Sberbank reported on a successful OTC repo transaction on the blockchain with Region brokerage with the participation of the National Settlement Depository (NSD). This was reported by the press service of the bank. For the calculations, the NSD integrated Security Management System (JMA) integrated into the distributed network was used. Each of the parties to the transaction submitted an instruction to its blockchain network node, the smart contract entered into an agreement and submitted settlement instructions to the SLA. According to representatives of Sberbank, the parties concluded the world's first trilateral transaction of this kind on the blockchain. “Within the…
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application Technological blockchain-company Bitfury Group has entered into a partnership with the payment system Paytomat. As part of cooperation, Bitfury will add the ability to send Lightning payments through a cryptocurrency wallet and an application for merchants from Paytomat. Our #LightningNetwork team @lightning_peach is Bringing fast and of low-cost payments to the crypto international vendors and through Our partnership The Merchants with @paytomat – the read more from @BitcoinMagazine : https://t.co/M10i9a2nWL – The Bitfury Group (@BitfuryGroup) December 6, 2018 The developers of LightningPeach, a Bitfury-controlled company, will be responsible for the technical implementation of the system. “Merchants are ready to…
On November 30, the Litecoin network processed transactions totaling almost $ 1.1 billion, which significantly exceeded the daily average ($ 100 million). A total of 35.4 million LTC were transferred per day, which is about 60% of the market supply. One player allegedly made a transfer of 12.3 million LTC. Litecoin's New King Whale – $ 1.1Bn Transacted on the Litecoin Network in a single day. #ltc #litecoin #btc #bitcoin #cryptocurrency #Crypto #blockchain ?️ https://t.co/thAEPr7CuN pic.twitter.com/w3UTNbNPPE – Litecoin.com (@LitecoinDotCom) December 3, 2018 Thus, the TOP-100 richest Litecoin wallets immediately included 41 new addresses with a balance of 300,000 LTC. At…
Last week, the new Litecoin kit moved more than 35 million LTC (60% of the total market capitalization of coins) to just one address. However, global stock trading does not seem to be the cause of such a large transaction. The Litecoin team immediately posted this news on their Twitter: A crypto kit can add 40 new wallets to Litecoin top 100 rich lists. All wallets have about 300,000 LTC each. The deal last week was a record largest since February 2018, when more than $ 1 billion was moved. No one knows who the whale is, but still it…
Japanese bitcoin exchanges reported 5,944 suspicious cryptocurrency transactions between January and October 2018 to the National Police Authority (NSA), JiJi Press reports. It is noteworthy that the number of transactions exceeds similar figures in the period from April to December 2017 by almost 800%. Bitcoin exchanges in Japan are regulated by the Financial Services Agency (FSA) and must comply with AML / KYC regulations. However, according to the national police, cryptocurrency transactions account for only 1.7% of all suspicious transactions in the financial sector. Earlier, the FSA demanded that the exchanges delist anonymous cryptocurrencies. Subscribe to BlockchainJournal on Facebook !…
The Kazan court began to consider the case of bitcoin fraud. From February to April, four attackers cheated cryptoinvestors during the exchange of Bitcoin for rubles, writes "BUSINESS Online". The defendants were looking for those who wanted to cash cryptocurrency. During a personal meeting, they showed a cash envelope with a stipulated amount, and the victims transferred the bitcoins to the intruders' wallet. Then the fraudsters distracted the victim and changed the envelope with real money for the “fun bank” tickets. A source familiar with the case materials said that in this way the attackers took possession of 2.7 million…
ETN (Exchange Traded Notes, stock notes) – unsecured promissory notes, the value of which is linked to the price of a certain asset (a basket of stocks, bonds, commodity futures or cryptocurrencies). One of the factors that affect the value of ETN is the credit rating of the company issuing such tools. In other words, the price of an exchange note may fall due to a decrease in the issuer's credit rating, even if there are no changes in the underlying index. ETNs are also traded on the stock exchange, but the main difference between them and ETFs is that…
Эксперт Мелтем Демирорс из проекта CoinShares рассказала, как перестать постоянно проверять цены в условиях кризиса криптовалют и полюбить трудности, как понять психологию инвестора, как найти реальную ценность на рынке и поделилась своим видением того, куда движется криптоиндустрия в целом. 2018-й был сложным годом для всех причастных к сфере криптовалют – от эмитентов (людей, которые продают коины) до бирж и операторов платформ (тех, кто обеспечивает возможность спекуляций на стоимости коинов), а также инвесторов (тех, кто коины покупает). Это был отличный год для юристов, бухгалтеров, пиар-агентств и других поставщиков профессиональных услуг. На них пролились миллионы – если не миллиарды – ICO-шных долларов…
Almost a third of freelancers living in the United States would like to receive payment in cryptocurrency , and not through banks and other official systems. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of the recruitment platform Humans.net. The study involved 1100 people selected at random. None of them had shown an open interest in cryptocurrency. According to the report, 18% of respondents said they would like to receive all payments in digital assets, and 11% – a part. Many freelancers work with foreign companies and often face cross-border translations. At the same time, there are currently not…
rate The second largest stock exchange in the world will launch its own bitcoin futures in the first half of 2019. This was told by the vice-president of the press service of Nasdaq, Joseph Kristinat, noting that at this stage the exchange is waiting for the decision of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to Kristinat, CFTC has no reason to deny Nasdaq listing of derivative derivatives for Bitcoin , since the new exchange product meets all the requirements of the regulator. What are the key differences between Nasdaq contracts and those offered by CME and CBOE, and how…