The international human rights group Agora announced the collection of donations in support of the journalist of the Medusa portal Ivan Golunov. Means accept including in Bitcoins and ETH. As the head of Agora Pavel Chikov wrote in the Telegram, over the past 24 hours the organization has received several dozen donations. At the moment, the donation amounts at BTC, however, are quite modest – for the last day on […]
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The Japanese House of Representatives by a majority vote approved a bill providing for the amendment of national legislation in the field of regulation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. This writes the Cointelegraph. The new law, which prepared the Financial Services Agency of Japan (FSA), provides for amendments to the two existing regulations on cryptocurrency assets. In particular, we are talking about the “Law on Financial Settlements” and the “Law on […]
The Bank of Russia believes that the law “On digital financial assets” will be adopted already during the spring session. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Olga Skorobogatova, reports TASS. She noted that the document is already sufficiently developed, and therefore the State Duma, most likely, will pass the law. “The law on digital financial assets, on crowdfunding, etc., all these bills are […]
An IT contractor from the Australian suburb of Killar will be brought before a court for modifying government computers for mining cryptocurrencies. According to the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the damage from the actions amounted to an employee of more than 9000 Australian dollars ($ 6,184). Last year, police have already searched the house of an Australian, from which they seized a laptop, telephone, employee IDs and data files. The contractor is accused of […]
Bakkt, a cryptocurrency platform in preparation for launch, announced that testing of Bitcoin delivery futures will begin this summer. I’ve got a bit of a futures contract in the world where I’ve made it a bit easier to do so. According to the head of Bakkt […]
The Department of Internal Security of the Federal Security Service of Russia detained two former investigators of the department Alexei Kolbov and Sergey Belousov in the case of a bribe in cryptocurrency. Reports about it TASS. Kolbov and Belousov are accused of extorting 65 million rubles in bitcoins from Alexander Galumov, the son of the ex-director of Izvestia publishing house Erast Galumov, who was arrested in a case of investment contract fraud. screenshot of Alexander's correspondence […]
Cryptocurrency investors Chad Elvartovski and Nadya Summergergerl, who built the houseboat for trading income, started off on the run. Thai authorities accuse them of violating the country's sovereignty, writes the Bangkok Post portal. According to a report by the Thai border guards, the empty house of Chad and Nadi was discovered at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the coast of Phuket. "Our fleet found a floating concrete box without […]
The Russian retail network Dixy, in conjunction with the OSA HP Hybrid Platform, launches the BigData platform, controlled by artificial intelligence using blockchain technology. This was reported to ForkLog by representatives of the retailer. With in-depth training and computer vision, the company plans to conduct data analysis that will ensure the availability of goods in real time, increase customer loyalty and increase sales figures. “Optimization […]
In April, the Astamanyana coffee shop will open in St. Petersburg, using blockchains and solutions based on artificial intelligence from Microsoft Azure in its work. Reports about it Rusbase. Microsoft technologies will allow you to personalize customer service: guests of the establishment will receive recommendations on choosing a drink based on their preferences and emotions. In addition, AI will allow to predict the number of visitors to the coffee shop, in order to optimize […]
The leading Russian publishing house Alpina Publisher is preparing to release the book Blockchain in Practice. Its authors are Alexander Tabernakulov, the founder and head of the PR agency for technology companies Filigran, as well as the CEO of the blockchain platform for managing electricity NS and energy-saving devices manufacturer EnesFilter Jan Coifmann. The book talks about the technology of the distributed registry, its relevance and prospects, as well as the technical features of […]