Rosseti and Sberbank have announced cooperation. The bank will advise the grid holding company on the practical use of the blockchain. This is stated on the Rosseti website. The financial institution will give the company access to the products of its ecosystem. The Bank will also share experiences and developments in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT), business process automation, robotics, VR / AR, BigData and artificial intelligence. In addition, Rosseti will have access to Sberbank's innovative solutions development lab. According to Sberbank President German Gref, the agreement allowed for a new level of cooperation between the bank…
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The European Organization of Securities and Markets (ESMA) has allocated more than € 1 million to monitor activity in the field of cryptocurrency and financial technologies. These data are published in the work program of the Office for 2019. The document says that ESMA will monitor current trends of fintech and cryptoindustry, identify all kinds of problems and risks associated with financial innovations, and also provide recommendations to market participants and consumers, if necessary. It will also ensure compliance with the requirements set out in the EU Market and Financial Instruments Directive. The latter, in particular, affect suppliers of financial…
The head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, Anatoly Aksakov, said that mining should be taxed as a type of business. “ Mining should be taxed, because there is such a type of business, people earn money, many earn good money, and therefore taxes must be paid ,” said Aksakov. To bring mining under taxation, this type of business must be defined at the legislative level, the head of the Duma committee added. The term will be spelled out in the law “On digital financial assets,” he stressed. The mentioned bill was submitted to the State Duma…
At the moment, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at a price of 6584 US dollars. The market capitalization of BTC is 113,955,128,370 USD. During the past week, the price was in a rather narrow range, creating a powerful impetus for a strong breakthrough. Many cryptocurrency experts and analysts are trying to predict whether there will be a decline in prices, or there is a possibility of a rise in BTC ahead. Given that Bitcoin is now trading in the narrowest 20-week range, a breakthrough seems inevitable. And according to a study by the Bloomberg news agency, this time it’s more likely…
Representatives of the leading US cryptocurrency company Coinbase said that top manager Adam White is leaving the company, reports Bloomberg . Adam White served as vice president and general manager of Coinbase. A top manager declined comment. “And although we are extremely saddened by the fact that he is leaving, we are also confident that the team’s ability to continue the key principles set forth by it to become the most reliable platform for institutional investors ,” said Coinbase spokesman. White’s departure may have come as a surprise to the company, which has recently been making a lot of efforts…
European airline Air France-KLM collaborates with the Blockchain-ecosystem Winding Tree. The aim of the partnership is to reduce costs for company customers by reducing intermediaries. The Alliance disclosed the details of the new deal in a report published on the official website. Air France-KLM is the fifth largest in the world in 2018. Her management is confident that the Blockchain technology will help her "to offer more favorable conditions for customers, in particular, by reducing the number of intermediaries." Sonja Barrière, executive vice president of strategy and innovation at Air France-KLM, believes that Blockchain is “revolutionizing the tourism industry” for…
network Ethereum developers have announced the postponement of the date of activation of the upgrade in Constantinople Ropsten test network, reports CoinDesk . The main reason for the delay is the need for additional time for the nodes of the operators in the Ethereum network to respond to the vulnerability identified in one of the five Constantinople upgrades . Via community decision, we’ve postponed the test case. . https://t.co/q0bUyj3GfR – Péter Szilágyi (@peter_szilagyi) 4 December 201 p. Also, developers are confident that the transfer of the update will allow users of the Ropsten network to test other solutions for Ethereum,…
The application for payments based on Ripple, MoneyTap, will now be brought to life, according to the official message on Twitter. The consumer-oriented service was developed jointly by Ripple and the Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings. Reportedly, MoneyTap will use the Ripple xCurrent blockchain solution to provide real-time transfer of intrabank transfers. Account holders in three Japanese participating banks – SBI Sumishin Net Bank, Suruga Bank and Resona Bank – will be able to send funds using a mobile application that is compatible with iOS and Android devices. After registration, users are reportedly required only their cell phone numbers…
The US Department of Justice has accused seven members of the GRU of the Russian Federation of cyber attacks and other illegal actions using cryptocurrencies, according to the agency’s website . Employees of the main intelligence agency of Russia are accused of stealing personal information and publishing it in order to influence public opinion. This also concerns the doping scandal – the US authorities are convinced that GRU staff members launched attacks on the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Court of Arbitration and the US Anti-Doping Agency. The document contains the following names of the accused: Alexey Morenets, Yevgeny Serebryakov,…
Bithumb, a large South Korean bitcoin exchange, will launch a decentralized exchange oriented to the global market, BusinessKorea reports. The launch of the Bithumb DEX is expected later this month. The new trading platform will become the international division of the company. Technical support Bithumb in creating the platform has a blockchain start-up One Root Network. The latter already has its own decentralized exchange, the native token of which is traded under the ticker RNT . According to the company, the new trading platform is part of the Bithumb plan to take a leading position in the global cryptocurrency market…