International payment systems Visa and MasterCard may stop working on the territory of the Russian Federation if the State Duma approves amendments to the law “On the National Payment System”, which will be considered at the end of this month, Kommersant reports. APDATE: The Bank of Russia said that the adoption of the amendments does not threaten the work of international payment systems in the Russian Federation. Visa representatives said that they would continue to provide uninterrupted […]
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In South Africa, angry investors of the alleged cryptocurrency pyramid set fire to the house of its organizer after the project stopped paying. It is reported by Coindesk. Thus, the company of the former medical worker Sfelele Sgumza Mbati Bitcoin Wallet promised its clients 100 percent return on invested capital in the South African rand. Client deposits were supposed to be invested in cryptocurrencies. According to media reports, Bitcoin Wallet […]
Binance cryptocurrency exchange leading in terms of trading burned 808,888 Binance Coin (BNB) tokens for a total of $ 23.838 million. – Binance (@binance) July 12, 2019 Changpeng platform CEO Zhao stressed that his team as a whole does not use those coins that were originally distributed […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the distribution of 187 million Props tokens between content creators and YouNow streaming platform users for internal activity in order to influence their degree of involvement. This decision was made by the department in accordance with the established provision "A +", according to TechCrunch. So, tokens will allow people to form a reputation, earn Bars domestic currency for […]
US President Donald Trump, who prefers to communicate his thoughts daily via Twitter, spoke for the first time about Bitcoin and Libra's digital currency from Facebook. According to him, their cost is extremely volatile and in general is not supported by anything. I’m not a fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, it’s highly volatile […]
Venture firm IDEO CoLab has launched a business accelerator for entrepreneurs and startups in the blockchain industry Startup Studio. The initiative has already been supported by the investment company Fidelity Investments, consulting giant Deloitte, Amazon and 20 other organizations. It was a start-up studio that […]
The Canadian authorities ordered cryptocurrency exchanges to register with the Financial Transaction Analysis and Reporting Center (FinTRAC). The new rules were published as amendments to the law on combating money laundering and terrorist financing on the website of the country's government. In particular, now all Bitcoin exchanges are classified as money transfer service providers, must be registered with FinTRAC and must observe […]
Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange announced the suspension of trading and the beginning of unplanned technical work. It happened at 12:17 UTC. We are undergoing unscheduled maintenance with trading temporarily halted. All wallets remain unaffected and they are available. Thank you for your patience. – Bitfinex (@bitfinex) July 11 […]
As part of the e-voting experiment to be held at the elections of deputies of the Moscow City Council of the seventh convocation in the fall, the accounting of ballots will be transferred to the blockchain system. Today, July 11, the system is tested by students of Moscow universities. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Information Technology Department of Moscow Artem Kostyrko, reports TASS. “The key difference of our electronic voting system from all others is that the human voice […]
On August 8, the International Blockchain Baikal Summit will take place in Irkutsk, where more than 20 leading experts representing blockchain-making market leaders will speak. The program of the event includes discussion panels and master classes, during which the current situation in the blockchain market, development priorities and successful business cases will be discussed. Each year, the summit attracts many key people of the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry – for example, […]