The head of the blockchain division of Facebook, David Marcus, attempted to allay the concerns of regulators and legislators regarding the implications of the launch of the Libra project. In a note on Facebook, Markus touched on a number of Libra-related questions that, in his opinion, cause misunderstandings. Also, the representative of the largest social network confirmed that this month he will speak before the Senate Banking Committee and the Financial Services Committee […]
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The developer of Blockstream, under the name of grubles, told in his blog that users of the Liquid Sidebar could open the Lightning Network payment channels using c-lightning implementation. This makes it possible to conduct quick and private transactions with the Liquid-BTC asset (L-BTC). In the future, the developer notes, this function, along with Confidential Transactions, will work with all the assets of the Liquid network through payment channels […]
South Group's third largest conglomerate, SK Group, has invested $ 10 million in leading Ethereum-based solutions developer ConsenSys. This is reported by the local news agency Chosun. As noted, in his today's speech during the technology event in Seoul, the chairman of the board of SK Group and the owner of the third largest state ($ 3.4 billion) in South Korea Whose […]
Jessie Powell, Kraken cryptocurrency exchange CEO, expressed the view that the growth in Tether's supply of steylcoins can influence the price of bitcoin by attracting new money to the cryptoindustry, but is not the main reason for the growth. He stated this in an interview with TD Ameritrade Network. #Bitcoin has the latest surge in #bitcoin. Watch as […]
The Russian Sberbank decided to leave the ranks of the Masterchain blockchain project launched with the support of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. In the commentary of CoinDesk, the head of the blockchain-lab of Sberbank, Oleg Abdrashitov, declared dissatisfaction with the speed, safety and overall efficiency of the platform. According to him, as an alternative, the organization is considering corporate blockchain-platform Hyperledger Fabric from IMB and Quorum from JPMorgan. "Masterchain" does not meet the requirements that make cases […]
Last week, Tokenomica launched the Sandbox version of the platform for the production and sale of security tokens (STIP), with which any user can launch their own STO campaign on the Waves Testnet blockchain. You can invest in test STO campaigns using Waves Testnet tokens. 50 tokens will be automatically sent to users after they try to invest in any available campaign or create […]
According to the observations of DataLight analysts, in relation to the 2017 highs, the volume of Bitcoin trading increased one and a half times. It is noteworthy that at the end of 2017 there was a culmination of the previous phase of the bull market, while digital gold was trading even higher than the current relatively high levels. The experts also found that at present the average size of the transaction commission has reached $ 5, which corresponds to […]
Huobi, a large cryptocurrency exchange, is going to launch its own public blockchain focused on services in the field of decentralized finance (DeFi). Reported by The Block. As part of the FinanceChain initiative, the marketplace has entered into a partnership with a startup Nervos. It is expected that the new platform will allow exchanges and other financial companies to launch their own blockchains, token up assets and provide various DeFi-services. In particular, FinanceChain […]
Coinbase, el mayor intercambio criptográfico de EE. UU., Ha integrado el soporte Lightning Network 5 (100%) 1 Según Bitrefill, esta semana los usuarios de los cryptobirds de Coinbase podrán utilizar…
June 24 on YouTube-channel ForkLog the sixth edition of the video review “Cryptographic Analysis” was released. On the air of Xena.Exchange CEO, Anton Kravchenko told about Libra cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency options and bitcoin for $ 14,000. The purpose of the rubric is to conduct a fundamental analysis of the industry and talk about trends that affect the cryptocurrency market. New issues are published every two weeks. Editorial ForkLog […]