First Legal Cross-Border Physical Goods Purchase via Stablecoin
First international legal deal to buy Kakao friends have been made between South Korea and Russia.
Maltese banks reluct against opening accounts for crypto companies
The plans of the Malta authorities to turn the island into a global blockchain hub may break on the unreadiness of the financial system to cooperate with cryptocurrency startups. According to market participants, the banks of Malta hardly open accounts for crypto companies.
Facebook isolates blockchain specialists in office key-card access
More than 50 engineers work in the blockchain department of Facebook. Their desks are located in the office, which can be accessed only by those who have special key cards.
Coinhive to stop working from 8 March
The team of developers of the Coinhive mining script designed to mine Monero on web site visitors' computers announced that the service would stop working due to its economic inexpediency.
Robbers torture bitcoin investor in front of his daughter
In the Netherlands, three unknown persons attacked a cryptocurrency owner when he was at home with his 4-year-old daughter. In front of the child's eyes, criminals wearing police uniforms tortured the investor, demanding his cryptocurrency.
New Samsung smartphone equipped with wallet for four cryptocurrencies
South Korean smartphone maker Samsung released a new gadget Galaxy S10, which is equipped with a device for storing private cryptocurrency keys. According to the media, it will be possible to store 4 cryptocurrencies in it, including bitcoins and ETH.
South Korean exchange Youbit to file for bankruptcy
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinbin, previously known as Youbit, declared its plans to file for bankruptcy after losing $26 million due to employee’s embezzlement.
IBM Vice President expects bitcoin to rise to $1 million
IBM Vice President of blockchain Jesse Lund expects that bitcoin could grow to $1 million in the long term. IBM develops its own blockchain-based payment system aimed at competing with SWIFT.
ICO project from Spain to return $68 million to investors
The Spanish cryptocurrency project CryptoSolarTech, which promised to launch mining farms using solar energy, decided to reimburse all funds collected within the ICO to investors. The reason is that it did not manage to receive permits from the Spanish authorities.
Elon Musk: cryptocurrency may replace conventional money
Tesla CEO spoke again in favor of decentralized currencies, forecasting that cryptocurrencies will be able to replace traditional paper money in the furutre.
Parity and Ethereum dev leaves social networks due to harassment
Afri Schoedon announced that he quits social media as he fell victim to criticism after he had compared the Serenity technology, which Ethereum developers are working on, with the Polkadot protocol, whose infrastructure is being developed by the Parity team.
Two US pension funds invest $ 21 million in blockchain and cryptocurrency
Two pension funds from Fairfax County in Virginia invested in Morgan Creek fund focused on financing cryptocurrency and blockchain projects. The total investment amounted to $21 million.
JPMorgan launches its own token
One of the largest investment banks in the world, JPMorgan Chase, announced that it issued its own digital currency to make instant payments. Of course, there is no talk of decentralization or real cryptocurrency.
WikiLeaks calls Craig Wright a serial cheater
Craig Wright, who tried to convince the world that he is Satoshi Nakamoto who created bitcoin, made changes to his blog posts in order to prove his involvement in the invention of the first cryptocurrency, experts of WikiLeaks found out.
Research: Monero hard fork did not help get rid of ASIC mining
The share of miners using ASICs still accounts for the bulk of the Monero network hashrate. ASIC miners dominate the Monero blockchain, despite changing the algorithm and hard forks.
NYSE operator again postpones Bakkt launch
The long-awaited launch of the Bakkt trading platform, focused on institutional investors, is once again postponed. The reasons are not disclosed.
