Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a national strategy for the development of artificial intelligence until 2030. The corresponding decree is published on the portal of regulatory legal acts. According to the document, by December 15, the Russian government should develop and approve the federal project “Artificial Intelligence”, as well as make changes to the national program “Digital Economy”. The costs of implementing the strategy will be included in the federal budget for 2020-2030. Annually […]
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The chairman of the Russian central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, compared cryptocurrencies to a game in a casino and stated that their popularity was similar to tulip fever in the 17th century Holland. The head of the Central Bank said this during a meeting with participants in the youth program FINOdays, write RIA Novosti. Nabiullina noted that the regulator is studying cryptocurrencies, since they have become a “mass phenomenon”. “We see that in cryptocurrency […]
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin tried to dispel community doubts about the long-term future platform by shedding light on some details of the upcoming transition from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) and the final transition to Ethereum 2.0. This question was one of the most discussed at the Devcon5 conference in Osaka, which is taking place these days, but there have been no clear answers for a long time […]
Según un nuevo estudio realizado por el fondo de criptomonedas de Nueva York Decentral Park Capital, el valor de la plataforma blockchain Telegram Open Network (TON) puede superar los $…
The international antivirus company ESET has investigated the new family of banking Trojans Casbaneiro, which are hunting for cryptocurrency. The victims of the botnet have already become Brazilian and Mexican users. Casbaniero is most often distributed via malicious phishing emails. The Trojan uses pop-ups and forms under the guise of a software update, credit card verification, or a request from a bank. Following infection, Casbaneiro restricts the victim’s access to various […]
The Center for Monitoring and Response to Computer Attacks in the Credit and Financial Sphere of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (FinCERT) presented a detailed report on cyber fraud and theft of personal data of Russians. According to the document, from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019, FinCERT discovered a surge in fraudulent activity on the network. “In the reporting period, a significant, almost seven-fold increase in the number of […]
OKEx Korea cryptocurrency exchange has suspended the process of withdrawing from the auction two coins with a focus on user privacy. In particular, ZCash and Dash will undergo additional study, reports CoinDesk with reference to the statement of the exchange. At the same time, the decision regarding Monero, Horizen and Super Bitcoin, about which OKEx Korea reported delisting in September, remains in force and […]
The Masterchain blockchain platform received a certificate from the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation that it uses Russian cryptography standards and meets information security requirements. This was reported by representatives of the FinTech Association. In addition, the mechanism of embedding the platform in a decentralized depository system (DDS) was approved. “Masterchain certification allows us to talk about the platform’s readiness for industrial operation. Currently, DDS is being launched to account for electronic mortgages for […]
The Russian National Settlement Depository (NSD) published a report on the use of blockchain technologies in Russia and in the world, as well as on further ways of its implementation. NSD Report by ForkLog on Scribd The document states that the main problems of blockchain systems remain insufficient security and the complexity of the interaction of various blockchain platforms. Separately, researchers identified the problem of performance and scalability. NSD notes that the issue […]
People's Deputy of Ukraine Alexey Kucher filed a declaration as a candidate for the post of chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration. In it, he also indicated cryptocurrency. According to the document, Kucher owns 77 MTC (about $ 634 thousand at the time of writing). Earlier, 290 military-technical cooperation and 11,071 ETNs were indicated in their declaration by Maxim Kutsy. Today, November 9, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine agreed on it […]