The first Russian corporate blockchain platform Vostok has been launched, the work on which was carried out for a year. The platform can be used by government agencies and large businesses.
Facebook director of financial services and payment partnerships in Northern Europe Laura McCracken announced that the company will publish the white paper of its Libra cryptocurrency project on June 18. Facebook also posted 28 vacancies for blockchain specialists.
On June 1, hackers attacked the GateHub service, hacked 80-90 user wallets and pulled out 23 million XRP tokens ($ 9.6 million) from them. Currently under investigation.
The Chicago Options Exchange (CBOE) will complete Bitcoin futures trading on June 19 at 15:00 local time.
Any resident of India, who will be caught in the use of cryptocurrency, can be imprisoned for 10 years in accordance with the bill "On the prohibition of cryptocurrency and the regulation of official digital currencies" of 2019.
Due to the collapse of the CLAM cryptocurrency price and its low liquidity, the marginal lenders of the Poloniex exchange lost 1,800 BTC ($ 14 million). Responsibility for damages exchange laid on borrowers who have not repaid their positions.
The producer of the reality show "The Voice" and "Big Brother" John de Mol sues Facebook for a crypto-scam advertisement posted on the platform that used his name and photos for fraud.
The Benfica football club from Portugal began accepting cryptocurrencies as payment for tickets for the matches and team merchandise. Through the UTRUST platform, payment is available for bitcoins, ethers and own tokens of the UTK platform.