Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange and Tether complained that they already spent about $ 500,000 on the collection of documents requested by the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG). Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office does not consider their demands too burdensome, reports CoinDesk. Thus, in a letter to the court, the department notes that it requested only the information from the defendants that “should be ready […]
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To date, miners received 85% of the total Bitcoin (BTC) issue, notes the portal CryptoBTCmining.com . According to Blockchain.com blockchain browser data, 17,850,000 Bitcoin was released this Thursday. As a result, there are still 3.15 million bitcoins, which the miners will have to produce in the next 120 years – until 2140. Thus, only 17,850,000 people can currently own a bitcoin. In reality, however, part of bitcoins is considered to be forever lost, because of which the amount of available cryptocurrency can be significantly lower. Thus, the company Chainalysis in 2017 calculated that the number of lost bitcoins can reach…
Analysts of The Block analyzed the development of 57 ICO-projects, which together attracted about 8.2 million ETH. They found that, since the closure of the tokensails, 5.9 million ETH (72%) were either moved or spent. So, on average, projects spend or spend about 2500 ETH per month. Golem and Tezos became the champions among the studied projects. The first translated 138 thousand […]
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated that they did not give the provider of cryptocurrency derivatives LedgerX permission to launch deliverable bitcoin futures. It is reported by CoinDesk. The fact that LedgerX received the license of the authorized derivatives market from CFTC in June was reported by the company itself, and yesterday, on July 31, the successful launch of the tool was announced. Thus institutional and […]
There are several ways to enrich your crypto portfolio, and one of the most cost-effective is to participate in Airdrop . Many projects distribute free tokens and coins to users from their community. Listed below are the best airdrop of August 2019 in which you can participate. Ten billion coin End Date: August 28, 2019 Estimated cost ≈ $ 15 Ten Billion Coin plans to create a blockchain , which is designed for Chinese industries that are seeking to introduce distributed registry technology. The blockchain of the project will allow companies to provide transparent financial reports, carry out product checks,…
The High Court of London refused to consider the claim for the protection of honor and dignity, which the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright filed against Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Vera. The court did not see sufficient grounds for the proceedings in the British jurisdiction, and also did not find the alleged damage. So, in one of the videos on Youtube, which also fell on Twitter, Ver […]
The American cryptocurrency platform LedgerX officially launched the first deliverable futures contracts for Bitcoin , overtaking Bakkt, supported by the Intercontinental Exchange, and ErisX, supported by TD Ameritrade. It is reported by Coindesk . LedgerX offers a new product to both institutional and retail investors, allowing anyone who goes through the KYC procedure to trade futures contracts and receive "real" bitcoins , rather than their equivalent dollar value. Platform CEO Paul Chow emphasizes that not only dollars can be used to buy contracts, but also bitcoins. According to him, this is the first regulated cryptocurrency platform, which allows customers to…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to launch several Bitcoins – and Ethereum , as well as "as many of the other blockchains as possible: Bitcoin Cash, Stellar, Zcash, EOS, NEO and XRP Ledger". The goal of this step is to monitor any risks, comply with regulatory requirements and inform about digital assets policy issues. The node will not be managed directly by the SEC staff, this will be done by an external organization charged with launching the node for each supported blockchain . The data will be provided to the SEC, it will include the cryptocurrency symbol,…
The Center for the Development of the Information Technology Industry of China (CIID) on Tuesday published the next issue of its rating of cryptocurrency projects, writes Cryptobtcmining.com . The number of analyzed projects in the latest version of the rating increased by two compared with the May issue and reached 37. As before, all projects received marks for the technological component, practical value, innovativeness, as well as a total score. EOS continues to lead in the ranking, followed by Ethereum and TRON. In February, TRON was first included in this list and debuted immediately on the second line. However, in…
Russian lawyers began to develop a system for taxing digital assets. It needs to be prepared even before the adoption of a specific law , since the application of general rules of taxation with respect to virtual assets may result in numerous problems. The topic of tax implications for operations with cryptocurrencies was discussed on July 30 at a meeting of the commission on the legal support of the digital economy of the Moscow branch of the Russian Bar Association. Following the results, the commission will form proposals for amending the Tax Code. They will be sent to the Ministry…