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A critical vulnerability was discovered in the Tendermint Core protocol, on the basis of which the Cosmos cross-platform blockchain platform works, Recently, a high-severity security vulnerability that impacts all versions of Tendermint Core was reported. A non-breaking patch for the issue has been released for versions 0.31.9 and 0.32.5 of Tendermint Core and for version 0.34.8 of the Cosmos SDK: https://t.co/cg0DzNpfTI pic.twitter.com/8ZpTxnhI4D […]

Coinbase UK Bitcoin Exchange customers have again gained access to the Fast Payment System (FPS), reports The Block. In August, London-based Barclays, an international bank based on unknowns, stopped serving Coinbase accounts. As a result, the exchange lost access to FPS and its users lost the ability to instantly deposit and withdraw British pounds. However, thanks to a partnership with ClearBank after […]

Confirming its intention to launch options on bitcoin, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) noted that it would not follow the path of a competitor in the form of the Bakkt platform and would refuse to trade deliverable futures. The director of alternative investment products CME Group Tim McCourt said this in an interview with Markets Media. “Since the launch of bitcoin futures in December 2017, our customers […]

The Venezuelan government uses cryptocurrencies “for free national and international payments,” Bloomberg reports citing President Nicolas Maduro. According to Maduro, the new tools of the Ministry of Finance and the central bank will soon allow everyone to carry out banking operations, including international payments. “Venezuela is already working in the cryptocurrency world,” Maduro summed up. Last week, it became known that the country's central bank is exploring the possibility of inclusion […]

EU competition commissioner Margret Westagher has launched an investigation into the digital currency project from Facebook. Her concerns are caused by the potentially anti-competitive nature of Libra. The EU's antitrust chief is scrutinizing Facebook's planned cryptocurrency because of the risk that Libra will lead to the creation of a new, entirely separate economy https://t.co/39DLuiBxwN – Bloomberg Crypto (@crypto) October […]

Block.one came to an agreement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pay a fine of $ 24 million for violating securities laws during an ICO EOS project. SEC orders blockchain company to pay $ 24 million penalty for unregistered ICO https://t.co/em95RbxWEQ – SEC_News (@SEC_News) September 30, 2019 The Office indicated that […]

The upcoming Ethereum network update called Istanbul will lead to disruptions in many decentralized applications (dApps). This opinion in a conversation with CoinDesk was expressed by the technical director of Aragon One Jorge Ischierdo. In particular, he said, the work of about 680 smart contracts involved to manage dApps on the Ethereum blockchain in the Aragon infrastructure will be disrupted. “Until that time, decentralized organizations (DAO) […]