The court sent an appeal to Roskomnadzor to unblock the online aggregator of cryptocurrency exchangers Bestchange.ru. This is reported by the head of the PR and marketing department of Bestchange.ru Nikita Zuborev, RBC reports. According to him, the prosecutor's office of Omsk refused the claim for the suspension of the site in connection with the new provisions of the Russian legislation aimed at the legalization of cryptocurrencies. In particular, we are talking about the federal […]
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Already known to the community shareholder Bitfinex Zhao Dong again shared exclusive information about the exchange. Thus, according to him, the net profit of the trading floor in 2018 was $ 404 million, and shareholders received dividends totaling $ 261 million, reports 8btc with reference to correspondence in the Chinese messenger WeChat. Note that the staff of the exchange does not exceed 90 people. […]
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is ready to approve the launch of Ethereum futures, if requested. It is reported by CoinDesk, citing a senior official of the department. This decision will consolidate the jurisdiction of the department over the Ethereum markets, since at the moment it is limited to compulsory tools. At the same time, launching non-deliverable futures will allow institutional players to interact safely with the second […]
Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange plans to raise $ 1 billion during the initial stock exchange placement (IEO) of its token, according to white paper, which The Block has read. The final version of the document can still be changed, but analysts have already warned that the planned campaign may adversely affect the price of Bitcoin. According to one of the passages of the document published by the investor of the Zhao Exchange […]
The New York State Attorney’s Office, represented by Leticia James, appealed to the State Supreme Court to reject the Bitfinex attorney’s request to cancel the earlier court order. So, James is confident that the current situation does not affect the functioning of the company as a whole, but does not allow it to receive further loans from Tether Limited and protects users from […]
Facebook Inc., the operator of the world's largest social network Facebook, has acquired the Libra trademark for its secret cryptocurrency project, reports The Block, citing data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). So, a little-known cryptocurrency company Libra Services Inc. Until recently, she owned the Libra trademark, but recently changed its name to Lukka. Those […]
In the framework of the joint operation of the Federal Criminal Police of Germany, the prosecutor's office and Europol, the Wall Street Market dark-marketplace servers were discovered and confiscated. Three arrests were also made. Double blow to wall street market and Silkkitie (Valhalla) shut down after coordinating by @EkaPol. All the […]
Bitfinex, a Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange, intends to raise $ 1 billion through LEO tokens. In the private round of tokensail, the verbal obligations of investors to the site have already reached $ 600 million, reports The Block, citing one of the major investors Zhao Dong. So, Bitfinex allegedly intends to allocate a monthly 27% of the profits for the purchase of LEO tokens. Given the financial […]
Ripple’s payment blockchain system and its XRP token have no potential advantages for use at the state level. This was announced by the chief fintech specialist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Sopnando Mohanti, Cointelegraph writes. At the same time, he noted the effectiveness of Ripple solutions in making cross-border payments. "We do not see anything special in the banking digital currency Ripple, but definitely hope […]
The cryptocurrency-oriented merchant bank Galaxy Digital, established by Mike Novograc, suffered losses of $ 273 million last year, The Block reports, citing the company's financial report. The whole 2018 year was hard for the Galaxy Digital. Thus, in the first quarter alone, the bank suffered losses in the amount of $ 134 million. In addition, in November, when […]