Researchers at Whale Alert are confident that between 2014 and 2019, Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb got rid of 1.05 billion XRP. The former technical director of the company preferred to use the European Bitstamp exchange to sell the Ripple cryptocurrency. On average, he sold tokens at a price of $ 0.129 per unit, which means he could earn $ 135 million.
The name of the doctor, Li Wenliang, who first discovered the coronavirus and died yesterday from him in Wuhan Hospital, was immortalized in the Ethereum smart contract. The memorial smart contract is written in the form of a tombstone with a biography of the doctor.
Cryptocurrency-friendly U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Commissioner Hester Pearce has proposed a three-year regulatory vacation for token sales startups so that they can only develop their products without being distracted by regulatory requirements.
The Chinese mining farm of the head of the BTC.TOP pool, Jiang Zhuer, has been threatened with closure due to the coronavirus epidemic. Authorities are demanding a shutdown of equipment at Chuyer's factory under the pretext of containing the infection.
In the UK, a drug dealer selling illegal substances for cryptocurrency was sentenced to 8 years in prison. He has confiscated £ 1.8 million ($ 2.4 million) and Bitcoins worth £ 318,000 (more than $ 411,000).