JAPANESE REGULATOR TIGHTENS SUPERVISION OVER CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES The financial services Agency (FSA) of Japan plans to tighten supervision over cryptocurrency exchanges in the country in order to smooth the fears of the authorities about money laundering on these sites. It is reported…

THE FOUNDER OF CRYPTOPIA STARTS “FROM SCRATCH” Adam Clark, the founder of the exchange hacked in January Cryptopia, decided not to despair because of his failures and began to conquer the cryptocurrency industry “from scratch”. Clark launched a new cryptocurrency exchange naming…

JPMORGAN: THE PRICE OF BITCOIN HAS EXCEEDED THE INTERNAL VALUE OF THE CRYPTOCURRENCY Digital money was in a similar situation in 2017 before the market collapsed, representatives of the large American Bank reminded. During the last breakthrough of Bitcoin exchange rate in…

HONDA AND GM ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF STORING ELECTRIC VEHICLE DATA ON THE BLOCKCHAIN Major car manufacturers, Honda and General Motors (GM), are exploring the possibility of using Blockchain technology to store electric vehicle data. As part of the project, Honda…

We can all agree that for the last couple of years cryptocurrencies and crypto market have been the talk of many, with some saying that it is just a scam and some claiming that cryptocurrencies are the fourth industrial revolution. Either way,…

AMAZON RECEIVED A PATENT TO CREATE A CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM BY POW CONSENSUS The technology giant Amazon has received a patent for various methods of creating a cryptographic system based on the PoW consensus. The patent application was filed back in 2016, and…

COINBASE EARN BECAME AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS OF MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES Coinbase has announced that the Coinbase Earn program, which allows you to receive rewards for exploring various digital assets, will now be available to residents of over 100 countries. Coinbase Earn…

SALES OF HARDWARE WALLETS LEDGER DOUBLED AFTER HACKING OF BINANCE EXCHANGE As the head of the Ledger company, Pascal Gauthier, said, after the hacking of the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance last week, the sales of the company’s hardware wallets doubled. “Binance got…

AMERICAN BRAND ALYX WILL TRACK THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF CLOTHING ON THE IOTA BLOCKCHAIN The American clothing brand Alyx intends to use the IOTA blockchain to track the supply chain of its products. As part of the initiative, the company will work…

MEDIA: EBAY PLANS TO ACCEPT CRYPTOCURRENCIES There are more rumors in the media that the world’s largest online auction service, eBay, plans to accept cryptocurrency payments. The fact that eBay is going to become a participant in the cryptocurrency market is indicated…

CRYPTOCURRENCY INVESTOR WON $75 MILLION IN THE CASE OF COUNTERFEIT SIM-CARDS American investor Michael Terpin won the case against Nicholas Truglia, who allegedly stole his crypto assets. Last week, the California Supreme court ordered Manhattan resident Nicholas Truglia to pay investor Michael…

VENEZUELA WILL LAUNCH AN APPLICATION TO EXCHANGE CRYPTOCURRENCY FOR FIAT MONEY The startup Reserve, working on the launch of its own stablecoin, plans to release an application for the exchange of cryptocurrencies for Fiat money in Venezuela and Angola. It is reported…

THE ECB PRESIDENT CALLED CRYPTOCURRENCIES “A DUBIOUS INVESTMENT” The President of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, during a meeting with the winners of the Euro Generation award, called cryptocurrencies a risky tool for investment. The Euro Generation award is given…

MINING COMPANY HUT 8 LOST $136 MILLION IN 2018 Canadian mining company Hut 8, at the end of 2018, received an income of about $50 million, but taking into account the costs incurred a total loss of more than $136 million. According…