On Tuesday, September 24, the price of Binance Coin followed the flagship of the market and fell to a 6-month low at $ 13.80. Over the course of the year, the asset far exceeded the dynamics of bitcoin, but the correlation returned, said tech analyst Horus Hags. In his opinion, the threat of a fall to $ 13.60, and then to $ 9.40, looks quite realistic if the market situation does not improve […]
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On Monday, the launch of the Bakkt platform took place, which opened the crypto community to access trading with Bitcoin futures. Some analysts, however, noticed that the site did not live up to the expectations of many players. The trading volume of BTC futures on BitMEX on September 23 amounted to $ 2.6 billion, while on CME the volume of trading in BTC contracts reached $ 100 million, while only 71 BTC contracts were sold at Bakkt. It is noteworthy that many hoped that the launch of Bakkt will become a trigger for the growth of the BTC rate, however,…
Telecommunications operators have begun installation of equipment installed under the Runet’s “protection” law , the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov told reporters on the sidelines of the Spectrum 2019 forum in Sochi. According to the head of the department, testing of the equipment will begin in one of the Russian regions at the end of September and will last until mid-October. The fact of participation in testing solutions was also confirmed by Andrey Ushatsky, MTS Vice President for Engineering and Information Technologies. According to him, the test zone for testing is organized on the operator’s network in the Urals. Earlier,…
IBM is open to working with Facebook to create the stablecoin Libra , CNBC reports. According to the general manager of IBM blockchain services Jason Kelly, the company aims to increase the level of cooperation in the field of distributed registry technology. “ Blockchain is a team sport. Our customers are ready to work with Facebook, and we are ready to work with all of them to unite them, ” he said. Kelly did not specify whether IBM is interested in joining the Libra Association, but noted that the Facebook initiative is indeed contributing to the development of technology. At…
Paxful is perhaps one of the most interesting marketplaces available on the market in the field of peer-2-peer cryptocurrency trading, mainly bitcoin. For the convenience of all users, a full-featured functional and convenient cryptocurrency wallet is offered. The history of the company begins in 2014, and entered the market in 2015. Company founders Ray Yousef and Arthur Shabak primarily focused on the African market, trying to create the most affordable and convenient way to quickly transfer money. For several years, the company has gained the trust of more than two million users, and the monthly turnover exceeds $ 200 million.…
Representatives of the Telegram messenger announced a competition to create smart contracts for the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform. According to the terms of the competition, participants must: – create one or more smart contracts in accordance with the description in the attached file; – offer improvements for FunC or TON virtual machine; – identify bugs and suggest corrections for the Telegram Open Network test network. Prize Fund […]
Roskomnadzor has begun to install equipment with a deep traffic filtering (DPI) on the networks of major cellular operators to implement the so-called Runet isolation law. Testing of the equipment will begin in late September and end in mid-October, head of the rocket launcher, Alexander Zharov, told TASS. He also added that the test will be conducted "in one of the regions of the Russian Federation." Earlier […]
In the first quarter of 2020, 30 French retailers will start supporting Bitcoin payments, among them the sports goods giant Decathlon and the company that sells cosmetic products – Sephora. Thanks to the new crypto project, in which Global POS, Easy Wallet, Easy2Play take part, payments with BTC will be available in 25 thousand retail outlets. Payment will be made directly in cryptocurrency, however, at the time of payment, BTC will be converted to EUR. The conversion process is entrusted to Savitar and Deskion, which currently receive everything necessary for this permission from the local regulator. It is known that…
On September 19, a seminar of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia was held in Gelendzhik on the topic "Model lawmaking in the Union State." The meeting participants highlighted the priority areas of joint lawmaking, including the digital economy. During the seminar, deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly made reports and presentations, and representatives of the Union State Standing Committee, state bodies and leading scientific institutions of Russia and Belarus took part in the discussion. Experts and deputies agreed that such areas as a unified educational space, digital economy, unmanned vehicles, issues of creating and using artificial…
Following the news that Kin, a Kik-based crypto development subsidiary, has laid off 70 employees, Kik Interactive CEO Ted Livingston added that the company plans to close its popular instant messaging app. The closure of Kik is directly related to the litigation of the company with the US financial regulator – SEC. The commission sued the Canadian company, accusing its representatives of selling unregistered securities as part of the ICO, which took place 2 years ago. Then the company raised $ 100 million. Livingston said that the company has 19 key developers – they will continue to work with the…