The German parliament approved a bill that will allow local banks to provide services with cryptocurrencies since 2020. The document was sent by the Bundestag to the government.
The Bakkt platform has updated the historical maximum trading volume of bitcoin futures. On Wednesday, November 27, the figure reached 5671 contracts, or $ 43 million per day.
A rumor appeared in the media that the Central Bank of Russia together with the Ministry of Finance are considering the possibility of banning the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment in the country and introducing criminal liability for violation of the ban. The Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance do not confirm this information, but agree that they would support such an initiative.
An initiative group of WEX exchange contributors made a statement about non-involvement in the distribution of threats to the courts of St. Petersburg and Moscow and the suggestion that letters could be sent to someone who is profitable to discredit ex-investors of the exchange seeking legal compensation for lost funds.
IDAX today released a message stating that its head, Lei Guorong, went missing and the company itself lost access to a cold wallet with user assets. Because of this, the deposit / withdrawal of funds has been stopped on the exchange.
IOTA Foundation developer Yelle Millenaar published a post detailing the Unified Identity Protocol project, a Tangle-based digital profile implementation. During 2020, the IOTA Foundation team will talk about the capabilities of the Unified Identity Protocol. An early version of the software is already available on Github, and demos will appear in the first half of 2020.
The ADA cryptocurrency issuer, Cardano Foundation, has launched a full-fledged version of the new AdaPay payment channel, developed in collaboration with Coti, a provider of enterprise solutions. Through it, it will be possible to accept instant payments in 35 fiat currencies directly to bank accounts.
The NEM start-up has postponed the launch of the Catapult update, which was supposed to take place on November 27, for an unknown time. The reason the team calls configuration problems and the correct generation of keys.