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 […]
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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 […]
The Swiss Financial Markets Supervision Authority (FINMA) has published an addendum to the existing Initial Token Offerings (ICO) Guide. Focused on the so-called stable coins (stablecoins), it pays special attention to the digital currency Libra from Facebook. In a document published on Wednesday, September 11, FINMA confirmed that the Geneva-based Libra Association had requested the regulator to […]
Two-thirds of American investors fear a looming recession and are ready to transfer their assets to safer funds, including cryptocurrency. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by the eToro social investment platform. Respondents believe that the trade conflict between the US and China, as well as problems with Mexico, will affect their portfolios over the next six months. AT […]
BitPay processing BitPay came under another flurry of criticism, this time in connection with the blocking of donations in favor of the Hong Kong Free Press news site (HKFP). As explained by the founder of HKFP Tom Grandi, donations in the cryptocurrency are temporarily blocked, because BitPay has been refusing to process the relevant transactions for three weeks. He added that BitPay representatives indicated that […]
Netki's Digital Identity Service Provider has made changes to its functionality to ensure customers comply with FATF standards. Two new functions have been added to the TransactID service: the ability to split a user's certificate of identity into smaller pieces of personal information (PII) and the right of senders and recipients of funds to request PII from each other. “There used to be one major atomic transaction in which the parties exchanged […]
The developer of equipment and software for the blockchain system of electronic voting at the elections to the Moscow City Duma, the company "CryptoPRO" called the cause of its failure a violation of the rules of operation of the equipment. This was announced by RBC representatives of the company. According to them, the Department of Information Technology (DIT) did not configure the possibility of using a backup system in case of failure of the main, despite the availability of necessary funds. The DIT with charges not […]
Europol and the Portuguese police arrested one of the largest counterfeiters in Europe. Europe's second-largest counterfeit currency network on the dark web taken down by @PJudiciaria with Europol's support: 5 individuals arrested and 1,833 counterfeit banknotes seized totalling € 69,930. Read our press release here: https://t.co/OKTzYR5jtn pic .twitter.com / zDyhEUAuqF – Europol (@Europol) September 9, 2019 Attackers sold […]