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 […]
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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, […]
The hacker stole 30,000 EOS ($ 110,000) thanks to a bug in the decentralized EOSPlay application. The cost of the attack was just over 300 EOS ($ 1000), reports CryptoSlate. The attacker involved the DeFi service EOS REX, which allows leasing network resources (RAM, CPU) from other users. The hacker filled the blocks with his transactions, ensuring a constant victory in EOSPlay. The incident has already commented on CTO startup Block.one […]
U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Segal Mandelker said cryptocurrencies could be the next frontier in the fight against terrorism. Today, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker addressed the 19th Annual International Conference on Counterterrorism. https://t.co/YHDAbFRwd5 – Treasury Department (@USTreasury) September 11, 2019 “Terrorist organizations and their supporters are constantly looking for new ways […]
The P2P exchange for the sale and purchase of Bitcoin Hodl Hodl will open the source code. This will allow everyone to create their own P2P trading platform. This was stated by CTO Roman Snitko during the Baltic Honeybadger conference. Reasons for the decision: projects are closed and the code is lost; Developing an exchange from scratch is a very expensive task; everyone has the right to manage the exchange; Hodl code Hodl tested on […]
BlockFi startup operating in the cryptocurrency lending segment has removed the minimum deposit limit for Bitcoin, Ethereum and Gemini Dollar (GUSD). Now the service accrues annual interest on any amount. We are removing minimums and fees for the BlockFi Interest Account (BIA). This means you can now earn interest on your crypto regardless of how much crypto you […]
Coinme, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency ATM provider, raised $ 1.5 million. We are thrilled to announce our that @ Ripple's #Xpring and the newly established #Blockchain Finance Fund have made investments as part of our recently opened A-1 funding round. Full Release: https://t.co/yjNH4JiQpR pic.twitter.com/qCkrgICUjg – Coinme (@CoinmeATM) September 13, 2019 In the financing round of Series A-1 participated an investment […]
Roskomnadzor provided telecom operators with equipment to block Telegram and other resources prohibited in the Russian Federation. It is being tested on real users from Tyumen, Reuters reports citing informed sources. This allegedly refers to the hardware and software complex of the Russian manufacturer RDP.ru, which, according to media reports, has shown the best efficiency in the laboratory. Installation of equipment, writes Reuters, is possible thanks to the law on […]