The chairman of the Russian central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, compared cryptocurrencies to a game in a casino and stated that their popularity was similar to tulip fever in the 17th century Holland. The head of the Central Bank said this during a meeting with participants in the youth program FINOdays, write RIA Novosti. Nabiullina noted that the regulator is studying cryptocurrencies, since they have become a “mass phenomenon”. “We see that in cryptocurrency […]
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Ethereum cryptocurrency is a commodity, not a security, and soon you can expect the emergence of regulated futures on its basis. The chairman of the Commission on the derivatives trading (CFTC) of the United States, Heath Tarbert, said at a Yahoo Finance summit. “We have very clearly stated that bitcoin is a commodity. But so far they have not said anything about Ethereum. I'm like […]
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin tried to dispel community doubts about the long-term future platform by shedding light on some details of the upcoming transition from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and the final transition to Ethereum 2.0. This question was one of the most discussed at the Devcon5 conference in Osaka, which is taking place these days, but there have been no clear answers for a long time […]
Según un nuevo estudio realizado por el fondo de criptomonedas de Nueva York Decentral Park Capital, el valor de la plataforma blockchain Telegram Open Network (TON) puede superar los $ 20 mil millones en 5 años. Un documento de 59 páginas titulado "El estado actual de la red abierta de Telegram: despertar al gigante dormido" afirma que Gram (GRM) , la criptomoneda nativa de TON, podría convertirse en uno de los 10 principales activos digitales en los próximos cinco años. El estudio señala el alto potencial de TON, enfatizando que la plataforma podría convertirse en un "banco para personas fuera…
El volumen de negociación de futuros de bitcoin en la plataforma Bakkt aumentó a 225 contratos el 9 de octubre, lo que representa un 796% más que el día anterior. Según una cuenta de Twitter llamada @BakktBot, 224 contratos son la tarifa máxima para la plataforma. Según el bot, el volumen diario aumentó de solo 25 contratos el 8 de octubre a 224 contratos ayer. Este fenómeno está asociado con el crecimiento de la tasa de BTC el 9 de octubre: el costo aumentó de aproximadamente $ 8,200 a $ 8,600. Resumen diario de los futuros mensuales de Bakkt Bitcoin…
Shares of mining equipment manufacturer Canaan Creative will begin to be listed on the so-called unnamed stock exchange in the United States in November, 8BTC reports citing its own source. It is alleged that a total of the company issues 126 million securities, which will be closed until October 20. According to the publication, an application for an initial public offering to the Securities Commission […]
One of the largest payment systems in China, Alipay, has announced its intention to block any payments related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The fact that Alipay will become one of the gateways through which users from China will be able to buy bitcoin the day before was announced by the head of the Binance exchange, Changpeng Zhao. However, the company itself refutes this possibility. If any transactions are identified as being […]
The international antivirus company ESET has investigated the new family of banking Trojans Casbaneiro, which are hunting for cryptocurrency. The victims of the botnet have already become Brazilian and Mexican users. Casbaniero is most often distributed via malicious phishing emails. The Trojan uses pop-ups and forms under the guise of a software update, credit card verification, or a request from a bank. Following infection, Casbaneiro restricts the victim’s access to various […]
The Center for Monitoring and Response to Computer Attacks in the Credit and Financial Sphere of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (FinCERT) presented a detailed report on cyber fraud and theft of personal data of Russians. According to the document, from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019, FinCERT discovered a surge in fraudulent activity on the network. “In the reporting period, a significant, almost seven-fold increase in the number of […]
Durante la Cumbre Mundial de Minería de Criptomonedas , actualmente celebrada en Frankfurt, el fabricante chino de equipos de minería Bitmain presentó dos nuevos ASIC de minería de Bitcoin Antminer . Estos son los Antminer S17 + y T17 +, dos dispositivos de alta tecnología capaces de alcanzar potencia a 73 TH / sy 64 TH / s. Actualmente, no se conocen muchos detalles, aunque se confirma que ambos dispositivos comenzarán a venderse en el sitio web oficial de Bitmain a partir del 11 de octubre, y las entregas están programadas para la primera década de diciembre de 2019. Por…