Cryptocurrency

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…

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…

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…

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…