BTC

The Tokyo District Court convicted the former CEO of the Mt.Gox bitcoin exchange, Mark Carpeles, of falsifying documents and sentenced him to two years and six months in prison. Nevertheless, Karpeles has a suspended term of four years ahead to prove his reliability and to avoid a real imprisonment. Reported by The Block. Note that the prosecutor's office required 10 years […]

The Singapore International Court of Commerce has found Quoine Bitcoin guilty of canceling B2C2 liquidity provider transactions in the amount of 3,085 BTC. It is reported by The Business Times. According to the court, having canceled the transactions concluded by B2C2 on the “uncharacteristic” rate in April 2017, Quoine “violated the terms of the contract and did not comply with its obligations”. Recall, then B2C2 created seven orders […]

The microtransaction protocol of the Lightning Network in the future can make the mass distribution of Bitcoin a reality, while at the same time implementing Satoshi Nakamoto's concept of digital p2p money. The growth of this second-tier network is indeed proceeding at an enormous pace. So, by mid-March, the number of available nodes exceeded 7,300, an increase of almost 19% over the month. 45% increase in the number of open channels, which […]

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) decided to fine $ 990,000 from Marshall Islands, 1pool Ltd, also known as 1Broker, as well as its founder, Patrick Brunner, to be fined. The accusations against the organization and its heads were put forward due to the violation of federal laws by the company and the implementation of sales schemes for bitcoin swaps with securities characteristics. Also, according to […]