Bittrex, the American Bitcoin exchange, has extended the withdrawal period for clients from New York State upon the request of the regulator. Important information for New York customers: NYDFS has requested that Bittrex postpone the New York account closure deadline until further notice. New York residents will be able to continue to withdraw funds, but may not deposit or trade. Details: https://t.co/iJXXDPNF8S […]
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The head of Galaxy Digital cryptocurrency bank Mike Novogratz shared a short-term forecast for the price of bitcoin and spoke about plans to launch a new cryptocurrency fund, Bloomberg reports. According to him, after yesterday's fall of more than $ 600, the price of the first cryptocurrency may drop by another 13%, having found support at around $ 6500. Then BTC will take some time to recover to […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is increasingly seeing "flagrant violations" of law by cryptocurrency market participants. This was stated by head of the department Jay Clayton, reports Bloomberg Law. Speaking at a financial technology conference in Washington, Clayton said that the crypto community has made tangible progress in understanding how securities laws can be applied to digital […]
The author of the bestselling book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” entrepreneur Robert Kiyosaki in an interview with Bloomberg, said that bitcoin “made a mess” in the US Federal Reserve. “I think it is extremely interesting. They [cryptocurrencies] took over the Fed, one of the most influential banks ever created. And they make a real mess there. It is as if he took upon himself […]
The developers of the Litecoin Foundation immediately published two proposals for improving the protocol (LIP-0002 and LIP-0003), which provide for the integration of MimbleWimble technology to ensure transaction privacy. [Update on MimbleWimble & Litecoin]: @ecurrencyhodler, @ DavidBurkett38, & @satoshilite have proposed a draft of two Litecoin Improvement Proposals to implement MimbleWimble through Extension Blocks. LIP-0002 EB: https: //t.co/u2ORFy6yfD LIP-0003 MW: https: //t.co/u2ORFy6yfD – Litecoin Foundation (@LTCFoundation) October 22, […]
Blockstream c-Lightning client developer Rusty Russell suggested raising the default transaction fees on the Lightning Network from 1 satoshi to 5 satoshi, as well as charging an additional 0,0005% of the payment instead of 0.000001%. Russell’s proposal was supported by ACINQ CEO Pierre-Marie Padua and Jack Mollers, founder of Zap Solutions. However, other developers believe that a single proposal from the three largest […]
In Ukraine, draft laws on the taxation of transactions with cryptocurrencies and the fight against money laundering with the help of digital assets were introduced, as well as amendments to the document “On public electronic registries” aimed at introducing blockchain. This was announced by People's Deputy of Ukraine Oleksiy Zhmeretsky. The draft laws were prepared by the inter-factional deputy association Blockchain4Ukraine together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, BRDO and other market participants. Recall recently […]
Economist Stephen Moore, an agent of Donald Trump, co-founded Frax, which will release the eponymous stablecoin to compete with central banks, Fortune reports. Its partners were Sam Cazemian, co-founder of Everipedia (a blockchain competitor to Wikipedia) and former adviser to the Reagan administration Ralph Benko. “Central banks will soon feel competition from private currencies like Frax. The days of state currency monopoly are numbered, ”said Moore. Is he […]
Bitcoin financial expert and critic Peter Schiff believes the technical picture of bitcoin looks “terrible.” A bear flag indicates a chance of falling to $ 6,000, according to his analysis. The Bitcoin chart looks horrible. Not only does the flag that followed the recent breakdown project a move to $ 6K, but we are close to completing the right shoulder of […]
The Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) will summarize the results of pilot projects using blockchain technology by the end of the year, and in 2020 will fully launch them. This was stated by the head of the department Grigory Ivliev. According to RIA Novosti, at the beginning of the year, Rospatent launched several pilot blockchain projects. “By December-January there will be a clear picture of what we managed to do. Among the tasks is the creation of a system […]