Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin spoke about the upcoming launch of the Telegram Open Network (TON) and the digital currency Libra from Facebook in an interview with BLOCKTV. "Libra has something that existing blockchains don't, which is access to 2.5 billion users. Existing crypto systems have something that Libra doesn't, which is a kind of credible claim to commercial and political neutrality. ”[…]
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On September 13, users of the Kraken bitcoin exchange got the opportunity to buy bitcoin for $ 8,000, and sell for $ 12,000. The platform tested a new type of orders, which contained a bug. 1/3 Yesterday a test of an unreleased advanced order type encountered a bug which resulted in the order's prices being matched against the wrong side of the book. Some clients […]
BitPay cryptocurrency processing will add support for Ethereum in the coming weeks. Merchants will be able to accept a coin as payment, and users can store it in their wallet. Soon BitPay merchants will be able to accept Ether payments from #Ethereum users around the world: https://t.co/2nXIDhIN6y #ETH pic.twitter.com/IyqHnxpo1F – BitPay (@BitPay) September 16, 2019 The company will also introduce support Ethereum on prepaid debit cards […]
The financial conglomerate Deutsche Bank has joined the Interbank Information Network (IIN) blockchain system, according to the Financial Times. The system developed by the American investment bank JPMorgan is designed for interbank messaging about international payments through the Quorum blockchain. Prior to this, the network was mainly used by small banks and JPMorgan customers. JPMorgan expects Deutsche Bank to be the only major player to join the network. […]
Calibra CEO David Marcus said Libra does not threaten the monetary sovereignty of states, as it is about the payment system, not about creating new money. The latter remains strictly the prerogative of central banks, he assured. “Libra is designed to become the best payment network and system working on top of existing currencies and providing tangible value to consumers around the world,” wrote […]
Representatives of the government, using WhatsApp and Telegram messengers for communication, are at great risk. This was in an interview with France Inter said a former employee of the US National Security Agency (NSA) Edward Snowden. He said that French President Emmanuel Macron communicates with subordinates through Telegram, and Prime Minister Edouard Philippe through WhatsApp. According to him, public safety never […]
On Monday, September 16, the head of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, Changpeng Zhao, announced an attack on a platform for trading bitcoin futures. Then he recognized the alarm as false. A market maker from a smaller futures exchange tried to attack @binance futures platform. NO ONE was liquidated, as we use the index price (not futures prices) for liquidations (our innovation). Only […]
Berlin-based fintech startup Neufund has launched a tokenized stock offering platform targeted at retail investors. The minimum deposit is 10 euros, reports CoinDesk. The company received the necessary permits from the financial regulator of Liechtenstein. Shares tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain provide a right to a share in companies by analogy with traditional shares that are traded on stock exchanges. Recall Neufund entered into partnerships with […]
Law enforcement authorities detained the former hockey player of the Slovak “Slovan” Igor Musatov in Moscow. He was on the federal wanted list for a $ 800,000 Bitcoin fraud case, TASS reports citing informed sources. According to the investigation, in early 2018, Musatov agreed to sell bitcoins for $ 800 thousand (at that time 45.3 million rubles) to entrepreneur Abelyan […]
The gas limit in the Ethereum network was first surpassed by 8.1 million with the support of 50% of miners. Almost exactly 50% of miners are upvoting the gas limit right now; it just broke 8.1 million for the first time. pic.twitter.com/jn5jPg7dgs – Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) September 15, 2019 Mining pools Spark Pool, F2Pool and Ethermine supported the growth of the limit by voting, […]