CoinMetrics, a startup specializing in analytical data for bitcoin investors and traders, has closed a round of seed investments, having collected $ 1.9 million, according to CoinDesk. Financial support based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was provided by Fidelity Investments, Highland Capital Partners and Dragonfly Capital. At the same time, CoinMetrics presented the first set of commercial products for institutes interested in obtaining customized research reports. […]
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Vladimir Putin ordered the State Duma and the government to pass laws by July 1 to develop the digital economy, including the law on the regulation of digital assets . A list of instructions on the implementation of the President’s message to the Federal Assembly is published on the Kremlin’s website. In one of the points addressed to the State Duma and the government of the Russian Federation, it says: “To ensure the adoption in the spring session of 2019: federal laws aimed at the development of the digital economy, including those determining the procedure for conducting civil law transactions…
Cryptocurrency p2p platform Hodl Hodl announced on Wednesday, February 27, a new product called Predictions. Its launch is expected this spring, and according to representatives of the exchange, it can be a very useful tool for the Bitcoin ecosystem. Introducing Predictions by Hodl Hodlhttps: //t.co/403RFecdeM pic.twitter.com/InZfF3RJ63 – Hodl Hodl (@hodlhodl) February 27, 2019 The essence of the new product is to create a special market, where […]
The British blockchain start-up Electroneum has introduced a new smartphone with integrated mining and cryptocurrency storage, called M1, and the price for it starts from $ 80. The Electroneum project is intended for people who do not have access to the banking system. Using the ETN coin, a startup offers to pay for daily purchases, and users do not need a bank account to transfer digital currencies to their smartphones. The Electroneum smartphone is called M1, it is certified by Google Mobile Services (GMS), costs only $ 80 and is equipped with automatic cloud mining technology. According to the manufacturer,…
During January and February 2019, large investors or so-called “whales” aggressively bought up cryptocurrencies . During this period, they dramatically increased their inventory in tokens. While the sharp fluctuations of the bitcoin rate , which we witnessed last week, for some turn into massive liquidations, others use them in order to build up their already impressive assets. The greatest activity was recorded at the end of January and the beginning of February, when the “whales” used to reduce Bitcoin and XRP and actively purchased them. In the last 2 months alone, the remnants of the 102 most “fatty” bitcoin wallets…
Focusing on the capital markets of blockchain-start-up Nivaura raised a total of $ 20 million after it closed an additional third round of seed investment. The campaign was led by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), CoinDesk reports. Other investors of the British firm were Santander InnoVentures, law firms Linklaters and Orrick, part of the large insurance group Aegon, the venture unit of Transamerica Ventures, MiddleGame Ventures […]
Marketpleys mobile applications T Store, controlled by Korea's largest telecom provider SKT, officially presented the store Blockchain KeyStore and kriptokoshelek for Samsung Galaxy S10 phone. Samsung presented the Blockchain KeyStore at the Barcelona conference. Logo screen appears Bitcoins , Ethereum, Enjin and Cosmee, but cooperation with Enjin officially was not confirmed. In addition, the Galaxy S10 will be implemented the possibility of contactless payment cryptocurrency. How this function will be implemented at the technical level is not reported. Below are the photos of the device with the launched Samsung Blockchain Keystore application and cryptograph. As you can see, the latter…
The Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia approved the amendments to the anti-legalization decision of 2015, prohibiting money laundering using cryptocurrencies , thereby establishing responsibility for such actions as financial transactions and transactions committed to legalize illegally obtained funds. At the same time, the plenum did not introduce the definition of cryptocurrency in the document. “The subject of the crimes provided for in Articles 174 and 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation may be monetary assets converted from virtual assets (cryptocurrency) acquired as a result of the commission of a crime,” the new version of the…
The liquidity of the rental capacity market for mining cryptocurrency is growing, and at the same time more and more distinct outlines acquire attacks of 51% using leased hashing capacity. In order to remain decentralized, cryptocurrency based on PoW consensus should not allow one side to control most of the total hashing power. As the global pool of hashing capacity becomes increasingly liquid, cryptocurrency will have to pass an important test. They must be able to withstand an attack carried out using leased power for their particular algorithm. Otherwise, arbitrageurs may find financially attractive such a method of executing an…
The British cryptocurrency startup Electroneum introduced the Android smartphone M1 for mining ETN tokens. The price of the gadget will be $ 80. And another massive announcement. #Electroneum M1 phone – the $ 80 #android #smartphone that pays you back. Watch out for the M1. https://t.co/8qY0izZrtW #mobile #mobilepayments […]
