The Chinese darknet markets sell the personal data of users of the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange – at least, sellers themselves say so. Huobi also emphasizes that in reality only an insignificant part of the information really relates to the exchange, and its security systems were not hacked. It is reported by The Block. So, we are talking about phone numbers and text messages, […]
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The Egyptian government is discussing plans to issue a national digital currency from a central bank. As an anonymous source in the central bank told Al-monitor, the initiative of the authorities is explained by the unwillingness to miss opportunities and positions in the financial sector. In addition, the Egyptian government hopes that issuing its own digital currency will increase the coverage of the population with financial services: now only 10% of residents have bank cards or […]
The custodial division of the largest US cryptocurrency company Coinbase has confirmed the purchase of the Xapo service. The deal is valued at $ 55 million. 1 / Today, Coinbase Custody has completed an acquisition of Xapo's institutional businesses. With over $ 7 billion in assets, we're now the most popular place for institutions to store cryptocurrency. Read more here https://t.co/bL3oj1Pyfl – Coinbase Custody (@CoinbaseCustody) August 16, […]
Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, is confident that by the end of this year, the price of bitcoin will increase significantly. However, he does not even rule out updating the historical maximum. “I think that someone who holds 1-2% of their capital in bitcoin to hedge multiple risks makes a smart bet,” he said in an interview with Fox Business. Lee pointed to impressive growth […]
Today, August 16, the delisting of 23 low-liquid trading pairs on the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange will take place. The following pairs will be removed: LTC / XMR, DASH / XMR, ZEC / XMR, MAID / XMR, NXT / XMR, BCN / XMR, LSK / ETH, GNT / ETH, MANA / ETH, QTUM / ETH, STEEM / ETH , OMG / ETH, LOOM / ETH, SNT / ETH, CVC / ETH, KNC / ETH, GAS / ETH, BNT / ETH, LOOM / USDT, SNT / USDT, KNC / USDT, BNT / USDT, FOAM / USDC – Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) August 15, 2019 Among them are the following pairs with Monero: […]
The deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the IX convocation from the party "Servant of the People" Alexander Dubinsky intends to ensure the resumption of the criminal case on the fact of mining on the servers of the judicial administration of Ukraine. The politician wrote about this on his Facebook. “Last night I talked with the judge. We touched on the topic of why the registry of court decisions “slows down”. It turns out that everything is very simple – the judicial administration of Ukraine on the registry servers […]
The Moscow Department of Information Technology (DIT) through an open tender is looking for a contractor to create a technological platform for distributed registries (databases). According to the Russian government procurement website, the initial contract price is 56.9 million rubles. The application states that within 60 days from the date of conclusion of the state contract, the contractor will have to develop a blockchain solution for the automation of electronic services of the Moscow City Hall. In particular, the speech […]
Cryptocurrency platform Wirex Japan Limited officially became a member of type II of the Japan Association of Virtual Currency Exchanges (JVCEA), which is the penultimate step to the ability to provide a full range of services to customers in Japan. This edition of ForkLog said company representatives. According to them, for 18 months Wirex Japan Limited, a subsidiary of the payment service Wirex Limited, was subjected to thorough […]
The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) again sent letters to crypto traders, this time requiring them to indicate the exact amount of funds outstanding to the state budget, The Block reports. IRS notification of form CP2000 is provided for cases when there are discrepancies between information transmitted by taxpayers and information received by the agency from independent sources. The amount indicated in the letters represents the alleged debt, which, according to the tax authorities, […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Security Council resolution on the refusal to allocate 3.4-3.8 GHz frequencies necessary for operators to develop 5G in the country. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to sources familiar with the situation. According to experts, the range of 3.4-3.8 GHz is the most popular for 5G in the world, since in most countries it is the lowest of the free bands, in […]