Today Ripple cryptocurrency showed a sharp decline, its price fell by 5% in less than an hour. It is worth noting that the downward trend was observed not only in Ripple, because the entire market is in red. The price of Bitcoin, for example, has dropped to $ 6,334. In turn, the price of Ethereum, after several weeks of consolidation, fell below $ 200. Ripple is now trading at a price of $ 0.446. At the same time, the growth potential is limited by the downward trend line. The price of a cryptocurrency is fixed between the support of the…
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The British authorities have identified a number of regulatory measures related to cryptocurrency and distributed registry technology in a new large-scale report . The working group on cryptocurrencies under the British government, the creation of which was first announced in March of this year, published the final version of its report on Monday, pointing out that the technology that underlies cryptocurrency can be used for the benefit of the financial sector and other industries. Thus, the Treasury of Her Majesty, the Financial Supervision Authority and the Bank of England – the three departments included in the working group – will…
At 6 o'clock on Tuesday, the market cryptocurrency TOP-10, located near the zero mark. Bitcoin has changed and now is below zero, today the changes are seeing an increase in the negative direction, the weekly dynamics shows the same top-down changes that show – 2 .42% in relation to the zero mark. During the day, bitcoin's asset similarly surrendered its position by -2 , 23 % and is trading at the $ 6329 price level. Altcoins showed a negative growth showing changes below the zero price range. In the top five, as well as in the TOP, today showed the…
The Russian group of diamond mining companies Alrosa has joined the pilot blockchain project of the De Beers corporation called Tracr. The Tracr platform will track the entire diamond trade route in order to increase transparency in the supply chain. According to the press release, Tracr will also allow you to avoid the circulation of counterfeit gems and confirm their authenticity. Thanks to the blockchain solution, market participants will be able to make sure that the product registered in the distributed network is not a diamond mined in the territory of the conduct of hostilities. The project will work to…
The American cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has officially announced that it intends to enter the global market through the launch of Bittrex International In the coming weeks, a new trading platform is waiting for a period of testing and evaluation, after which it will open the doors for international users. The company intends to optimize the process of listing tokens on the platform. The exchange team seeks to reduce the time of their approval to a few weeks. Now, as a rule, it takes months to include a token in the listing. Tokens and coins traded on the main platform will…
Venture investor and Bitcoin-maximalist Tim Draper explained why he is so confident in the successful future of the first cryptocurrency . At the Crypto Invest Summit in Los Angeles, he said that Bitcoin is not political in nature, unlike fiat money controlled by states. It is reported by The Daily Hodl . According to Tim Draper, a global and decentralized currency – Bitcoin will gradually replace the existing $ 86 trillion of “political” money. The investor once again confirmed his prediction that Bitcoin will reach $ 250 thousand by 2022. He suggested that in the future, Bitcoin will hold a…
The mining pools AntPool and BTC.com, which is operated by the largest manufacturer of equipment for the extraction of cryptocurrency Bitmain, reject all SegWit transactions in the Bitcoin network. This is reported by a well-known community trader WhalePanda, with a link to users of Reddit. AfterAndPoolofficial has now completely stopped mining Segwit transactions. https://t.co/gFSrsQL4FQ – WhalePanda (@WhalePanda) October 29, 2018 So, the user -johoe stressed that AntPool managed to get four blocks in a row, thereby filling the SegWit memory card with transactions. If on block # 547 566 the commission made up 0.04 BTC, he claims, then already on…
The Spanish company shEOS presented a platform that allows the transfer of tokens of the ERC20 standard between Ethereum and EOS blockchain networks. It clarifies ChepiCap with reference to the shEOS press center, it is now possible to transfer coins from one blockchain to another while fully preserving their functionality using the EOS21 protocol. The platform is being finalized, but already now ERC20 tokens can be shipped through it quickly and safely. The essence of the protocol is that when transferring from one blockchain to another on the first platform, the coin burns, and the second appears. Such a scheme…
Headed by bitcoin's implacable bitcoin critic Warren Buffet, the holding has invested in fintech and blockchain startups for the first time, The Wall Street Journal reports. Previously, the famous conglomerate bought mostly "blue chips" of American companies. However, according to the publication, over the past few months, about $ 600 million have been received by two financial companies specializing in emerging markets – the Brazilian payment service and the blockchain-startup from India . The investment rounds were led by the holding's portfolio investors, Todd Combs and Ted Wexler. According to the professor of the Robert Smith Kass School of Business,…
New open source wallet from Altcoin.io will help developers By opening the original Atomic Swap Wallet, the company seeks to help developers learn about the blockchain and rely on technology. The decentralized exchange of cryptocurrencies Altcoin.io recently attracted more than $ 1 million. Now the platform has opened its Atomic Swap Wallet, which helps developers to master and use blockchain technology. This feature can also help users find another reason for moving from centralized exchanges. Why do centralized exchanges create problems? Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges can be weak links in cryptocurrency transactions. Only in 2018, hacks appeared in several cryptographic groups.…