According to court documents, the Chinese police confiscated PlusToken cryptocurrency assets worth $4. 2 billion from the organizers of the cryptocurrency pyramid. The total damage from the scheme is estimated at $7.6 billion.Crypto assets equivalent to $4. 2 billion were confiscated…
In October, the information infrastructure of the French IT giant Sopra Steria was attacked by the Ryuk encryption virus. Now company representatives are talking about losses in the amount of 40-50 million euros.Sopra Steria has 46,000 employees and provides a wide…
The OKEx cryptocurrency exchange resumed the withdrawal of cryptocurrencies. Many Chinese users are ready to leave OKEx or reduce trading volumes on this site.According to the OKEx notification, the exchange opened the withdrawal of digital assets on November 26 at 11:00…
Infrastructure solutions provider Bison Trails has launched the Query and Transactions Clusters (QT) protocol, which will allow developers to create services for working with digital assets based on Libra.Bison Trails Technical Director Aaron Henshaw said Libra QT will “build a bridge”…
Co-founder of Gold Bullion International Dan Tapiero said that gold could grow significantly over the next five years, but Bitcoin will soar 20-30 times.During the podcast Pomp Podcast with Anthony Pompiano, Tapiero said that Bitcoin cannot be equal in price growth.…
The Australian company West Coast Aquaculture (WCA) completed its IPO, the first in the country to use USDT stablecoin to raise capital.STAX, which works in the fintech industry, helped WCA attract a little more than 89% of the 5 million Australian…
The cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin completely restored customer service after the hack, including the deposit and withdrawal of money. Some crypto assets have output limits.Recall that on September 25, the exchange was attacked by hackers. Attackers withdrew crypto assets equivalent to $150…
The Japanese banking group Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG), together with the American technology company Akamai, plans to launch a blockchain-based Global Open Network (GO-NET) fast payment system.Due to the use of the blockchain, MUFG and Akamai will be able to provide cheaper…
The Dutch cryptocurrency exchange Bitonic was forced to introduce additional user verification measures due to the requirements of tThe Central Bank of the Netherlands.In a notice published this week, Bitonic announced that it will now request additional information from users, for…
The payment company Circle announced cooperation with the US authorities, in which it will distribute USDC stablecoins among Venezuelan citizens in support of the politician Juan Guaido.Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said this is the firm’s first collaboration with government agencies. To…
Decentralized Economy Global Summit 2020 will be held from December 8 to 11, 2020 – a four-day online & offline conference with the participation of more than 50 world speakers.Experts will share their knowledge about DAO, DeFi, decentralized and centralized cryptocurrency…
The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam (MOET) plans to use the blockchain-based TomoChain platform to issue educational documents.MOET announced a collaboration with Singapore startup TomoChain, which will help implement the state program “National Qualifications Archive.” As part of this…