Analytical company YouGov shared the results of a survey designed to find out how the British view Bitcoin . Other cryptocurrencies in the study were not mentioned. According to the survey, 93% of respondents are aware of the existence of Bitcoin. Of these, only 4% answered that they understand what it is, and about 20% – “pretty good”. As in other studies that study attitudes towards cryptocurrencies , young men are more likely to state that they understand Bitcoin well than women. Investments in Bitcoin were reported by 6% of the interviewed men and 1% of women. In general, this…
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Bithumb, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Southeast Asia and Korea, announced the Super Airdrop Festival, within which any registered trader can participate. In its Twitter, the Bithumb exchange indicated that one of the customers who will register between November 12 and December 11, 2018 will receive a prize of 15 BTC. The winner will be selected randomly. It is worth noting that the "Super Airdrop Festival" was announced in honor of the fifth anniversary of the company Bithumb. Over the years since its launch, the stock exchange has grown significantly and won first place in…
Canadian public company GoverMedia Plus Canada Corp. signed a memorandum of intent with the cryptocurrency exchange EXMO, which provides it with exclusive rights to negotiate the purchase of the latter for 180 days. If the transaction takes place, the combined company will continue to conduct business under the EXMO brand and will be quoted on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE). This BlockchainJournal reported representatives of the trading platform. The final agreement between GoverMedia and EXMO should include approvals, warranties and contractual obligations, as well as a comprehensive legal assessment and obtaining any necessary approvals and approvals, including the requirements of…
The blockchain experiments conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will form the basis of the formation of a vector for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. It is reported by the Cointelegraph , citing the Deputy General Counsel of the IMF Ross Lekkov. According to him, the IMF is carefully studying modern financial technologies and the blockchain; however, working with them would be incomplete without studying artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. “Collaborating with the IMF, banks and countries have shown considerable interest in regulating the developing sector, ” Ross Lekkov said. He also said that the International Monetary Fund is ready to…
Payment for cryptocurrency goods remains a rather unpopular form of cashless payments – only one percent of Moscow residents use it. Another 5% of citizens who do not own digital assets would like to try out this method of settlement. This is evidenced by data from the Yandex.Money service and the Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT). Non-cash payment methods are preferred by 34% of respondents. Of these, about 63% resort to such operations daily. About 96% of respondents use a bank card for cashless payment of services. Then, in descending order, respondents named mobile (40%) and Internet banking (32%),…
While some states prohibit any operations with cryptocurrencies , others continue to reflect on the legislation, still others are actively exploring a new technology. Here are five countries that are far advanced in this matter. Switzerland Switzerland has long entered the role of a neutral observer and a center for private financial and banking services. Is it possible to come up with a better place to stimulate the growth of cryptocurrencies with an emphasis on anonymity? In fact, Switzerland declares its intention to become “kryptonation”, according to the Minister of Economy of this small alpine country. To this end, a…
At the moment, the price of Bitcoin hovers around $ 6,300. The RSI remains close to the oversold zone, although there are no signs of a reversal yet. This implies that a downward trend may be observed in the near future. However, according to a survey from finder.com, many crit experts believe that the first digital coin will grow to $ 8,000 by December 1. According to average estimates, this month BTC will grow by 29%, and by the end of 2019 – by about 160% and will be about 16,000 US dollars. Joerg Molt, co-founder of Satoshi School, presented…
The Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has added to the listing the so-called Chain Split tokens for the two implementations of the Bitcoin Cash protocol, in whose network on November 15 there is likely to be a split. Bitcoin Cash tokens resulting in “ABC” and “SV” on November 15, 2018. https://t.co/ gA3pai4YL8 – Bitfinex (@bitfinex) November 13, 2018 So, BAB [Bitcoin ABC client] and BSV [Bitcoin SV client] tokens will be traded in pairs with Bitcoin and US dollars. The Token Manager tool will allow users to convert their Bitcoin Cash into one of the tokens. This process is reversible,…
The Russian Association of Cryptoindustry and Blockchain (RACIB) proposes to amend the draft law on the legalization of the cryptocurrency industry in Russia. It clarifies the agency RBC, the association urges the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation during the next consideration of the bill on the legalization of digital currencies to introduce a set of amendments. At RACIB, they are taking the initiative to adopt such amendments that will not hinder the development of the cryptocurrency industry and will create conditions for capital inflows to the Russian market. Market participants should be given the right to…
Due to the instability of the Bytecoin network, the Poloniex exchange temporarily requires 2000 confirmations to carry out transactions in this cryptocurrency. It managed to find out the CCN reporter, who tried to transfer funds to the stock exchange in order to convert into BCHABC and BCHSV tokens, which appeared in the listing on the eve of the sensational hardfork in the Bitcoin Cash network. In the Bytecoin network, a standard number of confirmations is considered to be 10. This already exceeds the performance of most digital assets. After waiting 10 hours, the reporter turned to technical support and received…