MasterCard has opened a number of vacancies for the development of cryptocurrency directions. It is reported by The Block, with reference to the official site of MasterCard. In particular, the company is looking for two managers in the areas of “Product Development and Innovation – Architect of Blockchain Solutions”, “Product Management – Cryptocurrency / Wallets”, as well as Vice President of Blockchain Management Products. According to the information published on the site, new employees will work with […]
Telegram
During the past months, at least six top managers, including the head of the division, Daniel Matuszewski, left the OTC-platform Circle Trade, reports The Block. So, Matushevsky said he intends to take advantage of "a fundamentally new opportunity in the cryptocurrency industry," although he did not specify what this was about. At the same time, he will continue to work with Circle “on the other side” of trade deals. In the past, he was […]
Analytical firm Elliptic, employees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and IBM corporation used methods to determine the share of criminal transactions related to the Bitcoin network. So, the researchers studied 203,769 transactions, the total cost of which amounted to about $ 6 billion. It turned out that only 2% of these transfers are related to illegal activities. The share of "net transactions" is 21%, and […]
The cryptocurrency platform Bakkt acquired the developer of custodial solutions DACC for $ 11 million. This follows from the analysis of the financial report of the parent company Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for the second quarter, reports The Block. So, on the eighth page of the document the amount that ICE spent on the purchases of other companies over the course of six months is indicated – it amounted to $ 352 million. However, the report said that […]
The leading manufacturer of Bitcoin mining equipment Bitmain suffered losses in the first two months of 2019 totaling $ 625 million. Nevertheless, the company expects that high demand for new 7-nm devices will allow it to finish the year with positive results, writes Cryptoglobe with reference to local media. So, according to WeMedia, with cumulative operating income […]
Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange and Tether complained that they already spent about $ 500,000 on the collection of documents requested by the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG). Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office does not consider their demands too burdensome, reports CoinDesk. Thus, in a letter to the court, the department notes that it requested only the information from the defendants that “should be ready […]
Analysts of The Block analyzed the development of 57 ICO-projects, which together attracted about 8.2 million ETH. They found that, since the closure of the tokensails, 5.9 million ETH (72%) were either moved or spent. So, on average, projects spend or spend about 2500 ETH per month. Golem and Tezos became the champions among the studied projects. The first translated 138 thousand […]
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) stated that they did not give the provider of cryptocurrency derivatives LedgerX permission to launch deliverable bitcoin futures. It is reported by CoinDesk. The fact that LedgerX received the license of the authorized derivatives market from CFTC in June was reported by the company itself, and yesterday, on July 31, the successful launch of the tool was announced. Thus institutional and […]
There are several ways to enrich your crypto portfolio, and one of the most cost-effective is to participate in Airdrop…
The High Court of London refused to consider the claim for the protection of honor and dignity, which the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright filed against Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Vera. The court did not see sufficient grounds for the proceedings in the British jurisdiction, and also did not find the alleged damage. So, in one of the videos on Youtube, which also fell on Twitter, Ver […]