Russian banks got acquainted with the statistics of financial fraud for 2018 and received recommendations for protection against cyber threats. The corresponding report was published by the Center of monitoring and response to computer attacks of the Bank of Russia FinCERT. According to the study, 177 of the 687 hacker attacks on banks recorded in 2018 were aimed at gaining financial gain. About one third are also aimed at embezzling funds […]
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The developers of the popular Electrum wallet are preparing a major release with support for the Lightning Network. This was announced by the project's creator, Thomas Vogtlin, during a panel discussion at the BIP001 conference in Odessa. The lead developer, however, did not give the exact release date. Note that a new version of the Electrum wallet (v3.3.7) has recently been released, which contains a number of fixes and improvements. Electrum 3.3.7 was just […]
A bill to regulate the blockchain industry in Cyprus will be ready later this year. This was stated by the Minister of Finance of Cyprus Harris Georgiades, reports Cointelegraph. He called the distributed registry technology "a new technological revolution, similar to the revolution on the Internet." The speaker of the House of Representatives Demetris Silluris also spoke about the advantages of the blockchain: “It is expected that the widespread introduction of this technology in the public and private […]
BTG Pactual, the fifth largest bank in Brazil, and Dalma Capital, Dubai’s asset manager, use the Tezos blockchain to hold security tokens (STO). This was reported in a press release on the Tezos Foundation website. The companies are confident that the volume of operations using the Tezos blockchain will exceed $ 1 billion. One of the first within the project will be released the token ReitBZ announced in February, […]
3M international research company announced the launch of a digitalization initiative for the loyalty program and plans to transfer customer interaction to the blockchain. This is reported in the press release of the company. The 3M project will be implemented on the basis of the Verisium solution, which uses the Quorum blockchain platform from JPMorgan and the Microsoft architectural services complex. As part of the initiative, a number of 3M products for the auto repair business […]
The head of the blockchain division of Facebook, David Marcus, attempted to allay the concerns of regulators and legislators regarding the implications of the launch of the Libra project. In a note on Facebook, Markus touched on a number of Libra-related questions that, in his opinion, cause misunderstandings. Also, the representative of the largest social network confirmed that this month he will speak before the Senate Banking Committee and the Financial Services Committee […]
Nestlé utilizará la tecnología blockchain para rastrear productos 5 (100%) 1 En un comunicado de prensa enviado por el gigante transnacional Nestlé, que se dedica al comercio minorista de alimentos,…
El eToro Crypto Wallet introdujo soporte para 120 tokens ERC-20. Hasta el momento, solo algunos de ellos están disponibles para los usuarios. Según un comunicado de prensa de eToro, a…
Belonging to the Winklevossam brothers, Gemini Bitcoin Exchange will apply for a broker-dealer license, which will allow it to operate as an alternative trading system and offer clients securities on the blockchain. It is reported by CoinDesk. The appeal will be sent to the Financial Institutions Regulatory Agency (FINRA). Earlier, Gemini has entered into a partnership with a specialist in the tokenization of real world assets […]
South Group's third largest conglomerate, SK Group, has invested $ 10 million in leading Ethereum-based solutions developer ConsenSys. This is reported by the local news agency Chosun. As noted, in his today's speech during the technology event in Seoul, the chairman of the board of SK Group and the owner of the third largest state ($ 3.4 billion) in South Korea Whose […]