In the near future, cryptocurrencies will not be present in the zone of interests of the Central Bank of Japan. Doubts about Bitcoin and other digital currencies captured the country's information field. This opinion was expressed by Masayoshi Amamiya, deputy governor of the Central Bank during his lecture at the meeting of the Japanese Association of Monetary Economists. It is worth noting that such high-ranking officials in the country rarely publicly discuss the monetary system. He further added that in the future, non-cash payments can become an absolute global standard and a means for default payments: “Many other aspects of…
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Bisq developer Christoph Attender announced that October was the most successful month this year for the decentralized platform. … And October 2018 is already on @bisq_network ($ 3,179,564 in volume and counting) ? pic.twitter.com/loWwHngmLW – Christoph Atteneder (@chrisattee) 21 December 2018 p. Thus, since the beginning of the month, the volume of trading on this platform exceeded $ 3 million and continues to grow steadily. The Block analyst Larry Zermak expressed confidence that the trading volume on Bisq will reach the results of April 2016, when it reached $ 5 million. 1 / Bisq, a month for a peer-to-peer exchange,…
Continuing to keep pace with the general mood, another stable token appears on the market – Token X. According to a report on the project’s official website , in addition to independent monthly audit reports, the company registered in the UK offers insurance for funds on escrow for up to $ 25 million. In addition to stable tokens, the company offers three more solutions : Token Connect is a solution that provides an API for data aggregation and payment solutions; Token PSD2 is software that allows you to solve complex everyday tasks in the area of compliance; Token BankPay -…
The payment giant Visa integrates Hyperledger Fabric technology into the B2B Connect corporate payment service. This was reported in the press release of the company. The service will allow companies to make large cross-border payments with maximum security and transparency of operations. To speed up transactions and prevent fraud, B2B Connect tokens participant information, including account numbers and other sensitive data, with a unique identifier. The transborder corporate payments made in this way are processed by the sender's bank and transferred to the beneficiary's financial institution account. IBM is confident that the B2B Connect platform is one of the most…
cryptoplatform The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended trading in securities of the American Retail Group (OTC: ARGB), also known as Simex, Inc. This is reported on the site office. According to representatives of the regulator, the decision was caused by false statements by the company about partnership with a “qualified and approved custodian”. The company also conducted an initial offer of coins (ICO), which allegedly "officially registered in accordance with the requirements of the SEC." Also earlier this month, the American regulator recommended investors to "be vigilant when considering the possibility of investing in the ICO." Recall recently…
In just a few days, Brazil’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, laid off 20 employees. This writes the local edition of Portal do Bitcoin . As stated by the publication of dismissed employees, the management of the exchange has justified its decision to future changes in the policy of marketing and personnel management. Sources also reported that in recent months there have been changes in the work of the exchange, and the volume of tasks for employees has decreased significantly. Some sections of the platform were closed following layoffs. The exchange dismissed those employees who came to work 2-6 months…
Litecoin Core developers have stated that updating the client to version 0.17 will reduce the size of the commission on the Litecoin network ten times: from almost $ 0.05 (0.001 LTC per 1 KB) to the level of 2015 – $ 0.005 (0.0001 LTC per 1 KB). At the same time, at the moment, the commission system is tied to the size of the data required for the transaction, and allows you to charge, for example, $ 0.01 per transaction for $ 1 million and $ 0.10 for sending $ 100. Litecoin Fees to lower 10x in next Core Release.…
ETHEREUM FUND PROVIDES $ 120 THOUSAND. FOR PHILADELPHIAN COMPANY TRANSPARENCY STARTUP TRUEBLOCKS TrueBlocks received an award to continue working on a “completely decentralized way to access data from any Ethereum address or smart contract.” The money will support the project for the next six months. TRANSPARENT FUTURE The company's founder, Thomas J. Rush, believes the world is where transparency is king. By the time someone could check the organization’s accounts … in real time. “I’m fascinated by how transparent I can be and hopefully we can help with this.” Perhaps this is a noble goal, but it is not necessary…
This morning Bitcoin fixed its maximum at the price level of 6,459 US dollars, before embarking on a downward trend. Bitcoin began to fall to a minimum of $ 6,390, but later made an upward correction, using support at $ 6,400. The upward trend was limited to a Fib rollback level of 61.8% between a maximum of 6,663.69 dollars and a minimum of 6 $ 060.88. At the time of writing, the 4-hour simple moving average (100 SMA) limited profits to $ 6,411, while Bitcoin “danced on the edge of a cliff” (the price was about $ 6,400). The breakout…
A San Francisco-based startup Synthetic Minds raised $ 5.5 million to develop technology to analyze and detect errors in smart contracts, reports VentureBeat . The company is working on a product based on software synthesis. The latter, confident in Synthetic Minds, should be used to automate the processes of “analysis and synthesis of computer code” in blockchain systems. The technology will allow developers of blockchain solutions and smart contracts to focus on high-level aspects of development, while the program itself will be engaged in detecting bugs and optimizing code. A round of financing was led by investment companies Pantera Capital…