Cryptocurrency Exchange Poloniex announced the listing of the ATOM token from the Cosmos project. Prepare for launch! Poloniex welcomes @Cosmos @ ICOS Atoms. # Cosmoslaunch https://t.co/ueZQEPLU7q – Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) March 14, 2019 So far, users can only view balances. To do this, you must enter the seed-phrase from the corresponding wallet […]
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The British FINTECH startup Revolut with Russian roots has opened up to the owners of standard accounts access to the purchase of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and XRP. However, users soon noticed that working with digital assets is limited. As one of the readers told ForkLog magazine, no operations except for buying, exchanging Fiat for cryptocurrency and sending it to another Revolut user are not available. “Nor can […]
Team Tendermint Inc. officially announced the launch of Cosmos Hub, the first of the Proof-of-Stake blockchain series, which will become part of the Cosmos ecosystem in the future. Work on the project, designed to ensure compatibility of different blockchains – primarily Ethereum and Bitcoin, has been carried out over the past three years. The release of Cosmos Hub blocks started on Wednesday, March 13, at 23:00 UTC, […]
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision under the Bank for International Settlements presented a set of standards for financial institutions planning to work with digital assets. At the same time, the organization warned of the risks that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may incur. First of all, the organization offers banks to carefully analyze the risks, determining the safe scale of implementation of cryptocurrency in their activities. “The analysis should take into account the size of its own […]
The microtransaction protocol of the Lightning Network in the future can make the mass distribution of Bitcoin a reality, while at the same time implementing Satoshi Nakamoto's concept of digital p2p money. The growth of this second-tier network is indeed proceeding at an enormous pace. So, by mid-March, the number of available nodes exceeded 7,300, an increase of almost 19% over the month. 45% increase in the number of open channels, which […]
During the conference call, project managers in the Ethereum ecosystem suggested activating the EIP1057 code as part of the next major update of the Istanbul network. It is reported by CoinDesk. EIP1057 or ProgPoW is a modified mining algorithm aimed at reducing the impact of ASIC devices, which has become the subject of fierce disputes within the community. Note that project managers intend to support the activation of EIP1057, if two independent […]
The Russian blockchain-company Waves Platform has restarted the official website of the project and announced a gradual transition to the concept of Web3.0. On the 30th birthday of the World Wide Web, #Waves is celebrating the launch of # Web3.0! It is reflected on our updated website. Check our […]
The US Marshals Service (USMS) is considering the feasibility of establishing the position of an agent who will be entrusted with managing confiscated bitcoins and other cryptocurrency. Cointelegraph writes about this with reference to public documents published last week. The documents are part of the Request for Information on the procedural rules for the management and sale of seized cryptoactive assets. A key element of the Confiscation Program […]
Samscon Mou, Chief Strategic Director of Blockstream, one of the most avid public critics of the mining giant Bitmain, said that several lawsuits have already been filed against the Beijing company. At the same time, Bitmain allegedly has huge debts to suppliers and production contractors. 1 / Bitmain already facing multiple lawsuits and more being filed. Their assembly, […]
Australian law enforcement agencies have suspended the work of two cryptocurrency exchanges involved in drug trafficking. This was reported in a joint press release from the Transaction Reporting and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC) and the Australian Federal Police. According to government officials, a 27-year-old man is arrested, who is “a key participant in cryptocurrency platforms,” whose activities are now suspended. He is accused of “importing, handling and storing 30 kilograms of prohibited substances, including MDMA, […]