One of Joe Biden’s first orders after taking office as President of the United States was to freeze all “new or pending” rules under Donald Trump’s rule pending their consideration by the new administration. This includes an initiative by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) launched under previous Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on December 18.
Under its…
Launch of Ether Futures on the Chicago Stock Exchange Will Accelerate Institutional Adoption of Altcoin
January 21, 2021
A report from Pantera Capital said institutional investors will be on the air more actively after the Chicago Exchange (CME) launches ETH futures. Less than three weeks are left before such a product appears. At the end of last year, CME announced the launch of Ethereum…
IPFS Support Added to Brave Crypto Browser
January 21, 2021
The developers of the privacy-oriented browser Brave have integrated support for the IPFS (“Interplanetary File System”) protocol.
With today’s desktop browser update (v1.19), Brave is the first browser to offer a native @IPFS integration, enabling users…
Almost half of Russians are ready to use the crypto-ruble
January 21, 2021
Otkritie Bank interviewed a group of respondents and found out that up to half of them are ready to use the digital ruble, the launch of which the Central Bank of the Russian Federation is working on. 47% of the respondents said that if the token appears on the market, they will use it when paying for goods and services. 53% of Russians participating in the study are generally neutral about the…
Paolo Ardoino: USDT has excess collateral
January 21, 2021
The days when Tether’s cash reserves were not sufficient to back up all the USDT stablecoin tokens are gone. This conclusion can be made based on the statement of Tether technical director Paolo Ardoino.
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The North Caucasus office of Rosseti in the middle of this week spoke about the results of the fight against underground miners in 2019-2020. The press center of the company noted that 35 cases of theft of electricity by citizens engaged in crypto mining were suppressed in…
Bitcoin fell to $ 34,300: When to expect support to return?
January 21, 2021
Bitcoin on Thursday, January 21, fell to $ 34,300, cryptocurrency capitalization fell to $ 641.86 billion. The BTC rollback was the result of a shift in support zones, analysts at WhaleMap say. In their opinion, the “whales” will help bitcoin keep its position at $ 33,000. It was in this area that large players bought, so they are not interested in further correction of the value of…
It is difficult to predict the impact of the CBDC launch yet
January 20, 2021
It is difficult to predict the possible consequences of the introduction of digital currencies by central banks (CBDC). So says the co-founder of Horizen Labs Dean Steinbeck. He stated that Bitcoin is likely to maintain its dominant position in the cryptosphere even after…
Barclays: Bitcoin is not suitable for institutional investors
January 20, 2021
Gerald Moser, chief strategist at financial conglomerate Barclays, believes Bitcoin is unsuitable for institutional investors. It is reported by Financial News.
Bitcoin’s volatility will prevent pension funds and other large investors from investing in cryptocurrency…
On January 14, version 0.21.0 of Bitcoin Core, the most popular client of the Bitcoin network, was released. In addition to various innovations and improvements, it includes the final version of the Schnorr / Taproot code, an update designed to improve the privacy and scalability of the network, as well as coin interchangeability.
The immediate timeline for activating the solution has not yet…