Ethereum cryptocurrency is a commodity, not a security, and soon you can expect the emergence of regulated futures on its basis. The chairman of the Commission on the derivatives trading (CFTC) of the United States, Heath Tarbert, said at a Yahoo Finance summit. “We have very clearly stated that bitcoin is a commodity. But so far they have not said anything about Ethereum. I'm like […]
The head of the largest social network Facebook Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the Committee on financial services of the US House of Representatives. This was reported on the website of the department. Hearings on “studying the impact of Facebook on financial services and housing” will be held on October 23. Zuckerberg will be the only witness to them. In July, the head of the financial services committee, Maxim Waters, demanded to suspend […]
La exageración que rodea al proyecto de criptomonedas Libra ha llevado a la UE a crear nuevos marcos regulatorios para toda la industria de las criptomonedas en su conjunto. La…
A German programmer hacked the Muhstik ransomware virus distributor server after paying 0.09 BTC to restore access to files. In a message on the Bleeping Computer forum, Tobias Fromel, under the nickname battleck, wrote that he managed to get the entire database of encryption keys and a decryptor program, which he posted free of charge to the network for 2858 victims of the attacker. Fromel […]
Los congresistas estadounidenses Bill Foster y French Hill le pidieron al presidente de la Reserva Federal, Jerome Powell, que considerara emitir la Moneda Digital Nacional (CBDC) de los Estados Unidos.…
The developers of the Telegram Open Network (TON) network published the first version of the rules for using the Gram token wallet, in which the participation of the Telegram messenger team in the development of the project was officially confirmed for the first time. Earlier, neither Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, nor any other company representative made public statements regarding the Telegram Open Network. According to a published document, a wallet for storing Gram tokens […]
Custodian company Anchorage, one of the partners of the digital currency project Facebook, will begin providing storage services for Gram tokens, the company’s president Diogo Monica said on a blog. Announcing support for @Telegram TON Gram: @Anchorage Trust Company is the first Qualified Custodian that will support institutional custody for Gram at launch. We are proud to bring regulated, auditable custody […]
The current Executive Vice President of the European Commission for Financial Services and Economics Valdis Dombrovskis promised, in the event of his re-election to this position, to introduce new rules for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. It is reported by Reuters. According to him, in light of the threat posed by financial stability to the digital currency Libra from Facebook, Europe needs a unified approach to cryptocurrencies. New rules will be, […]
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has asked the UK Financial Regulatory and Supervisory Authority (FCA) not to ban the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives to retail investors. The WFE has asked @TheFCA not to ban the sale of crypto derivatives to retail consumers while supporting the regulator's desire to better protect vulnerable consumers. Read more here: https://t.co/mIPIEXfN8n – WFE (@TheWFE) October 7, […]
On Monday, October 7, a meeting was held on the regulation of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry in Ukraine. Representatives of the Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Verkhovna Rada, the Office of Effective Regulation (BRDO), as well as relevant associations and businesses participated in it. The meeting was organized by the recently formed inter-faction parliamentary group Blockchain4Ukraine. Among the main steps developed during the event: the development of terminology for further regulation of the industry. In particular, […]