Testing the beta version of the EOSfinex cryptocurrency exchange was successfully completed. Now developers are preparing for a full launch. Bidding will start on July 25th.
American financial and technical company Ripple will intensify the XRP monitoring transaction after the publication of recommendations from FATF. To do this, the company has entered into an agreement with Coinfirm, which will report suspicious activity with assets.
Binance cryptocurrency exchange will provide its users with a new two-factor authentication method. Binance users can now log in and confirm transactions using YubiKey hardware keys.
The international online car service CarPrice has transferred the employee motivation system to the blockchain. In the new system, as a reward for professional achievements, employees are awarded points, and all transactions will be recorded in the Ethereum system.
Partners of the new Libra cryptocurrency from Facebook began to doubt the success of the project due to pressure from regulators. 7 of the 27 partner companies participated in the project, provided that they will not promote the coin and are not obliged to use it, reports The New York Times. Moreover, at the moment, no company has transferred its contribution.
The capital of the founders of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, the brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, doubled compared with January 2019. At the beginning of 2019, their overall condition was $ 654 million, at the moment it is estimated at $ 1.45 billion.
On the night of June 27, Bitrue, a crypto-exchange, reported on a hacker attack that its platform underwent. The attackers managed to steal about $ 4.5 million in tokens XRP and Cardano. According to the stock exchange, fraudsters used a vulnerability in the risk control system, as a result of which they managed to hack about 90 accounts.
India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Koinex, announced the closure on 27 June. The reason was the legal uncertainty regarding cryptocurrency trading platforms in the country and problems with the support of banking services. “When I hear about the“ correction ”of Bitcoin, I think about $ 100 thousand, maybe $ 1 million. That's what's correct,” wrote Jesse Powell, general director of the Kraken exchange, on Twitter.