European regulators have to decide whether they will regulate all ICOs as securities offers or apply an individual approach to them, reports Reuters . The Chairman of the European Organization of Securities and Markets (ESMA), Stephen Mayyur, speaking before the European Parliament’s economic affairs committee, said that some ICOs are similar to financial instruments that allow certain regulatory requirements to apply to them. However, regulators continue to analyze how best to handle ICOs that do not fall into this category: “The next question is: what to do with ICOs that are outside the regulatory universe? We must respond to it…
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Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver announced his intention to launch his own cryptocurrency exchange. To this end, he can either acquire an already existing platform, or find a partner to create a new product, reports Bloomberg . Known as one of the earliest investors in Bitcoin space, Roger Ver is currently one of the main popularizers of Bitcoin Cash, Altcoin, who broke away from the main Bitcoin network in August 2017 as a result of hard forcing. Bitcoin Cash ranks fourth in terms of capitalization in the CoinMarketCap rating and is traded on most popular exchanges. Nevertheless, the coin cannot boast…
Bitcoin and blockchain solutions provider Bitfury Group introduced Bitfury Tardis – the latest generation miner designed for use by large companies with performance up to 80 TH / s. The <br> we released The today has been Bitfury the Tardis, Our new Enterprise grade #bitcoin miner improved version with design and user experience and equipped with new Our Bitfury Clarke #ASIC chip. Learn more: https://t.co/TLnQyo1Ge6 – The Bitfury Group (@BitfuryGroup) 9 October 2018 Bitfury Tardis is equipped with Clarke ASIC chips, which in the future can be replaced by a new generation of chips from Bitfury. Bitfury Tardis is available…
Technology giant IBM will help banks in Azerbaijan to introduce the blockchain technology into the cashless payment system. This is reported by Trend News Agency. “The main goal is to enable commercial banks to work with their customers and provide them with timely access to the services provided,” said Farid Osmanov, director of the information technology department at the Central Bank of Azerbaijan. Commercial banks will get access to a single blockchain platform on which customer information will be stored. According to Farid Osmanov, the introduction of technology will also allow customers of financial institutions to issue loans more quickly.…
According to the source of RBC-Crypto: Justin Sun, creator of the platform CEO Tron, said that after the upgrade, its network will be 200 times faster Ethereum San introduced the new version of Odyssey 3.1 for developers and users of decentralized applications. The exit took place on October 8 at 15:00 Moscow time. According to the head of the blockchain startup, now the platform will run 200 times faster than Ethereum, and a hundred times cheaper than EOS. He stressed that this system was created for both developers and users of decentralized applications. The former can now work with the…
The cryptocurrency exchange EXMO has announced the addition of Gemini Dollar (GUDS) to the listing. The release is scheduled for this week. The Gemini Dollar is the first regulated digital token, fully secured in US dollars, which is designed to transmit in an open and decentralized manner, just like cryptocurrency. GUDS Token is created on the Ethereum blockchain . It was released by the Gemini Trust, owned by the Winkloss brothers, in September. The turnover of GUSD will be regulated by the Financial Services Authority of New York (NYDFS), and dollar deposits can be insured in accordance with the rules…
The popular Binance cryptocurrency exchange periodically reviews all coins on its platform in order to protect users and all interested parties. After such a revision of the coins, the exchange announced that it intends to delist four cryptocurrencies on its platform: We decided to delist and stop trading for the following cryptocurrencies and tokens, starting at 10:00 (UTC) on October 12, 2018: Bytecoin (BCN) ChatCoin (CHAT) Iconomi (ICN) Triggers (TRIG). The output of these cryptocurrencies and tokens from Binance can be made until 10:00 (UTC) on November 12, 2018. As mentioned earlier, the Binance team periodically reviews all digital assets…
The Canadian Cryptocurrency Exchange QuadrigaCX is experiencing problems with the withdrawal of customer funds. According to its representatives, as early as January, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) blocked accounts related to Costodian Inc., a payment service that deals with the exchange. About this writes The Globe and Mail . The bank froze accounts for $ 28 million due to the fact that it could not establish who owns the funds on them – QuadrigaCX, Costodian or customers of the platform. In this regard, CIBC appealed to the Supreme Court of Ontario with a request to take possession of…
In the last hour, Bitcoin broke out of the trend line of long-term resistance, and the four-hour frame was highlighted in red. Accordingly, it could only be a matter of time before we saw a positive upward movement. A pair of BTC / USD has formed an uptrend within 60 minutes, which is a good start. However, BTC needs to maintain trading activity above the 500 EMA at the level of US $ 6550.00 to maintain the current uptrend. BTC / USD is currently trading at $ 6,593.27 and must hold above $ 6,585.95 to rise to $ 6,608.30 and…
The Brooklyn-based company goTenna has launched a mobile application called TxTenna , which allows you to send Bitcoin without an internet connection. A mobile application, available only for Android, created in partnership with Samourai Wallet, allows you to send Bitcoin using a private network, free from censorship. “TxTenna demonstrates how a decentralized network can improve the confidentiality and resiliency of Bitcoin transactions , as well as facilitating access for people living in areas without cellular communications or Wi-Fi,” DATPS engineer at goTenna, Richard Myers, bitcoinmagazine.com quotes . To conduct a transaction offline, you need to download both the Samourai Wallet…