A transfer of 789 525 ETH ($ 105 million) from the Plus Token pyramid to an unknown address was recorded. It is reported that the organizers of the fraudulent scheme even published ways of moving these funds on Chinese social networks.
The French regulator Financial Markets Authority (AMF) has approved the country's first ICO. The initial offer of their coins will be held by the French-ICO startup, which created a platform for collecting financing for crypto projects.
In the Chinese city of Shenzhen, a cryptocurrency company sweep has begun. The financial regulator of the city reports about 39 organizations involved in activities related to the illegal type of assets. Representatives of eight of them have already been interrogated.
Having dropped to a seven-month low, Bitcoin today has grown by 13% in a few hours - from $ 6475 to $ 7325. Analysts expect recovery, and then growth of the first cryptocurrency, linking today's rally exclusively with technical factors.
U.S. police detained a young man named Yussef Silassie for stealing cryptocurrencies worth about $ 1 million using SIM swap. He hacked the accounts of 75 people from 20 states using his iPhone and computer.
American startup Blockchain of Things Inc. (BCOT) will be forced to cease operations at the request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to an unregistered ICO in 2017, during which it raised $ 13 million. The startup is required to return funds to investors and pay a fine of $ 250,000.
Ernst & Young, a large audit firm, has updated its Ethereum productivity and privacy solution. The company managed to reduce transaction costs by 90% and significantly increase the scalability of the blockchain.
Binance Exchange increased the leverage for futures based on Ethereum cryptocurrency to 75x. In addition, the management of the exchange decided from December 20 to stop supporting the spot trading pairs USDS / TUSD, USDS / PAX, SYS / BNB, QLC / BNB, ETC / TUSD.
Unprofitable unexpired transaction exits (UTXO) in the Bitcoin blockchain reached $ 45 million in total. The amount is a historical maximum and exceeds the previous record set on July 1 of this year by 578%. The fact that this indicator has grown indicates that investors have maintained their bitcoins despite the depreciation of the first cryptocurrency.
Popular singer Rita Ora posted a selfie in her Instagram account with a mask in the form of bitcoin icons. The photo gathered about 80,000 likes and more than 600 comments before Rita deleted it.