The popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced technical work, which is why the platform will be unavailable for some time on August 1. Their goal is called increasing the stability and scalability of the matching application engine. It will be possible to improve the safety of the engine. The upgrade will start at 9.30AM UTC and […]
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The Financial Conduct Authority of Great Britain (FCA) has published the final version of the cryptocurrency assets manual, indicating which of them fall under its jurisdiction. Most of the published rules were submitted in January of this year, and, as expected, the final wording does not contain significant changes. In particular, the guide contains the notion of a security token, which is defined as an asset with characteristics of shares […]
South Korean giant Samsung will add the Pundi X application to the Galaxy S10 smartphones. We’ve integrated the Samsung Blockchain ecosystem. For more details, you can read https://t.co/wou1ZXJSsc #npxs #npxsxem – Pundi X Labs (@PundiXLabs) July […]
The provider of the popular cryptocurrency wallet Blockchain announced the launch of its own trading platform PIT. 1 / The secret is finally out launch We're launching the PIT (come find us at https://t.co/egT1Ca3BfU or @BlockchainPIT on Twitter and Instagram) pic.twitter.com/ EObq2CmSgP – Blockchain (@blockchain) July 30, 2019 Registration for the new platform should open in […]
A full launch of the Bakkt delivery bitcoin futures trading platform is scheduled for the third quarter of this year, reports The Block, citing informed sources. At the same time, the platform supported by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is still awaiting approval from the New York State Financial Services Department for the qualified custodian Bakkt Warehouse, which is necessary to work with futures with a physical supply of basic […]
Entrepreneur and co-owner of the recently closed Bitmarket exchange Tobias Niemiro was found with a shot through his head in a forest near the city of Olsztyn in northern Poland, Decrypt reports citing local media. The police is investigating, the exact circumstances of the death have not yet been confirmed. However, the Polish edition of Gazeta Wyborcza suggests that 44-year-old Niemiro could commit suicide. In turn, local businessman Adam […]
Slovak Stockpoint Stock Exchange has completed beta testing and has begun work for a wide range of users. This was reported in the press release of the project. Stockpoint Crypto Exchange began operations in August 2018. Open beta testing site continued until May 2019. In May, the exchange updated the user interface and launched a campaign to attract users. Stockpoint is registered in Slovakia and has a representative office in […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the world's largest social network does not abandon plans to launch a digital currency, Libra, and will spend "as much time as it takes" to win over regulators and other interested parties. Zuckerberg made a corresponding statement this week during a conference call with investors on Facebook, during which he tried to reassure […]
The State Duma adopted in the second reading the draft law “On attracting investments using investment platforms” (“On crowdfunding”), which also affects the ICO sphere. According to its provisions, investments by unqualified investors will be limited to 600 thousand rubles a year. Reports about it "Parliamentary newspaper". According to the document, Russian companies and individual entrepreneurs will be able to officially attract money from citizens, individual entrepreneurs and legal entities through […]
The operator of the mobile application for trading stocks and cryptocurrency Robinhood company Robinhood Markets Inc. announced the closure of a round of financing for the E Series, which resulted in an impressive $ 323 million. The company's capitalization then rose to $ 7.6 billion. This funding will go towards our mission — democratizing […]