The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) continues to explore the possibility of launching an electronic hryvnia (e-hryvnia). This is stated in the analytical note published by the regulator on the results of a pilot project for the implementation of the Electronic Hryvnia platform. In particular, the NBU reported on the results of a closed pilot testing of the use of e-hryvnia, which ended in February. Thus, a limited number of coins were issued, operations with which were tested […]
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Digital currencies need to be explored in connection with the “relevance of cybercrime”. This was stated by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Konyuk at the conference of the International Association of Prosecutors held in Minsk, the KP Belarus writes. At the conference, representatives of prosecutors' offices of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Russia and other countries discussed the protection of personal data, the threat of cyberterrorism, and also spoke about cooperation in […]
In accordance with the state program "Digital Economy" to support the measures indicated in the road maps for the development of end-to-end digital technologies, by 2024 it is planned to allocate more than 280 billion rubles. This was stated by presidential aide Andrei Belousov at the Digital Industry of Industrial Russia (CIPR) forum. The meeting, in particular, discussed targets for end-to-end digital technologies […]
The Arbitration Court of the Omsk Region officially recognized as legitimate the transaction for the sale of petroleum products using distributed registry technology. This is stated in the court decision of May 27, 2019. In August 2018, Petroleum Trading LLC and its buyer entered into a transaction for the sale and purchase of petroleum products through the blockchain platform Proleum. The parties agreed on the possibility of drawing up and signing additional agreements in the form of electronic […]
The Russian Sberbank has suspended plans to work with cryptocurrency due to the lack of a regulatory framework governing this area, TASS reports. “We were waiting for legislation that allows cryptocurrency trading. Since at present the regulator is looking negatively, we decided to suspend this plan, ”said the vice-president of the financial institution Andrei Shemetov. Shemetov also stressed that the Central Bank has a negative attitude to the cryptocurrency industry. Earlier the head of […]
The digital asset platform NEO announced the upcoming network upgrade, after which all consensus-supporting nodes should upgrade to client version neo-cli v2.10.2. As stated in the blog developers, the update will take place next Monday, June 3, at 09:00 GMT. ?NEO MainNet Upgrade Notice !!! Please find the details below, https: //t.co/c95BWLsdA3 pic.twitter.com/tYB5nsCgRd – NEO Smart Economy (@NEO_Blockchain) May […]
Bitbond lending platform Bitbond announced its intention to sell security-tokens (STO), which will be the first campaign of its kind approved by BaFin, the German financial regulator. It is reported by CoinDesk. According to Bitbond, the platform plans to raise € 3.5 million (about $ 3.9 million), which will be used to provide loans to customers. STO, in which the BB1 token will be put up for sale, will be […]
State Corporation Rostec has presented a roadmap for the development of the blockchain in Russia as part of the state program "Digital Economy". The Novosibirsk Institute of Software Systems (NIPS) and the Waves team took part in creating the document. According to preliminary estimates, the implementation of distributed registry technology in state systems may require up to 85 billion rubles, Kommersant reports. Thus, according to the document, the blockchain is proposed to be used in all […]
The San Francisco-based blockchain-startup Unstoppable Domains declares its mission to fight for Internet freedom, at least in part, control over the registered domains. Now the company’s famous Bitcoin enthusiast Tim Draper Draper Associates has made an important contribution to this initiative, CoinDesk writes. Unstoppable. https://t.co/upx2GcwhPS – Adam Draper ? ? ? (@AdamDraper) May 23, 2019 Draper Associates led the round of financing […]
Actor Jerome Flynn, who became famous as a knighted mercenary Bronn in the popular game "Game of Thrones", became a member of the advisory board of the Israeli cryptoplatform VeganNation. It is reported by CoinDesk. The project aims to create a decentralized "vegan ecosystem" with its own cryptocurrency VeganCoin. His main mission is to popularize the vegan lifestyle. “VeganNation is the foundation of the international“ vegan economy ”that makes vegan life […]