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Co-founder and co-chairman of IOTA Board of Directors Dominik Schiener told that stolen in a hacker attack tokens for $11 million discovered and stored as evidence in a joint investigation with Europol. On January 24, it became known that a joint investigation…
Association of credit unions, CULedger included in the R3 consortium, has closed a financing round of Serie A, which could attract investment of $10 million for the development of a blockchain digital identifier. CULedger, which is a member of the R3 global…
Cryptocurrency, the possibility of joint release of which is considered by the Central banks of the UAE and Saudi Arabia, will be called “Aber”. The study of the technical requirements of the issue of “Aber” is also intended to find out whether…
GEMINI EXCHANGE HAS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE AUDIT Auditing giant Deloitte conducted SOC 2 type audit of bitcoin exchange Gemini. According to representatives of the platform, the audit was successful and the security measures meet the standards of the traditional financial industry. The…
FUJITSU: BLOCKCHAIN HAS INCREASED POWER DISTRIBUTION EFFICIENCY BY 40% Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has developed a blockchain-based system for the exchange of electricity between corporate consumers. The aim of the project is to promote a more stable distribution of energy supply during…
FIDELITY PLANS TO OFFICIALLY LAUNCH ITS CRYPTO-CUSTODIAL SERVICE THIS SPRING The launch of the crypto-custodial asset by management company Fidelity Investments may take place in March. The asset storage component of Fidelity Digital Asset Services LLC (FDAS) is already running and is…
DEUTSCHE BÖRSE WILL LAUNCH A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED PLATFORM IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2019 The German stock market giant Deutsche Börse in a press release reported about “significant progress” in the development of a blockchain platform for lending. The Deutsche Börse blockchain platform…
CALIFORNIA NURSE ACCUSED OF SELLING OPIOIDS FOR BITCOINS A California nurse appeared in Federal court in Sacramento due to charges of selling illegal drugs through a darknet for 200 BTC, under the nickname “Farmacy41”. Carrie Alaine Markis is accused of selling drugs: it is…
KUCOIN EXCHANGE ANNOUNCED THE DELISTING OF A NUMBER OF TOKENS On Tuesday, cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced the removal of multiple tokens from its platform. This time, the list includes relatively popular projects, which, according to KuCoin, are subject to a “special regime”…
HARVARD AND LEVI’S USE BLOCKCHAIN TO GUARANTEE COMPLIANCE WITH SAFETY STANDARDS IN FACTORIES Harvard University and clothing manufacturer Levi Strauss jointly test blockchain-based platform to audit safety standards at the factories. The companies announced the testing of the blockchain- based platform for…
HACKING OF CRYPTOPIA EXCHANGE CONTINUES, ITS ADMINISTRATION HAS LOST CONTROL OF THE WALLETS According to the company Elementus, hackers, who hacked the New Zealand crypto-exchange Cryptopia two weeks ago, continue to withdraw users’ funds from Ethereum wallets. This indicates that the administration…
ETHEREUM ISSUE DECREASED BY 25% The average daily size of awards for adding blocks to the Ethereum network fell by about a quarter as a result of the activation of the complexity bomb and the onset of the soft version of the…
A PLATFORM FOR TRADING THE SECURITY TOKENS TZERO HAS BEEN LAUNCHED American online retailer Overstock started tZERO platform on security tokens trading. This project was announced on Twitter. Accredited investors can register to trade on the platform. Registration will take place through…
THE LARGEST SOUTH KOREAN MARKETS TO FIGHT AGAINST FRAUDS South Korea’s four largest cryptocurrency exchanges — Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Upbit – have announced a joint initiative in which they will fight against potential money laundering and other fraudulent schemes. Announced last…
OVER THE PAST 4 MONTHS, ANOTHER 100 BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED IN THE SWISS CRYPTO VALLEY A report published by venture company CV VC reports a 20% (from 629 to 750) increase in the number of startups in the Swiss “CRYPTO…
NOVOGRATZ ATTRACTS FUNDING FOR THE PROVISION OF CRYPTOCURRENCY LOANS Crypto Bank of Mike Novograts Galaxy Digital attracts $250 million to finance the expansion of the business: the Bank intends to offer cryptocurrency loans to companies of the blockchain industry, taking as guarantees…
LOCALBITCOINS RESUMED WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDS SUSPENDED DUE TO PHISHING ATTACK The platform for p2p transfers of LocalBitcoins has resumed the withdrawal of funds suspended due to a phishing attack. A representative of LocalBitcoins warned users about a phishing attack on January 26,…
LITECOIN WILL ADD SUPPORT FOR SENSITIVE TRANSACTIONS The Creator of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, this Monday announced a new vector of development of his cryptocurrency – the addition of confidential transactions. Lee spoke on the same topic at the Money 2020 conference in…
SAMSUNG GALAXY S10 WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A BUILT-IN CRYPTO-WALLET The network leaked images of the new model of the flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S10, probably equipped with a built-in crypto-wallet. Internet portal, after the appearance of pictures of Samsung Galaxy S10,…
HUOBI IS LAUNCHING A NEW VERSION OF HUSD V2.0 STABLECOIN EXCHANGE TOOL This Thursday, Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi announced the launch of the second version of its tool for the exchange of stablecoin. As before, it allows you to exchange four stablecoins (PAX,…
