the…

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Exchange CBOE Futures Exchange made a statement that in March it will not open contacts on Bitcoin futures. According to the statement, the exchange plans to revise its approach to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. CFE is rethinking its approach to how it plans to continue to offer derivative digital assets for trading. At present, CFE does not intend to list additional XBT futures contracts for trading.   Meanwhile, existing Bitcoin futures will remain available for trading. This means that the latest XBTM19 contract expires in June 2019. The decision may be caused by low trading volumes. According to a study by…

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A well-known investor finally understood the creation of Satoshi Nakamoto, and this is what it led to. 73-year-old securities market analyst and investor Mark Faber bought bitcoins for the first time in his life at the end of February. He said that for years he had been trying to figure out what cryptocurrency meant, and only recently he finally understood what was happening. In addition, he is very happy that he did not acquire bitcoins at a price of 20 thousand dollars, but only slightly more than 3 thousand dollars. Having bought Bitcoins , the most famous Swiss analyst does…

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Fundstrat CEO Tom Lee believes that this year will mark the revival of the first digital asset due to favorable macroeconomic trends. I think 2019 is a year of recovery. We have risks in global markets, which is a positive factor for Bitcoin; it was a headwind last year. And the dollar does not grow as it did last year. This is a headwind that has disappeared. Among the positive fundamental changes he mentioned the launch of digital coins by leading global financial institutions, such as JP Morgan and Mizuho, as well as the growing popularity of Bitcoin in problem…

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Recently, the TruePlay project, which is developing a blockchain platform for licensed gambling services, connected one of the first partners of the crypto casino FairPlay . Using the functionality of the finished platform, FairPlay casino can now offer players not only to make bets in cryptocurrency, but also check the payout percentage in games with honesty control on the blockchain. This option implies that any user can view the records in the smart contract and see how many bets have been made and how many winnings have been received. All transactions on deposits, rates, losses and winnings that pass on…

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Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) announced on Thursday, March 14th that it will not add new markets to Bitcoin futures this month. According to the company, it needs to understand its own approach to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In its letter to investors, reporting on the addition of new products, the exchange at the same time wrote: “In March 2019, CFE does not add futures contracts to Cboe […]

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