Bakkt's crypto-investment platform announced the launch of bitcoin options approved by the regulator on December 9. The derivative is developed on the basis of the European type of options, requiring execution upon expiration. Calculation of them will be made by the physical supply of bitcoin or the equivalent amount in fiat. Until January, the product will be traded without commission.
The head of China, Xi Jinping, considers blockchain to be the most important link in creating innovation and transforming industry. According to the chairman of the PRC, the country has the potential for the development of technology, and he proposes to invest more in this industry.
After tightening the KYC procedure on the LocalBitcoins p2p platform, Bitcoin trading volumes fell by almost a third. Over the past week, cryptocurrencies were sold on the platform for only $ 38.49 million (this is the minimum value since September), or 4,595 BTC (this is the minimum in the entire history of the platform).
Colleen Myers from the Consensys startup suggested that after the Ethereum upgrade, his block validators would be able to get 4.6% –10.3% per annum for staking. He also announced that he was creating an application for validators, which allows calculating the annual income taking into account the costs of equipment and electricity.
Moskvich lost access to his 15 Antminer S9 devices worth 3 million rubles, which were owned by a company that places miners, and turned to the police with a fraud statement.
Polish law enforcement authorities arrested Crypto Capital CEO Ivan Manuel Molin Lee on charges of laundering money through the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. Presumably, it was because of this company that Bitfinex lost access to $ 880,000, for which it was harassed by the New York State Attorney's Office.
The head of Twitter and bitcoin enthusiast Jack Dorsey, commenting on yesterday’s speech of Mark Zuckerberg in Congress, said that his company will not join the Libra Association, even if they call her there.