As a result of another recalculation of the complexity of mining Bitcoin on the night of January 1, this figure increased by 10%. This is the first increase in complexity since October 2018. The complexity of mining is a parameter of the blockchain network, which shows how difficult it is to perform a mathematical calculation to find a new unit and, accordingly, to receive an award for it. So, according to Bitcoin Wisdom , as a result of the new recalculation, the complexity increased by 10% At the same time, over the past few days, bitcoin hash has grown slightly…
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Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform for institutional investors from the owner of the New York Stock Exchange ICE, has closed the first round of financing. As reported the company, it has attracted 182.5 million dollars. 12 partners took part in the round, including the Boston Consulting Group, CMT Digital, Galaxy Digital, Goldfinch Partners, Alan Howard, Horizons Ventures, Microsoft's venture capital division, as well as the Intercontinental Exchange itself and others. The company assured the community that it continues to work on the creation of an institutional infrastructure for trading cryptocurrencies , but did not provide additional information regarding the approximate launch…
Co-founder of the protocol Stellar and CTO of Interstellar, Jed McCaleb, believes that most financial institutions will not use Bitcoin, but still supports open and public blockchains. He said this in an interview with Yahoo Finance . Last September, Lightyear Corp., a former commercial division of the Stellar Development Foundation, acquired developer blockchain solutions for the financial industry Chain, announcing its intention to transfer the startup products to the public blockchain Stellar. Brands Lightyear Corp. and Chain were then abolished, and the Interstellar project appeared instead. Jed McCaleb Responding to a question about how the integration takes place and how…
In today's cryptocurrency market, investors should use every opportunity to make money, for the most active of you, January 2019 will be a very productive month. Top 10 Airdrop with free distribution of tokens of new cryptocurrency projects to which attention should be paid in January. Trakx End Date: January 31, 2019 Trakx is an interesting project that aims to create an accessible and secure platform for the so-called cryptotorgable indexes (CTI). CTIs are unique tokens designed to reduce the complexity and commissions associated with trading various cryptoactive assets. Tokens allow their owners to increase diversification, use leverage and gain…
The developers of the OpenNode processing service rejected an investment proposal of $ 1.25 million, made to them at the end of last year by one of the main ideologists of Bitcoin Cash, Roger Vere. This is stated in the startup entries on Twitter. At the same time, the project's CEO, Rui Gomes, added that no money will force OpenNode to serve “low-grade money.” No amount of money will make us service inferior money. https://t.co/unBoSX2zpZ – Rui Gomes (@ruigomeseu) December 30, 2018 “Thank you for the offer of $ 1.25 million, Roger, but we reject it. Our vision of better…
The Iranian government has taken further steps aimed at countering the Gram cryptocurrency, which is being developed by the Telegram messenger. About this December 31 reported the publication of the Tehran Times . In a statement by Javad Javidnia, secretary of the criminal definition working group, any cooperation with the Gram token launch application will be considered an act against national security and a threat to the national economy. “One of the most important factors in banning Telegram was the sense of a serious economic threat posed by its activities. Unfortunately, this threat was ignored because of the confusion in…
Сторонники децентрализованных технологий утверждают, что блокчейн кардинально может изменить самые различные сферы, включая финансы, энергетику, страхование, цепи поставок и т. д. По их словам, технология распределенного реестра привносит прозрачность в процессы, снижает издержки и устраняет посредников, уменьшает вероятность ошибок посредством минимизации влияния человеческого фактора и делает системы надежнее благодаря устранению единой точки отказа. Однако исследователи PricewaterhouseCoopers пришли к выводу, что лишь немногие мировые компании используют решения на базе этой перспективной технологии. По мнению представителей австралийского Агентства по вопросам цифровых преобразований, на данный момент другие технологии превосходят блокчейн при решении реальных проблем бизнеса. В организации считают, что вокруг этой технологии слишком…
The Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA) presented its final version of the report, based on which new requirements for regulating the cryptoindustry can be introduced into the country's legislation. The document was prepared on the basis of the previously published preliminary report and supplemented after the meeting of the working group on the study of cryptocurrency, which was held last week. Thus, in the document, the activity of cryptobirth and other service providers using cryptocurrency is considered in 9 key areas. One of them affects the reservation of net assets – exceeding the size of customer deposits and denominated…
Bakkt cryptocurrency platform from the operator of the New York Stock Exchange Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) successfully closed the first round of funding, under which it managed to raise $ 182.5 million. We are pleased to confirm that we have completed our first round of funding of $ 182.5 million https://t.co/Cc2EsoQMcT – Bakkt (@ Bakt) December 31, 2018 Investors included Boston Consulting Group, CMT Digital, Eagle Seven, Galaxy Digital, Mike Novograc, Goldfinch Partners, Horizons Ventures, Intercontinental Exchange, Microsoft Venture Division, M12, Pantera Capital, PayU, Fintech Naspers, Protocol and Alan Howard. According to the blog, Bakkt intends to create the first regulated…
Huobi Pool, the mining division of the Huobi Group, will launch the first exchange in the first quarter of 2019, which will be based on the EOS cryptocurrency (EOS) . “As an EOS superstar, Huobi Pool put environmental development in first place on its list of priorities ,” said Cao Fei , CEO of Huobi Pool. Cao Fei also added that the launch of this exchange is the next logical step in supporting the project. The new trading platform will allow customers to trade EOS against a number of other cryptocurrencies. Just a couple of days ago, Huobi cryptocurrency exchange…
