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Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan said fiat-currencies stablecoins could adversely affect the effectiveness of monetary policy. This is reported by the Cointelegraph. “If stablecoins pegged to foreign currencies were spread in Switzerland, the effectiveness of our monetary policy could be reduced,” the head of the central bank emphasized during a speech at the University of Basel. He added that […]

The inverse correlation of Bitcoin and RMB increases over time. This may indicate that the Chinese are increasingly considering BTC as a protective asset, according to Bloomberg. Reverse interdependence peaked at the end of August: According to Garrick Haileman, researcher at the London School of Economics and the head of the research department at Blockchain.com, this trend became more pronounced back in […]

The developers of the Telegram Open Network reached the final stage before the full-scale launch of the project, introducing software for nodes and a block explorer for a test network. Initially, the release was planned for September 1, but was postponed for several days for unknown reasons. According to Dmitry Goroshevsky, Technical Director of TON Labs, about 100 […]

The blockchain division of the Japanese corporation Line, which owns the eponymous messenger, received a license from a local regulator to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. This is reported by the Cointelegraph. The BitMax platform will allow 80 million Japanese Line users to trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and XRP. According to the company, more than 187 million people worldwide use the Line instant messenger every month, and its […]

Mark Mobius, a well-known investor in emerging markets and founder of Mobius Capital Partners, expressed fears regarding blockchain technology in a conversation with CNBC and said that the cryptocurrency provided with gold would be “quite interesting”. Mobius considers blockchain a “risky" technology because of the conviction of many that it is completely safe: "People say:" Blockchain cannot be hacked. " No, you can. Everything created by man can be […]

Russian Sberbank made its first deal with Singapore-based company Trafigura using blockchain technology. This was announced by the First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin in the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum. “We made the first transaction through the blockchain with Trafigura, the leader of the international commodity market, and we plan to develop this technology in the future,” Vedyakhin said in a conversation with […]

The Vostok project is developing an international logistics blockchain platform for the efficient transportation of goods, for the development of which a consortium of key players in the logistics market will be created. The company representative told CNews about this. It is expected that the new Vostok Trade platform will automate workflow, ensure verification and immutability of data, increase the level of traceability of goods and the reliability of data on delivery conditions. In addition, the creation of […]