The investment company Algo Capital, which focuses on the development of the ecosystem of the Algorand blockchain, announced a $ 200 million financing raised. The funds will go to a specially created venture fund Algo VC Fund, the organization said in a press release. Fund investors included Brainchild, NGC Ventures, Arrington XRP Capital, Eterna Capital, GSR, Cognitive Blockchain, Rokk3r Inc, Wibson, 11-11 Ventures […]
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The non-custodial multicurrency crypto wallet Button Wallet has added support for the Telegram Open Network (TON) in test mode and offers 6.6 Gram test tokens to users who activate the application for free. About it writes Forbes. According to Alex Safonov, co-founder and CEO of Button Wallet, this should give users the opportunity to gain practical experience in conducting transactions with digital currencies without any associated risks. […]
Over $ 2 million in various grants has been allocated in recent months to prepare for the launch of Ethereum 2.0, the Ethereum Foundation said in a statement released Monday, August 26. Approaching Serenity: Announcing Ethereum Foundation and Co-Funded Grants! Https: //t.co/ImJ3MrHre3 – Ethereum (@ethereum) August 26, 2019 Grants were allocated to the development teams of the leading Ethereum network clients currently occupied […]
Hay muchos signos que indican el inicio inminente de una nueva crisis económica. En este sentido, muchos entusiastas de la criptografía se preguntan cómo se comportarán las monedas digitales. Si…
The Swiss Financial Markets Supervision Service (FINMA) has issued blockchain firms with SEBA Crypto and Sygnum licenses for banking and securities transactions. This was reported on the website of the department. FINMA representatives emphasized that such licenses were first introduced to blockchain service providers. SEBA Crypto and Sygnum will now be able to work with institutional and professional investors. In addition, today […]
Chairman of the House Financial Representatives Committee of the US House Maxine Waters said that her department will continue to study in detail the features of the cryptocurrency initiative Libra from the largest social network Facebook. Congresswoman introduced the agency’s work plan for this fall. The list of tasks, in particular, contains an obligation to continue studying Libra and the Calibra wallet, created by Facebook. The committee also intends to learn the views of […]
The Polkadot development team has launched an experimental version of the blockchain interaction protocol called Kusama. Kusama CC-1, @polkadotnetwork's tentative experimental canary network, is out! https://t.co/w2EJRyrYEY – Gavin Wood (@gavofyork) August 23, 2019 According to Polkadot founder Gavin Wood, the new protocol combines “cutting-edge technical improvements in management, consensus, and scaling.” Initially, the Kusama network will operate on a consensus mechanism […]
Two years after the activation of Segregated Witness, the share of bitcoin transactions using this protocol reached 61.93%. Segregated Witness (SegWit) was activated on August 24, 2017. The protocol eliminated a number of problems that stood in the way of Bitcoin, opening up opportunities for network scaling, including through the Lightning Network. In particular, with the introduction of SegWit, the method of storing data in […]
Blockchain wallet has partnered with leading payment processor BitPay. Say hello to easier crypto payments ? our latest blog introduces a new way to spend bitcoin on your favorite internet items (think: giftcards .. travel .. jewelry) right from your web or mobile Wallet. Read more here: https://t.co/bnZEleoiMb – Blockchain (@blockchain) August 23, 2019 According to representatives of […]
The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has published updated information regarding the leak of user data. Update & Action Response: Third-Party Vendor KYC Matter Protecting our users and keeping #Binance systems secure is our utmost priority.https: //t.co/1xz48JLmxF – Binance (@binance) August 23, 2019 Marketplace representatives stressed that work on solving the problem continues and over the past few weeks the Binance team […]