As exchanges expand Bitcoin derivatives, the CFTC clears the way for Ether futures. But will investors be interested in such a tool? The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hasn’t come to bury Ether, it’s come to regulate it. That was the message drawn from Heath Tarbert’s remarks from the stage at Yahoo Finance’s…
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Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Binance DEX is preparing to list BCH-1FD, a pegged token that tracks the value of Bitcoin Cash. Changpeng Zhao (aka “CZ”), CEO and founder of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has proposed to list a token pegged to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on Binance DEX, the platform’s decentralized counterpart. According to the post published…
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It seems that the major economies are about to intensify the war for control over money. The Group of Seven (G7) largest advanced economies has instructed its members to compete with cryptocurrencies and stablecoins by improving the existing financial system – and consider issuing digital fiats. In a detailed report from the G7 Working Group…
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Developer of the world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa will launch its new blockchain token-based referral and loyalty platform in 2019. Dubai-based real estate giant Emaar Properties has released its new blockchain token-based referral and loyalty platform. Real monetary value Emaar, which developed the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, as well as the Dubai Mall,…
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Nearly 75 percent of German consumers would not use Facebook’s Libra stablecoin as a means of payment at home or abroad. Almost three-quarters of German consumers would not use Facebook’s planned digital currency, Libra, according to a recent poll. Only 27 percent considers using Libra On Oct. 17, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported that out of…
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Facebook’s blockchain chief David Marcus has warned Washington that stopping the launch of Libra will open the door for China to steal a key advantage in the world of digital currencies. Marcus stated, per Bloomberg, “The future in five years, if we don’t have a good answer, is basically China re-wiring [much of the world]…
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A G7 task force believes that stablecoins could present a significant risk to the global financial stability, but also present an opportunity to update payment systems. A G7 task force reports that stablecoins, such as Facebook’s Libra, present significant risk to the global financial system but also have potential in the field of payments. Doubling…
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Russian regulator Roskomnadzor institutes a block on Cointelegraph’s website in the Russian Federation. Cointelegraph’s website has become widely inaccessible in Russia as authorities added the domain to a registry of blacklisted sites. The blacklist Although Cointelegraph has been publicly on a list of blocked sites since 2017, it was only yesterday, October 16, that the…
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BlackBerry Cylance researchers discover malicious code in WAV audio files that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies. Threat researchers have discovered malicious code in WAV audio files, code that hackers use to mine cryptocurrencies. Hackers earn thousand of dollars per month On Oct. 16, researchers at BlackBerry Cylance, a software company that develops anti-virus programs, reported…
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United States Senator Mike Rounds expresses his support for Facebook’s Libra coin in a letter sent to Libra Association member Anchorage Trust company. United States Senator Mike Rounds expresses his support for Facebook’s Libra coin in a letter sent to Libra Association member Anchorage Trust company. United States payment systems in its infancy On Oct.…
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