The German parliament and the federal government will block the development of the digital currency Libra and other "private stablecoins" in Germany, Spiegel reports with reference to parliamentarian Thomas Heilmann. #Facebook und die Schweizer # Libra-Stiftung wollen ihre eigene Kryptowährung auf den Markt bringen. Nun stemmt sich die Bundesregierung dagegen. https://t.co/yJx3eSJveq – SPIEGEL ONLINE (@SPIEGELONLINE) September 13, 2019 Large Coalition of CDU / CSU […]
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EOS block manufacturers have decided to activate version 1.8 of the EOSIO protocol on Monday, September 23. This will be the first hard fork and the biggest update in project history. Coming out of today's 1.8 status call, EOS Upgrade Status is still green – on track for successful upgrade ✅? 27/30 top BPs are confirmed upgraded and ready and there have been […]
Armor analysts have discovered a new service on the darknet. Hackers break into bank accounts and sell stolen funds for only 10-12% of their real value in BTC equivalent. Hackers offer to send funds to both a bank account and PayPal using Western Union. In one case, the buyer purchased $ 10,000 for $ 800, the report said. AT […]
The Moscow law firm Zheleznikov & Partners is initiating criminal cases in Russia on behalf of the affected users of the bankrupt Bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox. They reported this to former Air Force officer Andy Peg. Lawyers believe that they will achieve compensation from 170 to 200 thousand military-technical cooperation due to "close cooperation with law enforcement agencies." They already allegedly identified the identities of some potential defendants, and the rest should be found by law enforcement officers. […]
Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat analytical agency, said investors buy bitcoin when they are confident in a stable economy and geopolitical situation. In an interview with CNBC, the optimistic bitcoin said that the growth of the first cryptocurrency coincided with the best profitability of the S&P 500. According to Lee, bitcoin thrives when the index grows by more than 15% per year. Bitcoin has fallen 12% […]
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Mayor proposed creating an EU digital currency. He stated this at an informal meeting of EU ministers of economy and finance in Helsinki, TASS reports. According to Le Mer, European countries should explore the best ways to reduce the cost of international transactions and increase their speed both within the EU and beyond. “I introduced […]
The Suwalki District Prosecutor’s Office has charged fraud against Martin A., co-founder of the Polish bitcoin exchange BitMarket (.pl), with a prison sentence of up to 10 years, Business Insider Polska reports. The investigation found that Martin A. misled 525 BitMarket customers, depriving them of a total of 2,300 BTC between mid-2015 and July 7, 2019 […]
Roskomnadzor is preparing a lawsuit to block two privacy-oriented mail services Mailbox.org and Scryptmail.com. The reason was allegedly their refusal to enter the register of information dissemination organizers (ARI) at the request of the FSB. This is reported by RBC. According to the publication, in the second quarter of 2019, Roskomnadzor demanded that the service managers of Heinlein Support GmbH and SCRYPTmail LLC […]
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation will begin to monitor the readiness of banks for cyber attacks. To this end, by the end of 2019, the regulator will assign them risk profiles, said the first deputy director of the information security department of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Artem Sychev, as part of the Bank of Russia – XXI Century forum. The banks will be evaluated by the Central Bank's information security department according to several criteria, including the number of unauthorized operations and willingness to cyber threats. […]
On Monday, September 16th, Coinbase Pro cryptocurrency exchange will add support for Dash. On Monday September 16, our DASH / USD, and DASH / BTC order books will enter transfer-only mode, accepting inbound transfers of DASH in supported regions. Orders cannot be placed or filled. Order books will be in transfer-only mode for a minimum of 12 hours. https://t.co/GsOi6nMMjf – Coinbase […]