According to the report of the UN Security Council, North Korea organized attacks on large cryptobirds in order to acquire foreign currency and thereby mitigate the effects of international economic sanctions. This is reported by the Nikkei Asian Review. Sanctions to counter the DPRK nuclear missile programs had a negative impact on coal exports and, accordingly, reduced foreign exchange earnings into the country. According to experts, cryptocurrencies obtained by hackers provide […]
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Como se esperaba, pronto la red social más grande, Facebook y Telegram Messenger, lanzará su propia criptomoneda (interna), con la cual los usuarios pueden hacer pagos instantáneos sin recurrir a los servicios de jugadores tradicionales como PayPal y otros proveedores de servicios financieros. Al mismo tiempo, se están desarrollando soluciones de pago, aunque no totalmente nativas, en otras redes sociales. En particular, no hace mucho tiempo en Twitter, fue posible realizar transacciones utilizando el protocolo de micropago Bitcoin de la Red Lightning . Presentamos a su atención toda la información importante sobre estos proyectos y tratamos de analizar su relevancia.…
This month Swissquote online bank will open a cryptographic service. This was reported in the press release of the company. According to representatives of the financial institution, from March 21, retail and institutional users will be able to transfer cryptocurrencies from external wallets to their Swissquote accounts. The website of the service states that Crypto Storage AG is a proprietary solution for managing private keys using “hardware […]
The creator of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, came up with a new initiative, suggesting an increase in user commissions in order to provide stable financial support to developers of various clients and wallets. On this, he wrote on Friday, March 8, on Twitter: I’m charging you a trick for you […]
One of the alleged organizers of the notorious OneCoin financial pyramid, Konstantin Ignatov, was arrested on March 6 at Los Angeles International Airport on charges brought against him by the prosecutor's office of the Southern District of New York (SDNY). This is stated in the press release of the department. In addition to Konstantin Ignatov, allegations of fraud using electronic means of communication, securities fraud and money laundering […]
The world-renowned expert on the history of economics, a former professor of history at Harvard University and a senior fellow at Oxford University Nial Ferguson admitted that he was wrong about Bitcoin, once calling him "an illusion." This writes the Australian Financial Review. A British scientist learned about bitcoin five years ago from his son, but refused to follow his advice and […]
El Banco Central del Caribe Oriental (ECCB) tiene la intención de realizar un experimento sobre la creación de una moneda digital basada en blockchain del banco central (CBDC), que puede convertirse en moneda de curso legal en la región desde 2020. El contrato para el lanzamiento piloto de DXCD, la versión digital del Dólar del Caribe Oriental (XCD), el Banco Central firmó a Bitt de Barbados con un inicio de Fintech. Pinaka Consulting proporcionará soporte técnico para este proyecto. Según la declaración de Bitt: "El proyecto piloto incluirá una versión digital del dólar del Caribe Oriental que se emitirá y…
The vacancy section of the social network Facebook now has 20 open positions for specialists, one way or another connected with the blockchain technology, CoinDesk reports. In particular, offers are the vacancies of the technology communications director, threat researcher, data processing and analysis specialist, two product managers and product designer, brand strategy and marketing managers, community manager, […]
This week, the General Prosecutor’s Office of South Korea announced the creation of a new task force, which is entrusted with the task of combating and preventing crimes in the field of cryptocurrency. This writes Cryptoglobe, citing the local broadcasting service of the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS). This step was the response of the authorities to the growing wave of crime in the cryptocurrency space. The activity of the group will be in […]
The Korean project ICON presented the specification of tokens IRC16, which will allow third-party market participants to develop assets and securities on the blockchain. This is stated in the press release of the company. The standard allows tokenisation of various real assets, while observing the requirements of regulators. So, checking the ability to transfer a token allows you to screen the sender or recipient who did not undergo the KYC / AML procedure. Token control by the operator protects against […]