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A senior US official in charge of combating terrorist financing announced on Tuesday, that even if Libra is based in Switzerland, it must comply with American anti-money-laundering standards for surviving. The undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Sigal Mandelker mentioned during...

Gemini cryptocurrency exchange launched a custodial service. Gemini Custody will allow customers to trade assets that are stored offline through instant loans, according to a press release. The service, operated by the regulated custodian of Gemini Trust Company, supports multi-signature...

The developer of the blockchain system of electronic voting at the elections to the Moscow City Duma, the company "CryptoPRO" called the cause of its failure - a violation of the rules of operation of the equipment. This was announced by RBC. According to representatives of the company,...

Facebook announced the primary basket of currencies. The corporation declared to US senators that Libra is going to be pegged to US dollar, euro, Singapore dollar, British pound and yen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democratic Senator is warned that China can drive the Libra Association to add yuan in the...

CryptoElliott tech analyst concluded that the Bitcoin dominance index could soon fall. According to his observations, bearish divergences on the chart of the dominance index indicate a high probability of a decrease in the BTC market share. #Bitcoin dominance seems set for a pretty sizable...

Binance Charity is starting a new campaign, which is going to support all the victims of the Hurricane Dorian. The campaign aims to collect funds for catering to the basic needs of hurricane victims. The company started accepting donations from September 3. It’s also planning the involvement of...

The inverse correlation between BTC and yuan increases over time. This may indicate that the Chinese are increasingly considering BTC as a protective asset, according to Bloomberg. Reverse interdependence peaked at the end of August. According to Garrick Hileman, researcher at the London School of...

LINE is probably one of the most used messengers in Japan and now it finally got a business license for issuing its crypto exchange in the country. This means LINE is going to have a cryptocurrency exchange in the place which has more than 80 million engaged users in a month. As to the company’s...

The indicator for the “BTC” request in Google grew from 2 points to 100, while the “Bitcoin” request remained the same 8 points. According to one version, users searched for the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the interest in which is due to Hurricane Dorian. According to Forbes,...

The digital currency from the People’s Bank of China will appear in WeChat and Alipay payment systems. You can use it without the Internet. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the deputy head of the payment unit of the People’s Bank of China (ZRY) Mu Changchun. Development should...

A couple of extra lobbyists are selected by Facebook to support the corporation win over congressmen warnings to stymie the launch of its crypto coin. Head of Hollier Associates LLC William Hollier started lobbying for the social media giant on issues related to blockchain policy in late August. He...

As to JPMorgan Chase & Co. stablecoins which are built to bypass the massive changes of BTC and ETH, could break functioning normally in pressure periods. Joshua Younger said leaning on his analysis that the cumulative cost of all existing stablecoins is not surpassing $5 billion, the...

The statement that more people are using cryptocurrencies may be wrong. According to information provided by Token Analyst, fewer people have been sending Bitcoin to the largest exchanges in these months. The data trecker company found out that after reaching a peak in 2017 when there was a huge...

Denver-based startup Dapix Inc. announced the attraction of $5.7 million in the financing of Series A, led by the venture division of the Binance exchange. It was reported by CoinDesk. Other investors were Blockwall Capital, NGC Ventures and LuneX Ventures. Dapix is ​​developing a DPOS-based...

Apple Pay Vice President Jennifer Bailey told CNN in an interview about Apple's attitude to cryptocurrencies and their future. Bailey stated that they are watching cryptocurrencies and think it is interesting and they have long-term potential. She also spoke about the development of the payment...

It’s supposed that Fred Wilson, co-founder and managing associate at Union Square Ventures, may upset because of his former favourites in the crypto field: Ethereum. In 2017 Wilson announced that Ether is going to transcend the price of BTC by the end of that year. But as we all know now it never...

Recently all cryptocurrency trading actions were forbidden in Burundi. The authorities assure that these actions are provided to protect cryptocurrency users of problems. As to Alfred Nyobewumusi, an executive at the central bank’s micro-finance office, many of Burundians lost funds while trading...

Thailand's leading crypto exchange Bitcoin Co. Ltd. (BX.in.th) announced that it will cease all operations on September 30th. Users must withdraw all funds by November 1. So, the exchange is not going to renew the license for providing trade in digital assets from the local Securities and Exchange...