TON Labs, the developer of the infrastructure for the Telegram Open Network ecosystem, has announced the public launch of TON Labs Node Startup Edition, a complete set of development tools for the TON blockchain. This edition of ForkLog said company representatives. According to the developers, the source code of the TON blockchain, published on September 6, is an implementation of the Proof-of-Stake algorithm with sharding from Telegram. TON Labs […]
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Alfa-Bank, in partnership with the Russian retailer X5 Retail Group, launched a service for managing payments, credit-deposit products and liquidity based on the Waves Enterprise blockchain solution. This is stated in the press release of the bank. A service called Distributed Treasury and Cash Management (DTCM) is intended for corporate customers of the bank. The application is powered by Waves Enterprise technology. “The key difference between DTCM is that […]
Spain's largest bank Santander issued a $ 20 million bond and tokenized quarterly coupons on the Ethereum blockchain. The bank has delivered delivery against payment on chain. ? Santander launches the first end-to-end #blockchain bond. More details at ? https://t.co/uW76t6xIiT pic.twitter.com/J8KFmH3yoY – Banco Santander (@bancosantander) September 12, 2019 purchased an annual bond with a quarterly coupon of 1.98% at the market price […]
French authorities intend to levy income taxes on converting cryptocurrencies to fiat. Cryptocurrency trading does not require paying taxes without fiat transactions, Bloomberg reports citing Finance Minister Bruno Le Mer. The official added that when buying goods and services for cryptocurrencies, VAT will be charged. A similar tax policy is approved in Portugal, where the conclusion in […]
Fundstrat agency co-founder Tom Lee said that the Trump administration’s actions regarding electronic cigarette manufacturers prove that the president can ban anything. This is un-related but shows White House can issue an 'executive order' banning anything. And could even ban bitcoin. Not expecting it. But with current White House, there is “nothing out of […]
Digital Financial Assets Bill Done. It will be considered at a meeting with Finance Minister Anton Siluanov as early as next Wednesday, September 18. This was stated by the head of the State Duma Committee on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. Judging by his words, the authorities still have not decided on the cryptocurrency market regulation vector: “In principle, in order to […]
Bitwise Asset Management has hired several service providers to launch its Bitcoin ETF, including BNY Mellon. This is stated in the corresponding application Bitwise Bitcoin ETF Trust on the site. BNY Mellon will be the administrator of the proposed stock exchange fund, and custodian. Foreside Fund Services will be marketing, and Cohen & Co. will audit. In Bitwise have not yet decided […]
Mastercard technology company and R3-oriented corporate clients blockchain consortium R3 have announced a strategic partnership in which they develop and test a cross-border payment solution based on distributed registry technology. According to a published press release, the future solution will initially focus on combining the global payment infrastructure and banks in the Mastercard clearing and settlement network. Combining the expertise of R3 in the field of technology […]
The KuMEX futures platform launched the trading of perpetual contracts for bitcoin XBTUSDM. This was stated in a press release. Contracts are denominated in bitcoins, and quotes are displayed in US dollars. The platform provides leverage up to x20 for transactions with XBTUSDM. To lower the entry threshold for investors, the platform set the price of XBTUSDM to $ 1. KuMEX is a platform for trading cryptocurrency derivatives from […]
Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange announced the official launch of both platforms for trading cryptocurrency futures that were previously in test mode. #Binance Launches Futures Trading Platformshttps: //t.co/DUgEMz4Vts pic.twitter.com/UxU7szZ8sG – Binance (@binance) September 11, 2019 Platform A is called Binance Futures and is still available in beta mode for users with a referral code . The code owners have already become users who have previously tested the site’s capabilities […]