Technology giant Google intends to update its advertising policy in October, allowing some crypto-currency companies to publish advertising on the platform. According to the official statement, starting in October, the giant will allow registered crypto exchange exchanges to place advertising on its Google Adwords platform, targeting the audience in the US and Japan. The statement reads: "Advertisers must be certified for the country in which their ads are displayed. They will be able to apply for certification after the policy comes into force in October. " This decision was followed by the announcement in March that all business related to…
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The Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings is testing a crypto currency that users can use to make retail purchases using a smartphone. These tests are conducted to understand the capabilities and applicability of Blockchain technology. In addition, referring to Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged Bitcoin crypto currency (BTC) developer, the company claims that it seeks to "improve" Nakamoto's vision. " The announcement, made in conjunction with the technological startup Orb and Fintech-Glory company, indicates that SBI intends to test its new "S coin" token based on blockchain, which he describes as a "settlement coin" that allows "charge and settle" ,…
Today, September 25, the volume of market offer of Tether USD (USDT) stebelcoin increased by $ 12.89 million. 12,899,992 #USDt transferred from Unknown wallet to #Bitfinex Tx: https://t.co/2UG7jCvMoC To: https://t.co/7t9BZT4fTl – Whale Alert (@whale_alert) 25 весня 2018 р. As usual, the tokenized US dollar entered the fourth by the volume of trading BitFinex. It is noteworthy that this time the "quantitative easing" did not affect positively the price of the first crypto currency: BTC / USD, 30-minute chart of the Bitfinex exchange Earlier, BlockchainJournal published an article on how Tether USD firmly established itself in the top ten CoinMarketCap. Subscribe…
Google Corp. has announced an update of the advertising rules for financial products and services. As a result, advertising of crypto-exchange services in the US and Japan will be allowed. This is reported on the company's website . However, this option will be available only to certified crypto-currency companies: "Advertisers will need to be certified by Google for the country where their ads will appear. You can apply for certification in October after the rules are updated. " The "Financial products and services" page, where you can learn more about the new requirements, will be updated after the new rules…
During the day, September 24, users sent 235 thousand Ethereum (ETH) coins to 140 exchanges, and 735 thousand ETH were withdrawn during the same period. This is reported by Trustnodes . Total outgoing and incoming cash flows of 140 exchanges as of September 24, 2013 According to the researchers, users are trying to store Ethereum not on trading floors, but in more reliable places, including hardware wallets. The difference between incoming and outgoing cash flows (-500 thousand ETH) Also, the researchers note that such a rapid outflow of the second crypto currency was not observed since the end of the…
75 banks, including Societe Generale and Santander, have joined the testing of the Interbank Information Network (IIN) based on Quorum's blockbuster from the financial giant JPMorgan. The Financial Times writes about this. JPMorgan announced the launch of the project in October last year. The goal of IIN is to accelerate interbank payments and enable institutions to transparently share information. The first to test the system was the Australian ANZ and the Canadian Royal Bank of Canada. Both banks acted as partners of JPMorgan. So far, within the IIN, banks have been making daily payments of about $ 14,500. "Blocking is…
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American venture fund Andreessen Horowitz invested $ 15 million in the Blockchain startup MakerDAO (MKR). MakerDAO is the company that is behind the DAI-based stablcoin based on Ethereum and its accompanying decentralized credit system. DAI is pledged in US dollars, however, it is provided in Ethereum (ETH). Its users can generate stablcoin, freezing a certain amount of ETH in an intellectual contract, so if a user wants to access his deposit, he must return the debt to DAI. According to the announcement of Andreessen Horowitz through its investment fund a16z acquired 6 percent of the total number of MKR tokens.…
This year ICO-projects managed to raise more funds than in the previous one. However, 70% of tokens currently cost even less than during a token. This is stated in the research of the analytical company Diar . On the chart below you can see that in August of this year only 17 ICO campaigns were successfully held. At the same time, in February the number of token-holders, which managed to reach the goal, exceeded the 100 mark. The founder of TokenData service, Rikki Tan, is sure that the situation will not change dramatically by the end of this year. It…
The technology created by Zcash can help to scale Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin said at a research forum last Saturday, CoinDesk reports. Buterin believes that using zk-SNARKs technology , the Ethereum network can potentially scale up to 500 transactions per second without relying on second-level scaling solutions such as Plasma or Raiden. As CoinDesk writes, zk-SNARKs allow you to compress large amounts of information, into so-called compressed proofs, which have a constant size, regardless of the amount of input data. Buterin said : "We can scale the transaction of assets on Ethereum for a huge amount using zk-SNARKs for bulk transaction…