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Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief and head of Forbes Media, supported Libra's cryptocurrency project from Facebook, suggesting that the new coin could replace the US dollar as a world currency and “overshadow Bitcoin”. He wrote about this in an open letter to the head of the world's largest social network Mark Zuckerberg. In particular, Steve Forbes said that although the idea of creating a company of his own […]

The American clearing company Apex Clearing and its custodial cryptocurrency unit Apex Crypto have launched a new trading platform for broker-dealers and financial advisors, designed to make the cryptocurrency trading process more efficient. The new platform, which has been launched for quite a long time, supports four main cryptocurrencies: BTC, BCH, ETH and LTC. As stated in the press release, investors will be able “within a few minutes”, […]

The authorities of the city of Lake City, Fla., Paid $ 500,000 in Bitcoins to extortionists who infected the municipality's computer systems with an unnamed encryption virus. This is reported in the official press release. The attack occurred on June 10, after one of the employees of the City Hall opened a letter containing a malicious file. “Despite the fact that the IT specialists of the administration turned off all vulnerable systems within ten […]

The head of the Galaxy Digital Cryptocurrency Bank, Mike Novograts, spoke about the reasons for the recent rise in Bitcoin, and also admitted that he managed to sell a small amount of coins last Wednesday, when the price of the first cryptocurrency updated this year's new record. He stated this in an interview with CNBC. So, Novograts, like some other experts, believes that on the rise of the price of the first cryptocurrency […]

Ireland-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane ceased operations, and its management stole deposits of almost 250 thousand users, reports The Forbes. As the newspaper notes, Bitsane LP in the past was listed as one of the trading platforms approved by Ripple. In addition, in January 2018, an article about Bitsane was published on CNBC, which, among other things, stated that […]

Bitcoin has the characteristics of an ideal “safe haven” for investors. This is somewhat unexpectedly stated in a recent report by the official news agency of the Chinese government, Xinhua, reports Cryptopolitan. Historically, the Chinese authorities were opponents of cryptocurrency, banning in 2017 both the work of stock exchanges and the holding of ICOs in the country. At the same time, the possession of cryptocurrencies in China is not prohibited. How […]

Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange leader in terms of trading volumes, is in talks with Facebook representatives about the Libra listing. Reports about it Finance Magnates with reference to the statement of the general strategist of the exchange Jin Chao. In particular, he noted that now negotiations between the companies are at an early stage. “We have already had a dialogue with Facebook at the official level. As for specifically […]