The popularity of Ripple is gaining momentum lately. Every day, more and more users are tracking not only news about the strategic alliances of this company, but also technological advances, as well as price fluctuations XRP. Recently there has been a rumor that SWIFT, a representative of the traditional money transfer system, can use Ripple technology in its work. One of the reasons for this rumor is the presence of Ripple at the Sibos conference, which, in turn, is organized by SWIFT. The conference will take place in Sydney next week. As a rule, at this event the most important…
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Less than two weeks ago, about 21.6 million tokens were on the Kraken Bitcoin Exchange on the USDT-wallet. Then she took 22 place in Tether Rick List. At the time of this writing, the platform’s address contains 46.7 million coins, which makes it the ninth largest holder of steylcoin. Thus, since the beginning of the year, the number of USDT on the Kraken wallet has not exceeded 24 million, but amid an abnormal asset volatility this week, traders transferred a record number of coins to the stock exchange. At a certain point, the USDT rate paired with the fiat US…
The implementation of the Constantinople update, the second part of the Metropolis hardfork in the Ethereum network, is postponed until the beginning of 2019. This decision was made by the developers during the videoconference. [embedded content] Initially, the release of Constantinople in the main network was scheduled for November, but after finding a few bugs as part of testing on the Ropsten network, the developers decided to wait. “I still think that we are in too much of a hurry. We need to pause and understand what is happening , ”said Afri Shedon, developer of Parity. Martin Holst Schwende, representative…
During the virtual conference on Friday, October 19, the blockchain developers Ethereum announced that the implementation of the Constantinople update was postponed until the beginning of 2019. The team members, who originally planned to conduct hardfork in November, decided to postpone it, since several bugs were found in the code running in the testnet. It is reported by CoinDesk. The team decided that it is not necessary to hurry, and moved hardfork to the end of January or February. Addressing the conference participants, the developer Afri Schöden noted: I can not get rid of the feeling that we are in…
technology Slush Pool operator and operating system developer for mining devices Braiins OS (bOS), Czech company Braiins Systems, found that Antminer S9 from the manufacturer Bitmain is compatible with the open-source AsicBoost protocol optimization algorithm. Antminer S9 is actually capable of supporting overt # AsicBoost , however, the functionality is disabled by vendors FPGA design. We want to enable it. ✌️ https://t.co/MW8oARcTmH – braiins ⚡️ (@braiins_systems) October 19, 2018 According to the study, the technology can allow miners to save up to 13% of the cost of electricity. Braiins Systems plans to upgrade the existing version of its operating system…
On November 10, a snapshot of user balances will be made in the NEO cryptocurrency network, each of which will receive fork NEO Super tokens: for 1 NEO – 2 NEOX. APDATE On October 9, a post was published on the Bitcointalk.org forum stating that the NEO Super could be a fraudulent project. The user under the name EustaceBagge stressed that the white paper of the project contains only seven pages, and the developers do not even have LinkedIn profiles. At the moment in the white paper on the official website – 18 pages, but as of October 9, the…
The expected launch of the Bakkt cryptoplatform focused on large investors will take place on December 12 of this year. It is reported by The Block , citing informed sources. Also, the material states that the investment bank Goldman Sachs does not plan to create custodial cryptocurrency solutions based on the Bakkt infrastructure. At the same time, the bank is considering the possibility of trading futures on a new platform. In a recent Fortune interview with Bakkt, Kelly Lofler said that the cryptocurrency market is on the verge of a revolution comparable in size to the one that occurred on…
After a short break, the cryptomems return. Get out of hibernation) At the beginning of the week, the price of Bitcoin began to overcome many months of resistance, approaching at some point on the Bitfinex exchange close to the level of $ 7,800. I’m not a T / A expert but I know a significant chart pattern when I see one … Eh, bitcoin, bitcoin. How many ups and downs we have to go through … Hold bitcoins from r / bitcoinmemes Twitter users called the bitcoin price jump “pamp for the elimination of Ton Weiss.” On October 13, the…
A large network of Spanish coffee houses Nostrum began to accept Bitcoin . The company collaborates with Cylcebit, a technology startup that seeks to help stores become “cryptocurrency conductors.” The working ecosystem of Cyclebit is built through a partnership with IBox, a payment platform with an annual turnover of $ 1 billion. Cyclebit hopes to make each trading terminal capable of accepting cryptocurrency payments. Sellers will be provided with a “ready-to-install, free customizable application for iOS and Android that will be able to accept payments from crypto wallet and banks”. Cyclebit believes that this will open up new revenue opportunities…
The group to develop financial measures to combat money laundering (FATF) next summer will begin to publish the rules of international regulation of cryptocurrency, reports Reuters . According to representatives of the intergovernmental organization, these rules will have to be respected by financial regulators around the world and apply to digital currency exchanges, wallets and primary coin offers (ICO). On the eve of the FATF held a plenary session with representatives of 204 jurisdictions, discussing, in particular, issues related to the regulation of cryptocurrencies. During the event, the president of the organization, Marshall Billingsley, announced that guidelines and explanations for…