The Central Bank (CB) of the Russian Federation has found signs of a financial pyramid in the activity of a group of companies under the Kashbury brand. Organizations attract funds in the crypto currency. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in the Central Bank. According to the information on the Kashbury website, the investments are accepted in both the currency currencies (rubles, US dollars, euro, tenge, hryvnia) and in crypto-currencies (bitcoin, Ethereum). The minimum amount of the deposit is 1,000 rubles or 0.00238886 BTC, and the maximum amount is 3 million rubles or 7.16659004 BTC. On…
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The EOS blockbuster developers presented the EOSWebWallet.io web wallet. It is available for work with personal computers and mobile devices and does not require installation. The wallet allows you to send any tokens, interact with smart contracts and block EOS by calling actions. To ensure high security of user facilities and protection against hackers, developers store only the HTML and JavaScript version of the purse on the EOSWebWallet.io server. In this case, transactions are signed by the user's browser, without sending personal data and private keys to a third-party server. "The classic types of attacks and vulnerabilities that hackers use…
The $ 3 billion start-up start-up Circle, backed by investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, has created a crypto currency "stebblecoin." Its value is tied to the US dollar and is maintained by the physical currency stored in bank accounts owned by the company. The newly announced USDCin (USDC) crypto currency will allow individuals and institutions to delineate the physical currency for use in foreign trade and other cross-border transactions requiring quick settlement. USDC is structured as an ERC-20 token in the Ethereum network. Commenting on the announcement, Jeremy Allair and Sean Neville, co-founders of Circle, said: "When we founded Circle…
In 2019, the volume of crypto-trading will grow by 50% – according to the analytical company Satis Group. At least until 2028 the number of transactions will grow by 9% annually. As a result, crypto-exchanges will continue to receive more and more profit. In 2017, they earned $ 2.1 billion, and in 2019 plan to receive more than $ 3 billion. Although the authors of the study specify: the sites need to improve their infrastructure in order to reduce the pressure of regulators. "Although there is already a fairly stable market of consumer trading and storage (custody), these services are…
The largest mining company Bitmain has submitted to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) listing application for an initial public offering (IPO), according to CoinDesk . The application is a draft option, and some of its details, in particular the number of shares offered for sale and the immediate date of the IPO, are still in the process of editing. Nevertheless, the document indicates that last year Bitmain's revenue was $ 2,517,719,000. This figure is higher than in 2016 ($ 277,612,000). As of June 30, 2018, the company's revenue was $ 2,845,467,000. The application said that in 2017 the gross…
In October, the Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings will launch a token called "S Coin" in a test mode. The coin will be available for mobile payments, CCN reports. Companies Orb and Glory Corporation will act as partners of the holding. SBI employees are the first to test the token when calculating in corporate restaurants. The authors of the project believe that this will allow to study the possibilities of blocking technology for non-cash transfers and to study the details of the process. During the test, SBI will introduce ATM technology from Glory to the S Coin platform. In the…
American financial giants and crypto-currency start-ups will meet with Washington lawmakers to discuss the normative landscape. The round table will be organized by Congressman Warren Davidson (Warren Davidson), Cointelegraph reports. It became known that the meeting participants will consider the issue of developing a policy for a new class of assets on the eve of submission of the bill in the House of Representatives of Davidson this fall. Warren sent invitations to all the participants of the round table, which indicated eight issues to be discussed. The Congressman states that the contribution of everyone present will be critical to helping…
Bakkt announced on Twitter that their first futures contracts bitcoin is just around the corner . In August, the International Stock Exchange or ICE, the owner of the NYSE, the New York Stock Exchange, merged with Microsoft, Starbucks and BCG to launch Bakkt. How will this affect the rate of digital currencies? Many experts around the cryptospector believe that Bakkt will change a lot. Bitcoin and altcoin futures have long been regarded as a catalyst for the market to return to its former positions, and it is possible that it will raise it to new heights. Our first contracts will…
The news that the Coinbase exchange plans to expand the list of available crypto-currencies has influenced the growth of Ripple (XRP). It should be noted that the price for XRP has grown even last week. This happened right after Ripple hinted that their xRapid product could be launched in the coming months, and that the regional bank PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) would join RippleNet. The next surge in prices came after the Coinbase exchange had defined the listing rules for the new altcoins, and also announced a significant expansion of the list of available digital assets. Everyone expects that…
The 0xProject team announced the launch of version 2.0 of the open protocol of the decentralized crypto exchange 0x. Development is a new system of smart contracts in the network Ethereum. 0x protocol v2.0 is live! https://t.co/ZNroZY31FM – 0x (@ 0xProject) September 24, 2018 Developer 0x Will Warren noted that the first version of the protocol allowed using open liquidity pools and reducing the costs associated with trading. Version v2.0 opens new opportunities for developers, in particular, provides additional modularity and extensibility. 0x v2.0 is also responsible for accessing and exchanging all the ERC-20 and NFT standards tokens. The developers…