The total processing power of the Bitcoin network has crossed the line of 100 EH / s. At the time of writing, the indicator is 102.848 EH / s. Since December 2018, the hash rate has increased by 230%. Since mid-June, several new ASIC miners have appeared on the market and, according to some estimates, 600 thousand new devices have connected to the bitcoin network. Over three months, more than 600 […]
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The DPRK is at an early stage in creating its own digital currency, Vice News reports citing a local official. With its help, the government plans to circumvent sanctions. According to the organizer of cryptocurrency conferences in the DPRK, Alejandro Cao de Benos (Alejandro Cao de Benos), the still unnamed coin "will look like bitcoin." At this stage, North Korea is exploring products […]
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the local Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have uncovered a large criminal organization involved in identity fraud and money laundering through cryptocurrencies. This was reported on the ASIC website. According to authorities, fraudsters bought personal data of people on the Internet, and then used them to steal money from retirement […]
At the Kiev Borispol airport, customs officers and employees of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine seized a batch of equipment for the extraction of cryptocurrencies, according to the agency’s website. A Chinese citizen tried to move 160 kg of goods outside the border control. Among them were system units that can be used for mining, motherboards and spare parts for mobile phones, power supplies, wireless headphones and bioadditives. Border guards seized the entire […]
The latest steps of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) in the foreign exchange market may cause a new wave of bitcoin price growth. This opinion was expressed by a number of well-known representatives of the cryptocurrency industry. On Tuesday, September 17, a sharp increase in rates on the repo market (securities purchase / sale transactions with an obligation to resell them) forced the Fed to resort to providing for the first time in the last ten years […]
Wells Fargo & Company, an American financial company, will launch Wells Fargo Digital Cash, a pilot blockchain service for internal payments, based on Corda Enterprise. According to a press release, Wells Fargo Digital Cash will provide almost instant international transfers between company branches using digitized funds (tokens). The company has already tested the concept on transfers from the USA to Canada. The launch of the project is scheduled for 2020 […]
The number of bitcoin wallets with a balance of 10 BTC or more reached a historic high. 3 / The number of addresses holding at least 10 Bitcoins recently hit an all-time high. As of September 1st, there are 157,216 addresses holding at least 10 BTC. Read our full newsletter at https://t.co/oF4JcANXkp pic.twitter.com/Vv9M0KKX0U – CoinMetrics.io (@coinmetrics) September 4, 2019 At the time of writing […]
Lithuanian Narvesen branch stores and Lietuvos Spauda kiosks will sell bitcoin vouchers. It is reported by The Baltic Times. Vouchers will be exchanged on the Rebiton startup site. To do this, enter the email address and bitcoin wallet address. Identity documents are not required. You can purchase a voucher for 50, 100 or 999 euros. Recall that in February the post of Liechtenstein […]
On Tuesday, September 17, a public beta of the Hedera Hashgraph PoS blockchain was launched with a declared bandwidth of 10,000 Tps. We did it. The trust layer of the internet is here. What future will you build? https://t.co/gTWBCGxSv1 #HelloFuture #BREAKING #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/Xtgin1jvmN – Hedera Hashgraph (@hashgraph) September 16, 2019 Smart contracts and file contracts are available on the Hedera Hashgraph network […]
The State Duma adopted in the first reading the bill "On a single federal information resource containing information about the population of the Russian Federation." The document involves the creation of a single database of Russian citizens and individuals living in the country. The database will include both general information (name, date and place of birth, gender and citizenship, TIN and others), as well as additional ones – for example, education, registration […]