Financial Services Agency of Japan received a license application of 110 crypto-exchange 5 (100%) 1 After the recently held G20 summit in Japan, where cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology were among the topics discussed, the FSA (Financial Services Agency) reported that 110 exchanges applied for a license to work in Japan. The waiting list also includes the LINE Corporation, which deals with the same-name messenger application. The company is almost ready to license its stock exchange BITBOX, which currently operates in many countries around the world, with the exception of the United States and Japan. Being one of the first countries…
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve System (Fed), agreed that some global cryptocurrency could eliminate the need for reserve currencies, the main one being the US dollar. He stated this at a hearing in the Banking Committee of the US Senate. “It is possible, but in reality we do not see mass adoption. Bitcoin is a good example. Almost nobody […]
The complexity of the extraction of the first cryptocurrency has reached an absolute historical maximum at around 9.06 trillion. Thus, when recalculating, the growth was 14%. It happened on July 9th. At that moment, the hashrate was slightly below the historical record reached earlier, at 69.3 EH / s. At the time of writing, the aggregate computing power in the Bitcoin network has decreased to 58.1 EH / s, reflecting the price movement of the asset. […]
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google will launch their cryptocurrency projects by 2021 5 (100%) 1 Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss expect that by 2021 digital currencies will enter the business of all four companies from the FANG group (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google). They stated this in a conversation with CNBC at the beginning of the week. Commenting on the announcement of Facebook cryptocurrency, the founding brothers of the Gemini exchange noted that launching similar tools by other companies in the technology sector is only a matter of time. “We predict that each company from FANG will begin to lead a…
The Japanese crypto-exchange Bitpoint temporarily suspended its activities in connection with the hacker attack, as a result of which the attackers managed to withdraw $ 32 million to Bitcoin, Ripple and other cryptocurrency. Bitpoint's official statement says that in general, the crypto exchange lost ¥ 3.5 billion (approximately $ 32 million) of which ¥ 2.5 billion (approximately $ 23 million) are user funds, and ¥ 1 billion ($ 9.2 million) – Bitpoint tools. According to Bloomberg, Remixpoint Inc., the parent company of Bitpoint, fell 19% after it became aware of the hacker attack. Funds from five cryptocurrencies were stolen from…
Opera browser added Bitcoin and Tron support to built-in cryptocurrency wallet 5 (100%) 1 The developers of the Opera browser have announced the release of a new version of their software for Android devices, with which users can send and receive assets in Bitcoin (BTC) and TRON cryptocurrencies (TRX and TRC10 tokens). Until recently, the cryptocurrency wallet built into the Opera browser supported only Ethereum and ERC tokens . “Now we are making our software more diversified by adding Bitcoin and TRON to it ,” the company writes, noting that this step should be viewed as a development of its…
Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange officially launched margin trading 5 (100%) 1 The official launch of the margin trading service on the Binance – Binance 2.0 cryptocurrency exchange took place. Despite the fact that margin trading represents a significant risk of losing money, many cryptobirds have already launched such services. As reported by Binance on July 11, crypto traders on this platform now also have access to the margin trading function in the recently launched Binance 2.0 trading hub: Margin trading is a form of trading in which traders can borrow funds from the exchange to increase working capital. However, this is…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the distribution of 187 million Props tokens between content creators and YouNow streaming platform users for internal activity in order to influence their degree of involvement. This decision was made by the department in accordance with the established provision "A +", according to TechCrunch. So, tokens will allow people to form a reputation, earn Bars domestic currency for […]
Venture firm IDEO CoLab has launched a business accelerator for entrepreneurs and startups in the blockchain industry Startup Studio. The initiative has already been supported by the investment company Fidelity Investments, consulting giant Deloitte, Amazon and 20 other organizations. It was a start-up studio that […]
Investment giant Goldman Sachs launches new cryptocurrency business 5 (100%) 1 Investment bank Goldman Sachs has opened a new cryptocurrency business as part of its own incubator and is preparing to enter with it "further than ever before." About this writes The Block referring to the job offer of a “project manager in the field of digital assets” that came to the portal. The new division is separated from the cryptocurrency derivatives trading services offered by Goldman Sachs and will open opportunities for the bank in the field of digital assets. “The digital asset project team manager will play a…