One of South Korea’s largest banks, Shinhan Bank signed a memorandum of understanding with Ground X and Hexlant to jointly develop a blockchain-based security system. It is reported by The Korea Times. As part of the deal, Shinhan and fintech firms will launch a private key management system for further use in the bank’s infrastructure. Ground X, a unit […]
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Bitcoins stolen in 2016 from the Bitfinex exchange have again set in motion. So, about 30 BTC were moved (more than $ 314 thousand at the exchange rate at the time of writing). ⚠ 30.667542 #BTC (351.015 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.co/ipfik2Tpd2 – Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 12, 2019 This year already […]
The price of bitcoin at LocalBitcoins in Hong Kong exceeded the average market by $ 300 amid mass protests and reports of movements of the PRC troops. So, we note that the mass protests and clashes with the police in Hong Kong have not ceased since June. The original reason for the demonstrations was the proposed changes to the law on extradition to mainland China, but then the protesters began to demand democratic […]
Ethfinex Hybrid Exchange announced a restart under a new name and with a revised management structure. In particular, the platform will no longer use the operational resources of the Bitfinex exchange. Ethfinex evolves to DeversiFi bringing high-liquidity, speed and security to decentralized trading. Learn more: https://t.co/ARWEI4ReAg – Ethfinex (@ethfinex) August 13, 2019 So, the updated exchange called DeversiFi intends to significantly expand […]
Leading in terms of trading volume, the Bitcoin exchange Binance has announced the technical work, which will be held on August 15. Starting from 05:00 Moscow time, deposit / withdrawal of funds and trading will be unavailable for 6-8 hours. #Binance System Upgrade Noticehttps: //t.co/cXjsh2b86T pic.twitter.com/SMt8v3GkkD – Binance (@binance) August 14, 2019 So, the exchange intends to update the order matching mechanism, API, as well as introduce a new type of orders: Order Cancels Order. […]
London-based international bank Barclays has stopped servicing accounts of the largest US cryptocurrency company Coinbase for unknown reasons, CoinDesk reports citing informed sources. According to the publication, as a result of a breakdown in relations with the bank, Coinbase lost access to the Quick Payment System (FPS), which is why users cannot make instant input / output of British pounds and have to wait until […]
A group of investors filed a new lawsuit against Ripple, which argues that the company violated securities laws in the sale of XRP tokens. Doc by ForkLog on Scribd So, the updated lawsuit filed on August 5 for more than a year now contains several new arguments about Ripple’s violation of US law. The company must […]
The CryptoLab research portal has published a list of the most influential people in the crypto industry. It included 80 people who made a significant contribution to the development of the industry. According to the compilers of the rating, to identify and compile a list of influencers, we used our own "algorithm using more than 19 parameters." However, specific parameters were not named. The top ten list includes: creator of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin creator […]
Coinsbit Cryptocurrency Exchange will hold the initial exchange offer (IEO) of the Kernel-Trade platform, which tokenizes agricultural assets and real estate. This was reported in a press release. The Kernel-Trade platform is designed to promote the development of agro-industrial enterprises through the creation of a tokenized ecosystem for physical assets and property rights. “Kernel-Trade aims to unite managers and asset owners with investors through the creation of low-risk financial instruments on the blockchain, backed by […]
The recently launched Beaxy cryptocurrency exchange was forced to suspend trading and withdraw funds from the platform due to "unusually high trading activity in the XRP / BTC pair." Later, representatives of the exchange reported that trade problems were provoked by the partial payment vulnerability. Quick update. Exchanges were targeted with an $ XRP partial payment exploit today. Beaxy was also targeted in this. […]