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A consortium of banks and fintech companies in Argentina has launched a pilot program for processing requirements for direct debit of accounts based on a solution from the developer of the RSK blockchain, IOV Labs. It is reported by Cointelegraph. Since 2019, IOV Labs has been part of the round...

The amount of payments in bitcoins and Ethereum in favor of providers of “adult” content involving minors in 2019 amounted to $930,000. Such data are provided by the analytical startup Chainalysis. Compared with the year before last, the growth was 32%, which in turn more than doubled the...

The Venezuelan authorities have begun lending to farmers in the Petro crypto, the country's President Nicolas Maduro said. During his television appearance, the Venezuelan leader emphasized that firms engaged in grain production have already begun to receive their first loans in national digital...

In Europe, another Central Bank has joined the ranks of regulators with a keen interest in the cryptocurrency industry. The report of the Bank of the Netherlands says that the regulator allows its participation in the development and testing of the digital euro. Earlier, the Bank of France made a...

Ripple Labs and its leader, Brad Garlinghouse, have filed a lawsuit against YouTube for making video hosting an “accomplice” of repeated fraudulent XRP distributions. Ripple Labs filed a lawsuit against video hosting in the Northern District of California on April 21. Ripple Labs points to...

Ben Elliot, a self-taught artist from Paris, announced the release of tokens, the value of which depends on the development of his career and the market value of the works. The Stellar blockchain-based digital currency is called Ben Elliot Token (BET). Elliot said it was the world's first personal...

French programmer Alex Masmej tokenized his own life, receiving more than $20 thousand from investors as part of a “personalized token sale”. In total, 30 investors took part in the token sale, Masmej said on his blog. Using the raised funds, the programmer plans to move to Silicon Valley and...

Recently, the United States issued 80 million checks for Americans worth $1,200. Checks were issued to help citizens affected by the coronavirus so that they could buy needs, food, and pay utility bills. However, it seems that some Americans just decided to exchange their dollars for...

The hacker refunded all the stolen stocks - about $ 25 million - to the Chinese DeFi project dForce. Yesterday, the hacker returned dForce $ 2.79 million, and today the rest was given back. Sergey Kunz, CEO of 1inch.exchange said that the attacker had returned all the funds because his IP address...

Future.Travel, a Vietnam-based ticketing agency, has expanded its list of payment options with the second-level Bitcoin protocol Lightning Network. This will reduce the cost of booking hotels and airline tickets, the press release said. Technical support for the integration of the Lightning Network...

Malaysian law enforcers have arrested Chinese attackers accused of cryptocurrency fraud. It is reported by the South China Morning Post. According to police, the detainees pretended to be successful investors, and their victims were found mainly in China. To reinforce this legend, they created...

The upcoming issue of regulated digital currency (CBDC) in China is widely perceived by society. Many people fear that after the launch of the digital version of the renminbi, inflation will surge. That may lead to further economic difficulties. The representative of the People's Bank of China at...

Salim Satir, an investor from Canada, considered himself to be affected by the deliberately false information that Bitstamp and Gatehub exchanges placed, which resulted in losses of $4.9 million. He intends to recover this amount from exchanges through the High Court of England and Wales, Law360...

Arrano Capital, a division of Venture Smart Asia, an asset management company, has announced the launch of Hong Kong's first regulated Bitcoin fund. According to a press release published on April 20, the fund is going to provide institutional investors with access to bitcoin through the fund’s...

BitGo, a provider of custodial cryptocurrency solutions for institutional investors, has reduced 12% of its staff amid the expansion of the business, The Block reports. Layoffs affected various departments of the company, including marketing and sales. A BitGo spokesman called the abbreviation...

Bitcoin and other major digital currencies moved to growth at the end of this week. Over the past 24 hours, coins have added 6-12% in value. At the time of publication of this review, BTC grew to $7090, the capitalization of the largest cryptocurrency is now just over $129.9 billion. The largest...

Bitcoin critic billionaire Mark Cuban admitted that the actions of central banks in the current crisis give cryptocurrencies a good chance. But in an interview with Anthony Pompliano, he again resorted to comparing it with bananas and pointed out the difficulty of use. Morgan Creek Digital's...

Miner maker MicroBT has updated its WhatsMiner line of Bitcoin mining equipment. The new models M30S+, M30S++ and M31S+ are designed to increase its efficiency before the upcoming halving. It is reported by CoinDesk. M30S+, M30S++, and M31S+, which are available both on pre-order and from stock,...