In the Free Trade Zone (FTA) in the Chinese province of Hainan, the so-called Free Blockchain Experiment Zone has appeared, according to the traditional Chinese news provider cnLedger. Blockchain Trial Zone of Hainan, China. The establishment of the new zone will be encouraging, ambitious and revolutionary innovations based on blockchain, and cultivating this new industry worth hundreds of billions. https://t.co/lGLYt43tlX pic.twitter.com/kaNqzgY1BB – cnLedger (@cnLedger) October 8, 2018 The purpose of creating such a zone is declared support for revolutionary blockchain-innovations and the cultivation of a multi-billion dollar industry. It is also reported that the parent company of the Bitcoin exchange,…
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Coinfloor, the oldest bitcoin exchange in the UK, has announced a reduction in jobs due to the situation in the cryptocurrency market. This writes the Financial News . Obi Niosu, CEO of Coinfloor, said that these measures are associated with a significant decrease in trading volumes on the exchange. He added that downsizing during a market crash is a normal business practice. “Coinfloor is currently restructuring its own business to focus on our advantages, ” Obi told Nousu. In 2013, for the first time on the British market, Coinfloor opened Bitcoin trading pairs with the British pound. In July 2018,…
Recently, the Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex was faced with insolvency charges. In response, Bitfinex made a statement that these claims are based entirely on fiction. Also, the Exchange, in proof of the fact that it owns the necessary amount of assets, disclosed cold wallet addresses that contain Bitcoin, Ethereum and EOS. Submitted exchanges claim that the data disclosed by them represent only a small part of the total assets of the exchange, including undisclosed fiat. Based on the data provided, Bitfinex has at least 148,467 Bitcoin, 1.7 million Ethereum and more than 35 million EOS. At the moment, the…
Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange leading in daily trading volume, announced that it would send all commissions for listing new tokens to finance charitable initiatives. #Binance Listing Fee Update: Binance 100%. @BinanceBCF https://t.co/addXONK0Ip pic.twitter.com/8WrEfnmz3V – Binance (@binance) October 8, 2018 At the same time, projects will be able to offer the size of the contribution themselves, and the exchange itself does not intend to dictate acceptable minimums. Binance also promised full transparency in listing and maintaining high standards in the selection of tokens. Earlier, the head of the exchange Changpen Zhao said that during the year Binance plans to open from…
“Has anyone already been on Silk Road? This is something like anonymous amazon.com. I don’t think they have heroin, but they are selling another stuff there. They use Bitcoin and Tor for anonymous transactions. Tell me what you think about it. " This post in 2011 on the Bitcointalk forum was published by the user under the nickname altoid . As it turned out later, this was the first marketing ploy by Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the legendary darknet-site of Silk Road, arrested by the FBI in October 2013. Subsequently, he was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. Five…
appeared in sight How the price of Bitcoin can lead itself in the future, as well as a little about Ethereum, will be shared by Cryptorg.net service CEO and regular BlockchainJournal Andrey Podolyan. As expected, the past week ended with a flat. The range of fluctuations is so narrowed that the candlestick is almost invisible in the weekly time frame. The crowd in the mass resigned to the fact that the price is clamped in a narrow range and now in order to get out of it, there should be some serious news that will affect the further course of…
“Has anyone already been on Silk Road? This is something like anonymous amazon.com. I don’t think they have heroin, but they are selling another stuff there. They use Bitcoin and Tor for anonymous transactions. Tell me what you think about it. " This post in 2011 on the Bitcointalk forum was published by the user under the nickname altoid . As it turned out later, this was the first marketing ploy by Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the legendary darknet-site of Silk Road, arrested by the FBI in October 2013. Subsequently, he was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. Five…
Digest of the main events in the world of cryptocurrencies and blockchains for the week from October 1 to 7 – client release Bitcoin Core 0.17.0, proposals for regulation of cryptocurrencies in Russia and Ukraine, start of commercial use of the product xRapid from Ripple, news of two cryptocurrency exchanges and agreement between the two Hyperledger consortia and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Bitcoin rate did not respond to SEC decision to extend consideration on Bitcoin-ETF The past week for bitcoin quotes was marked by a flat in the range of $ 6,400 – $ 6,600 and a record low volatility, which…
One of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex could enter into partnerships with the British bank HSBC, reports The Block . Platform users are offered to make dollar deposits in a private account of Global Trading Solution, LLC. At that, the beneficiary bank indicated the American division of HSBC Bank NA It is noteworthy that depositing in Japanese yen (JYP), British pound (GBP) and euro (EUR) is currently suspended, however, according to an analytical resource, Bitfinex intends to resolve the situation within a week. Representatives of the exchange declined to comment on the alleged cooperation with HSBC. “Bitfinex has never commented…
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