Zcash

The developer of the ZCash cryptocurrency company Electric Coin Company (ECC) will issue a “boxed” ZEC token for the Ethereum blockchain. This was announced at the Ethereum Devcon5 Developer Conference by ECC Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Josh Swihart, CoinDesk reports. According to him, a new token will be issued in the next six months. It is expected that it will provide enhanced functionality for the use of automated loans and […]

Bitcoin is still the preferred cryptocurrency for cybercriminals, Europol stated in the annual report “Assessing the threats of organized crime on the Internet” (IOCTA 2019). “Although we previously reported a slight shift towards more private cryptocurrencies such as Monero, bitcoin is still the currency of choice for both legal and criminal use,” the organization said. In previous IOCTA reports […]

OKEx Korea cryptocurrency exchange has suspended the process of withdrawing from the auction two coins with a focus on user privacy. In particular, ZCash and Dash will undergo additional study, reports CoinDesk with reference to the statement of the exchange. At the same time, the decision regarding Monero, Horizen and Super Bitcoin, about which OKEx Korea reported delisting in September, remains in force and […]

The leading South Korean bitcoin exchange Upbit has announced the delisting of six cryptocurrency users focused on anonymity. These included Monero (XMR), DASH, ZCash (ZEC), Haven (XHV), BitTube (TUBE) and PIVX. According to a message on the platform’s website, support for these cryptocurrencies will be discontinued from Monday, September 30. Until this date, the exchange will cease to accept deposits in these assets, all will be canceled […]

On Monday, September 16th, Coinbase Pro cryptocurrency exchange will add support for Dash. On Monday September 16, our DASH / USD, and DASH / BTC order books will enter transfer-only mode, accepting inbound transfers of DASH in supported regions. Orders cannot be placed or filled. Order books will be in transfer-only mode for a minimum of 12 hours. https://t.co/GsOi6nMMjf – Coinbase […]

Gemini cryptocurrency exchange launched a custodial service. Gemini Custody will allow customers to trade assets that are stored offline through instant loans, according to a press release. The service, operated by the regulated custodian of Gemini Trust Company, supports multi-signature technology, white lists of addresses for withdrawal, additional accounts with different access levels, and also provides access to auditors. Users of the service are available Bitcoin, Ethereum, […]

Hudson Jameson, Ethereum Foundation's community manager, said Istanbul’s hard fork will be activated on the test network on October 2, according to CoinDesk. Initially, the testnet upgrade was planned for September 4. Nevertheless, the update had to be postponed due to the large number of proposals for improving Ethereum (EIP), as well as the unavailability of the Parity team. To date, the developers have already decided on the block number, […]