Member of the Executive Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), Yves Mersch, expressed the view that the Libra project from Facebook poses a threat to both monetary policy in the EU and consumers of digital currency. It is reported by Reuters. “Libra is able to weaken the ECB’s control over the euro, worsen the work of the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, affecting the liquidity of banks in the eurozone, as well as […]
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Craig Wright, an Australian entrepreneur who has been trying in vain for several years to prove to the community that he is the creator of Bitcoin, intends to challenge the court decision, in which he must pay the family of his former business partner Dave Clayman more than 500,000 BTC. This is reported by the Cointelegraph. As it became known, on August 30, Wright’s lawyer Andres Rivero sent to the District Court of the Southern District of Florida […]
Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange will carry out maintenance on September 2, designed to "increase the stability and scalability of the iFinex infrastructure and new trading products." Bitfinex will be performing a system upgrade on Monday, September 2nd, to enhance the stability and scalability of the iFinex trading infrastructure. The upgrade will start at 8:30 AM UTC and services will be offline for about […]
The Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab presented a service for remote electronic voting based on blockchain technology. The development was presented at the exhibition of the latest digital technologies in the electoral process, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the creation of the State Automated System "Elections", writes TASS. Using the service, voters will be able to register for remote electronic voting on the public services portal, so that on the voting day […]
The largest social network Facebook has announced a set of specialists who must ensure that the Calibra mobile wallet and the Libra digital currency comply with legal requirements. It is reported by CoinDesk. In particular, among the published vacancies, there is a specialist who will deal with the analysis of regulatory requirements and the formation of a policy for the implementation of appropriate control. This employee is expected to interact with the Calibra Legal & Political Team […]
The Swiss Financial Markets Supervision Service (FINMA) has issued blockchain firms with SEBA Crypto and Sygnum licenses for banking and securities transactions. This was reported on the website of the department. FINMA representatives emphasized that such licenses were first introduced to blockchain service providers. SEBA Crypto and Sygnum will now be able to work with institutional and professional investors. In addition, today […]
Nelson Minier, the head of the Kraken OTC trading division, expressed the opinion that the cryptocurrency market is gradually growing, institutionalizing and becoming similar to Wall Street in the old days. It is reported by CCN. However, according to Nelson, the current Wall Street, associated with the entire US stock market, is no longer what it used to be. “Over the course of my first 15 years on Wall Street […]
Chairman of the House Financial Representatives Committee of the US House Maxine Waters said that her department will continue to study in detail the features of the cryptocurrency initiative Libra from the largest social network Facebook. Congresswoman introduced the agency’s work plan for this fall. The list of tasks, in particular, contains an obligation to continue studying Libra and the Calibra wallet, created by Facebook. The committee also intends to learn the views of […]
Hello! This is me – the founder of ForkLog magazine Anatoly Kaplan. Today, August 25, 2019, the project marks five years, and this is our first anniversary. In August 2014, when the first news was published on ForkLog, cryptocurrencies were a fairly marginal phenomenon that most people did not even hear about, and many of those who heard did not […]
The largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has published updated information regarding the leak of user data. Update & Action Response: Third-Party Vendor KYC Matter Protecting our users and keeping #Binance systems secure is our utmost priority.https: //t.co/1xz48JLmxF – Binance (@binance) August 23, 2019 Marketplace representatives stressed that work on solving the problem continues and over the past few weeks the Binance team […]