BlogHide Reblurtsiura.vishnevsky in # bitmain • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readBitmain refused to further sponsor the development of bitcoinThe Chinese mining company Bitmain is no longer a sponsor of bitcoin development. According to Bitcoin Core technical administrator Jonas schnelli, the company refused to further cooperate with Him. In addition, she broke off relations with bitcoin developer Joao Barbosa, according to schnelli. According to data collected by the BitMEX crypto…iura.vishnevsky in # btc • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readInvestment giant AllianceBernstein recommends that clients invest in bitcoinInvestment Manager AllianceBernstein with assets of $631 billion announced a change in its attitude to bitcoin. According to CoinDesk, in a report to clients, the firm writes that it did not consider bitcoin as an investment asset in January 2018, when the cryptocurrency was approaching the $20,000 level for the first time. However, changes in…iura.vishnevsky in # okex • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readUsers withdrew $500 million in bitcoin from OKEx after resuming outgoing operationsUsers withdrew 29,300 bitcoins ($500 million) from OKEx when the exchange resumed outgoing operations yesterday after more than a month of freezing, according to the analytical platform Glassnode. During the same time, the exchange received 21,600 BTC deposits, along with which the balances on its wallets decreased to 212,000 BTC. Data from…iura.vishnevsky in # okex • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readOKEx again attracts deposits from customers amid the influx of bitcoins to exchangesUsers of the OKEx cryptocurrency exchange have withdrawn more than $110 million within a few hours of activating outgoing transactions today. According to cryptoquant, the first group of transactions for 2,822 BTC took place within 15 minutes after the service resumed at 11: 00 Moscow time. 83% of them were sent to non-exchange wallets. This is…iura.vishnevsky in # chainanalysis • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readForbes: Cryptanalytic firm Chainalysis is preparing to raise $100 million at a valuation of $1 billionCrypto Analytics company Chainalysis intends to raise $100 million at a valuation of $1 billion, according to Forbes. The series C investment round is expected to be led by venture capital firm Addition, with participants including Accel, Ribbit Capital and Benchmark Capital. According to the source, the agreement "was signed by all contractors…iura.vishnevsky in # cryptoexchange • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readY Combinator and Tim Draper invested in a new crypto derivatives exchange for institutionsThe Globe crypto derivatives exchange, which is preparing to launch in the coming weeks, has raised $ 3 million in initial funding, the Block writes. Investors included Y Combinator, Pantera Capital, Tim Draper's Draper Dragon Fund, and Wavemaker Partners. Exchange CEO James West said that Globe is focused on serving institutional clients…iura.vishnevsky in # binance • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readBinance filed a lawsuit against Forbes because of the publication discrediting its honorCryptocurrency exchange Binance filed a lawsuit in new Jersey against Forbes Media and two of its journalists: Michael del Castillo and Jason Brett. The exchange claims that they published a defamatory article, and expects to recover compensation from them. The article was published on October 29. It referred to the exchange's alleged plan to…iura.vishnevsky in # leak • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readLiquid crypto exchange reported a leak of customer dataCryptocurrency exchange Liquid on behalf of its CEO Mike Kayamori today announced a "security incident" that occurred on November 13. According to the exchange, the hosting provider transferred control of its account and domain to an attacker who was able to change DNS records and take control of several internal email accounts. In the future…iura.vishnevsky in # skybridge • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readSkybridge Capital firm with $9 billion in assets allowed the possibility of investing in bitcoinFinancial company SkyBridge Capital has filed applications with the us securities and exchange Commission (SEC) to be able to invest in bitcoin. Analyst Kevin Rook draws attention to this. SkyBridge operates on the model of a Fund of funds, that is, it invests in other funds. "A company may seek to gain access to digital assets by investing in…iura.vishnevsky in # bitcoin • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readCitiBank: Bitcoin has a chance to repeat the upward trajectory of gold in the 1970sCitibank analyst Tom Fitzpatrick believes that the bitcoin market now resembles the gold market in the 1970s. Dollar inflation in the 70s led to increased demand for gold. In 1971, US President Richard Nixon introduced a series of reforms, abandoning the peg of the dollar to gold and the Bretton woods system. Over the next 50 years, gold showed…iura.vishnevsky in # paypal • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readPayPal opened access to cryptocurrencies to American customersThe payment company PayPal today announced the opening of access to cryptocurrencies to users in the United States. "We are pleased to announce that all eligible account holders in the United States can now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly through PayPal," the company writes. PayPal CEO Daniel Shulman said in early November that…iura.vishnevsky in # defi • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readThe volume of assets in DeFi projects rose to a record $13.6 billionThe dollar value of assets invested by users in various projects from the space of decentralized Finance (DeFi), today reached a new high of $13.62 billion, according to data from the portal DeFi Pulse. The latest jump was largely due to increased investment in the Harvest Finance project. Over the past day, they have increased by 84% to $890…iura.vishnevsky in # russia • 6 yr. ago • 3 min readThe Ministry of Finance specified the amounts from which the concealment of cryptocurrencies will become a criminal offenseThe Ministry of Finance has prepared and submitted for public discussion a package of legislative measures aimed at establishing control over the turnover of digital currencies. The Department explained the grounds for bringing to criminal and administrative responsibility for operations with cryptocurrencies, RBC writes. Thus, citizens face up…iura.vishnevsky in # xrp • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readHitBTC exchange accused of not paying attention to illegal XRP transfersXRP Forensics, a company that specializes in analyzing data on the ripple-developed cryptocurrency network, claims that the HitBTC exchange does not take proper measures to prevent illegal operations. "Sometimes we just give up when we monitor money laundering. Some service providers in the field of virtual currencies simply do not care," she…iura.vishnevsky in # lebanon • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readLebanon to launch national digital currency in 2021Next year, Lebanon intends to introduce its own digital currency, Bloomberg reports, citing the head of the country's Central Bank, Riyad Salame. Salame explained that this step is necessary to restore confidence in the banking system and switch to a cashless society model. "Lebanon has no natural resources, and we have to hold gold, because…iura.vishnevsky in # wallstreet • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readFinancier bill Pulte: wall street is beginning to understand the wisdom of bitcoinPhilanthropist and founder of the investment firm Pulte Capital bill Pulte noted the spread of bitcoin among institutional investors. "Wall street is beginning to understand the wisdom of bitcoin. Better late than never. We have a bright future ahead of us, " he wrote, announcing another charity campaign. In mid-December 2019, Pulte announced…iura.vishnevsky in # bitcoin • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readAmerican rapper Logic spoke about a major investment in bitcoinAmerican rapper and producer Robert Bryson Hall, better known under the pseudonym Logic, announced the purchase of bitcoin. Hall's Manager, Chris zaru, took This step. "Chris was bugging me, so I finally made a major investment in bitcoin," Hall wrote. He announced the purchase of bitcoin on November 6, the day the cryptocurrency reached a…iura.vishnevsky in # fidelity • 6 yr. ago • 1 min readFidelity will hire more than 20 developers amid the interest of institutions in cryptocurrenciesFidelity Investments ' digital asset division will hire more than 20 developers to expand its storage and trading services. Currently, Fidelity Digital Assets already provides relevant services to hedge funds and other institutional investors, but meeting the growing demand requires new resources, the company notes in its blog. "Over the next…iura.vishnevsky in # blurtit • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readFTX exchange intends to add ether tokens from the zero phase of Ethereum 2.0The FTX crypto derivatives exchange intends to launch markets for Ethereum cryptocurrency coins located in the signal chain (English – Beacon Chain) of the Ethereum 2.0 update, CoinDesk writes. On Wednesday, the official release of The Ethereum 2.0 Deposit contract took Place. at the time of publication, it contains 16,500 ETH worth $6.6…iura.vishnevsky in # coinmetrics • 6 yr. ago • 2 min readCoin Metrics has proposed a new method for evaluating the assets of bitcoin minersIn its report, the analytical company Coin Metrics offers a new way to evaluate the assets held by bitcoin miners. Miners, although to a lesser extent, put pressure on the market, constantly acting on the side of sellers, as they receive new coins, and do not buy them. Coin Metrics collected all addresses that received payments directly from…
