Новости за 28.02.2019

Coinbase has launched support for XRP on its retail trading platform and on its Android and iOS apps

Switzerland-based online crypto bank Dukascopy has warned customers about a “clone” firm misrepresenting itself as a bank affiliate

An alleged Bitcoin millionaire, who was reportedly involved in “making it rain cash” on the streets of Hong Kong, is now reportedly accused of mining-related fraud

Following a brief sell off, crypto markets continue trading sideways, while total market cap has remained stable around $130 billion

An official statement by the Cabinet of Germany says that the country’s blockchain strategy will be introduced in mid-2019

A Ukrainian startup has created a terminal that handles trading on several exchanges via one platform #SPONSORED

According to anonymous sources, Facebook is planning to create a crypto-powered payment systems operating from within one, united messaging system

The Standard Bank of South Africa has announced the upcoming launch of its private permissioned blockchain for overseas exchange trades

Crypto wallet startup Ethos is being acquired by Voyager Digital, a crypto brokerage firm co-founded by a former CTO of Uber

China’s state-backed tech workgroup CCID released its tenth crypto rankings, keeping EOS as the first and featuring new entrant TRON as second

To avoid electoral fraud, the Moscow City Duma intends to use an e-voting system based on blockchain technology

SingularityNET, a blockchain artificial intelligence platform, officially launches the beta version of its blockchain marketplace

The list of cryptocurrencies suitable for use in ICO investments and trading pairs has been updated by the Thai SEC

According to a report released by recruitment company Hired, tglobal demand for blockchain engineers is up by 517 percent year-over-year

Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation was reportedly one of the investors to have helped raise $300 million for crypto exchange Coinbase in 2018

Over 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering tied to crypto were reported to Japanese police in 2018

Square, which shares its CEO Jack Dorsey with Twitter, achieved just over $52 million in Bitcoin sales for Q4

Big Four audit and consultancy firm PwC Hong Kong has published guidance for financially distressed or insolvent businesses in the crypto sector

Ahead of imminent relaunch, Cryptopia says it lost it at most around 10 percent of funds in its hack

Figure, a new financial services startup founded by SoFi founder and former CEO Mike Cagney, has raised $65 million from major venture capital funds

Switzerland will host the Swiss Blockchain Hackathon in June 2019; the event has partnered with major firms like Amazon Web Services and PwC

The chairman of the European Securities and Markets Authority advocated for new regulations on digital assets in order to help investors

Cryptomining service Coinhive will discontinue its operations in March 2019, since it has reportedly become economically inviable

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a New York citizen with the development of an allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency and marketing it to investors

Software wallet firm Coinomi has denied claims that the wallet sends unencrypted recovery phrases through Google’s remote spell checker