The main currency exchange and purse in the US, the Coinbase platform, denied "inaccurate" reports in the media that the management of the exchange is engaged in private trade. According to the Exchange, media coverage "inaccurately characterized" the results of the report on activities in virtual markets, in which it voluntarily provided information on its operations. "The report says:" Coinbase reported that almost twenty percent of the volume on the platform was associated with its own private trade. " However, according to the management of the exchange, "when it performs these transactions, it does so on behalf of customers, and…
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The Swiss startup Eidoo claims that its stablcoin called Ekon will be provided with pure gold – one gram per ERC20 token . Precious metal will be in the company's storehouse, and everyone can see it. The founder of the startup Natal Ferrara told CoinDesk : People will be able to see gold in the vaults through a video camera. We will place a link on the site so that everyone can control the presence of precious metals. Commissions for the purchase and sale of Ekon on the crypto exchange will generate revenue for Eidoo as an EDO token. Ferrara…
The Texas Securities Board (TSSB) issued an emergency order to terminate the activities of three crypto-exchange companies: Coins Miner Investment Ltd, DGBK Ltd, Ultimate Assets LLC. The regulator accused the Russian company from Volgograd Coins Miner Investment Ltd of forging the e-mail address of the crypto currency company Coinbase. The decision of the TSSB says that the representative of Coins Miner Ana Julia Lara stated that she is a currency trader in Coinbase. She sent potential investors allegedly her photos with the president of the company Ripple. However, as they say in the document, in fact, these pictures did not…
Founder and CEO of the Binance Exchange, Changpeng Zhao, responding to a question about the volatility of the digital assets market, told the story of how he sold his house in 2014 and invested all the proceeds in bitcoin at around $ 600. Then the price fell to $ 200, however, according to Zhao, he did not sell even then. "You know, after that I do not really care ," he said during a speech at Consensus Singapore conference from CoinDesk . Zhao stressed that during the year Binance plans to open 5 to 10 crypto-currency trading platforms with support…
The manufacturer of the hardware purse for crypto currency TREZOR , announcing on Twitter that it has released a beta version of its purse and that now its beta servers allow you to exchange digital currencies, according to exchange rates, directly in the Wallet Tresor interface. The Trezor website says that the wallet is a "public version of the test version of TREZOR Wallet" and will collect data for analyzing the operation of the system. Feature release: Our beta servers now allow you to exchange cryptocurrencies directly in the Trezor Wallet interface. Feel free to test this awesome feature and…
The Securities Securities Commission of Texas (TSC) issued an order to terminate the work of the Russian crypto-currency firm, the official press release said. The regulator of Texas states that the company allegedly illegally appropriated the materials of Coinbase and Cointelegraph for attracting investors. The firm, operating as Coins Miner Investment Ltd., reportedly forged the e-mail address of the main US crypto exchange and Coinbase wallets supplier to make an e-mail inquiry for investors. In the prohibition of activity, it is stated that the company Coins Miner Investment falsely claimed that it was registered at the address in the UK,…
The block-start-up Block.one introduced a new version of the EOS-1.3.0 software. Details of the release have been published on GitHub . EOSIO 1.3 Release https://t.co/niM2CjZxKa – Block.one (@EOS_io) September 19, 2018 The developers noted the growing stream of feedback, through which they can improve the technical component of the protocol in accordance with the needs of users. The software will be updated every second Tuesday of all subsequent months. The team also decided to share regular reports that would keep the project community informed of the matter. In EOSIO V1.2.0, the main attention was paid to reducing the installation time…
Specialists of Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) group, which includes authoritative companies in the field of cyber security, reported in the report "The Threat of Illegal Mining of Crypto-Currency" that this year they discovered 459% more cases of unauthorized production of crypto-currency on computer equipment of users. The organization emphasizes that experts from member companies of CTA do not see signs of slowing the rapid growth in this direction, even despite the general decline in the crypto currency market. "Because this threat is relatively new, many people do not understand it, its potential significance and what to do about it," the…
The UK's leading port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), has signed an agreement with the digital logistics division Marine Transport International on the development of Blockchain for port logistics, the report said. According to the contract with Marine Transport International, ABP, which operates in 21 ports and carries 25 percent of freight traffic in the UK, will participate in pilot projects using blockchain technology. According to the source, each party in the ABP supply chain has no connection with others, since port operators, carriers and shippers use different systems. Joseph Cleworth, Founder and CEO of Marine Transport International, noted that…
TOKYO (AP) – The Japanese digital currency exchange was hacked, and crypto-conversions worth 6.7 billion yen (60 million dollars) disappeared. Tech Bureau Corp. reported that the server to exchange Zaif was hacked and was unavailable for two hours. The data on the theft of the crypto currency certainly affected the volatility of Bitcoin. So on Wednesday, Bitcoin prices initially fell, and then skyrocketed, reaching $ 6,500. Kay Kurokawa (the developer of the LBRY platform) in his Twitter commented that the Zaif exchange had been hacked, and thus, 5966 BTC (37 million dollars) were stolen from the "burning purse". He also…
