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Sidechain Lumino, created on top of the main Bitcoin network, is a third-level payment solution with support for Ethereum smart contracts, officially launched. This was reported on Tuesday, May 14 at the Consensus 2019 conference in New York by the head of the research and innovation department of the Argentine company RIF Labs, Sergio Lerner. Work on Lumino, which in some ways can be compared with the network of the Lightning Network, was carried out on […]

Owned by the Winklevossam brothers, Gemini has announced a partnership with the Flexa payment network, thanks to which large American retailers will start accepting cryptocurrency for payment. We're excited to announce our partnership with @FlexaHQ at # Consensus2019. This partnership enables select retailers to accept #crypto payments in stores. Spend your crypto in person, on the go! #CryptoNotCredit https://t.co/5dIUjkZ4q5 pic.twitter.com/j9jSSGrCvX – […]

The founders of Ethereum, Joseph Lubin and Vitalik Buterin, as well as the companies they represent – ConsenSys and Ethereum Foundation, respectively – provided financial support to the decentralized autonomous organization Moloch. This became known during the Ethereal Summit, which started in New York on Friday, May 10. Lyubin and Buterin supported DAO Moloch for 1000 ETH each, an additional 1000 ETH […]

Already known to the community shareholder Bitfinex Zhao Dong again shared exclusive information about the exchange. Thus, according to him, the net profit of the trading floor in 2018 was $ 404 million, and shareholders received dividends totaling $ 261 million, reports 8btc with reference to correspondence in the Chinese messenger WeChat. Note that the staff of the exchange does not exceed 90 people. […]