The Bitrefill mobile services recharge service that promotes the Lightning Network technology has raised $ 2 million in investments, CoinDesk reports. Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin cryptocurrency, Fulgur Ventures and the BnkToTheFuture platform, contributed to the development of the startup. Headed a round of financing company Coin Ninja. The Swedish startup will direct the raised funds to the development of new markets, the launch of new products and the expansion of staff. "We intend to continue to offer […]
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The Cointelegraph edition, citing an informed source, reported that the intention of the Liquid Exchange to start selling Gram tokens on July 10 has nothing to do with the official plans of Telegram. In a separate comment, one of Telegram's investors stated that no one has the right to sell tokens before their official launch in accordance with the signed agreement. Moreover, representatives of the popular messenger […]
Payment giant Visa Inc has launched a corporate payment network B2B Connect based on the blockchain, reports Reuters. The network was created to improve the efficiency of cross-border payments between financial institutions. In particular, B2B Connect implies fast and inexpensive payments without the involvement of intermediaries. Currently B2B Connect serves 30 payment corridors, the number of which Visa plans to increase to […]
Los tokens de gramo del proyecto de cadena de bloques Telegram Open Network (TON) estarán disponibles para una amplia gama de inversores el 10 de julio. Las fichas se presentarán…
Cryptocurrency startup Ripple expands its geography – the company intends to develop business in Latin America and has already opened an office in Brazil. Reported by the Cointelegraph. It is worth noting that Ripple has not yet officially announced the opening of a new division. It is expected that this will happen at CIAB Febraban – an event for financial and banking, which will be held from 11 to 13 June. […]
The developers of the blockchain project Zilliqa announced the launch of smart contracts based on the Scilla language in their core network. In 2017, we envisioned a high performance platform. Guess what? Today, we've delivered on this. We are thrilled to declare smart contracts officially launched !!! […]
The social network Facebook will pay a certain percentage to the holders of its Global Coin, which is preparing for an early launch. This assumption was made by a member of the Wyoming blockchain working group, Caitlin Long, Forbes writes. According to Long, the company will make a profit from a basket of currencies and low-risk securities that will be used to secure cryptocurrency. "For every $ 10 billion in […]
The cryptocurrency division of the rating agency Weiss Ratings announced that it was forced to downgrade the EOS rating due to "serious problems" with the centralization of the project. EOS DOWNGRADE: #EOS has been seriously downgraded by its technology score. It's now up to #ADA […]
This summer, the Atlantis update can be activated on the Ethereum Classic network, but its exact date remains unknown. In the meantime, cryptocurrency developers have agreed that the code will be tested in a test network, CoinDesk reports. This update should activate the changes that were formally proposed for the original Ethereum network in 2017. Their goal is to improve […]
In the Russian Federation may introduce administrative responsibility for mining cryptocurrency based on public blockchains. About this in a conversation with TASS said the Head of the State Duma Committee on the financial market, Anatoly Aksakov. “I will note that actions with cryptocurrency that are not conditional on Russian legislation will be considered illegitimate. This means that “mine”, organizing the issue, circulation, creation of exchange points for these tools will be prohibited. For that […]