Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance of Germany Olaf Scholz supported the idea of creating a national digital currency . “Such a payment system will be a good solution for the financial center of Europe and its integration into the global financial system, ” the local publication WirtschaftsWoche quoted him as saying. We must not leave this space to China, Russia, the USA or any of the private suppliers. ” In September, German authorities approved a state blockchain strategy that prohibits the existence of parallel currencies such as Libra . “A key element of sovereignty is the issue of currencies. We…
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The FinTech Association and the Qiwi payment service, which is part of it, have proposed that the Russian central bank abandon the ban on anonymous replenishment of electronic wallets . New restrictions can be sent under the so-called regulatory guillotine, according to RBC. They started talking about the launch of the "guillotine" in the Central Bank in September. Within the framework of a project similar to the government one, the regulator will analyze and remove the lost or redundant legal norms. In the document, the central bank was asked to cancel identification for individuals during transfers, as well as when…
Bitwise representatives are waiting for the SEC decision on their application for Bitcoin-ETF – the team is optimistic and expects to receive a positive response from the regulator. Matt Hougan, head of research at the company, noted that Bitwise has never been so close to launching the BTC-ETF as it is now. The company filed an application in January, in August the regulator postponed the decision date for the proposal from Bitwise and the other two until October 13th. Hougan explained that the SEC is no longer able to defer the decision, so the answer will be unequivocal – yes…
Block.one, the developer of the EOS protocol, introduced EOSIO 2.0, a new version of the software designed to improve network security and scalability. According to a Block.one report, EOSIO 2.0 will be the first implementation of the protocol, where the WebAssembly engine will be used to expand the capabilities of the network and create new tools for developers. Allegedly, with the release of a new version of the protocol and the abandonment of the engine […]
The Ukrainian government expects to legalize the circulation of cryptocurrencies and mining within two to three years. This is stated in the message of the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, published following a meeting of the heads of the department with representatives of the Ukrainian blockchain community, which was held on October 7. Recall that on September 27 at the presentation of the State in a Smartphone brand, ministry leaders first announced plans to legalize cryptocurrencies. The head of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, Mikhail Fedorov, stressed that cryptocurrencies are now not prohibited in Ukraine, but they…
Jennifer Robertson, widow of Gerald Cotten, creator of Canadian QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange, intends to transfer about $ 9 million in cryptocurrency EY Canada – this company deals with the trading platform after its bankruptcy. Robertson personally announced the conclusion of an agreement, under which part of the assets will be sent to clients of the exchange, who in one way or another suffered after its closure. The widow was sure that her husband managed the clients ’funds legally, she is still impressed by the data that the investigation managed to find. This, in fact, prompted her to go to meet…
P2P crypto products platforms attract the attention of both beginners and experienced traders. However, to date, none of them could offer leverage up to 200x. This is twice as much as the maximum 100x margin offered by competitors. Unique trading opportunity Due to the high leverage and the absence of minimum deposits, PrimeBit gives everyone a unique chance to use each trading opportunity to the maximum. You can open a position with an initial margin of only 0.5%. This means that you can place an order for $ 10,000 with a deposit of only $ 50! PrimeBit trades perpetual fixed-value…
Bitcoin Core developer Gregory Maxwell said that people calling for a bitcoin hard fork to provide protection against a “51% attack” demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the first cryptocurrency. Greg Maxwell responds to the question: “Why not hard-fork Bitcoin to make it less vulnerable to 51% attacks?” (HT @AlyseKilleen) pic.twitter.com/k9yb9KBc9I – Tuur Demeester (@TuurDemeester) October 6, 2019 He explained , Oh really […]
John McAfee announced the launch of a “no limit” decentralized crypto exchange. The beta version has become available today. The programmer announced the release of a beta version of his unique DEX platform two days ago on a Twitter blog. It is known that creating an account on a new platform does not require passing the KYC procedure, it is open to representatives of all jurisdictions. For takers, a single commission of 0.25% is provided. For makers, the commission is 0%. The platform is an open source project. Support for new tokens of the ERC-20 standard will be carried out…
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has asked the UK Financial Regulatory and Supervisory Authority (FCA) not to ban the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives to retail investors. The WFE has asked @TheFCA not to ban the sale of crypto derivatives to retail consumers while supporting the regulator's desire to better protect vulnerable consumers. Read more here: https://t.co/mIPIEXfN8n – WFE (@TheWFE) October 7, […]