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Expectations to reduce the base interest rate of the US Federal Reserve are one of the reasons for the recent rapid growth of Bitcoin, as well as investor interest in the cryptocurrency market. About this in a conversation with CNBC, said the head of the department of credit strategies of Deutsche Bank Jim Reed. “If central banks are just as aggressive, alternative currencies will become much more attractive,” said the representative of the largest financial conglomerate […]

Users of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange will be able to log into the account and confirm the withdrawal of funds through the YubiKey hardware keys. Tool YubiKey, developed by Yubico, provide additional protection for user accounts and employees of various services, including Facebook and Google. The key is connected via USB-port or wirelessly. To select the appropriate option, users need to go to the […] tab

The cryptocurrency initiative of Facebook began to doubt not only the authorities of different countries, but also its partners. Their concerns are mainly related to the regulatory pressure on the project, reports The New York Times. A wide partnership network consisting of such large companies as Visa, Mastercard and Uber is considered one of the keys to Facebook’s success in implementing its Libra project. […]

Two former traders of the bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox filed a lawsuit against Jed McCaleb, accusing him of fraudulent and deliberate distortion of facts and concealment of information, which partially resulted in the loss of funds during the platform hacking in 2014. It is reported by CoinDesk. The lawsuit was filed on May 19 to the California court of […]

The decentralized blockchain-ecosystem Waves Platform has launched its own programming language RIDE on the core network. With its help, developers will be able to create smart contracts and full-fledged decentralized applications, site representatives told ForkLog. According to the developers, the writing of smart contracts based on the Waves blockchain is superior to similar solutions from Ethereum, EOS and TRON. Among the advantages: an easy to learn programming language, the possibility of formal verification […]

Facebook Token Libra will compete with central banks. About this in an interview with Yahoo Finance said the former economic adviser and confidant of US President Donald Trump Stephen Moore, calling the digital currency "a good thing." “This is interesting because Libra is a new problem for central banks, which is that they now have competition from private […]