As part of the e-voting experiment to be held at the elections of deputies of the Moscow City Council of the seventh convocation in the fall, the accounting of ballots will be transferred to the blockchain system. Today, July 11, the system is tested by students of Moscow universities. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Information Technology Department of Moscow Artem Kostyrko, reports TASS. “The key difference of our electronic voting system from all others is that the human voice […]
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Jerome Powell, chairman of the United States Federal Reserve System (FRS), believes that the Libra Facebook project to create its own digital currency cannot be launched until the world's largest social network answers the “questions of concern to everyone”. Reported by Reuters. Speaking on Wednesday to the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, Powell specifically stated: “Libra […]
Representatives of the South Korean technology giant Kakao said that their new blockchain, Klaytn, is 15 times faster than Ethereum, reports The Korea Herald. Also during a press conference in Seoul, blockchain-unit GroundX reported that Klaytn is capable of processing 300 transactions per second. At the same time, the capacity of Ethereum is limited to only 20 transactions per second. The head of GroundX, Han Jae Sung, stated […]
The New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) has again filed accusations against the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange and Tether. This time, the agency saw signs of unregistered securities in UNUS SED LEO tokens. It is reported by CoinDesk. “The recent“ initial exchange offer ”has signs of issuing securities that are subject to Martin law. There is reason to believe that the release of LEO tokens […]
The platform for instant exchange of cryptocurrency ShapeShift, the launch of which took place five years ago, introduced a new version of its platform, designed to be a comprehensive solution for managing cryptocurrency capital. Five years ago the ShapeShift has been launched to the world … today the new ShapeShift emerges into open beta. "Building a Bridge to Financial Sovereignty by Erik Voorhees" https://t.co/VaIQKCtDpW #bitcoin #ethereum […]
The US rating agency Weiss Ratings first assigned Bitcoin a grade of A-, stressing that at the moment the potential benefits of investing in the first cryptocurrency exceed the risks, its technology is updated, and the network is stable, reports ForkLog.Media. “Bitcoin has come a long way from C + in January 2018 to today. Then the investment risks were extremely high, ”the agency stressed. Representatives of the organization […]
Founder and partner of Mobius Capital Partners Mark Mobius, a well-known investor in emerging markets, suggested that he could acquire Bitcoin if his growth continued. It is noteworthy that before that he had taken a rather skeptical position regarding cryptocurrency. “I am not a buyer, but we have to reckon with this [cryptocurrency],” Mobius said. Nevertheless, the investor did not forget to mention that […]
Shares of the Scottish brewery BrewDog are now available to investors for Bitcoin and almost a dozen other cryptocurrencies, according to a company press release earlier this week. Sale of shares for cryptocurrencies started in the framework of the new investment round of the Equity for Punks campaign and will last until April of next year. In addition to Bitcoin, you can also purchase them for Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV, […]
The developers of the confidential cryptocurrency Beam based on the MimbleWimble protocol have implemented support for atomic swaps for Bitcoin and Litecoin in the new version of the client. It is a time of release of #AtomicSwaps $ Beam – $ BTC and $ Beam – $ LTC. We give you Bright Boson 2.2.5635 https://t.co/Aw0tMYfTbB #privacymatters #mimblewimble – @Beamprivacy […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) intends to analyze the data of public blockchains. To this end, the agency is looking for a contractor who will act as the operator of the corresponding full nodes. So, first of all, SEC is interested in Bitcoin and Ethereum networks, however, it is ready to receive data on Bitcoin Cash, Stellar, Ripple, EOS, NEO and ZCash. In the future, the department is considering the possibility of analyzing others […]