At the suggestion of France, the G7 will create a working group on stablebinks headed by a member of the ECB’s governing board, Benoit Kür. The tasks of the group will not be limited solely to stablebcoins, it will also study the new digital currency Libra.
Bitmain Technologies Ltd., the world leader in cryptocurrency mining equipment, is returning to its IPO plan. This is due to the growth rate of Bitcoin. At the moment, the company is preparing shares for sale in the United States.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse thanked David Marcus, head of the cryptocurrency project Facebook, because after the release of white paper Libra, Ripple has an unprecedented influx of customers. Garlinghouse will send a box of champagne to Marcus.
Bakkt's cryptocurrency platform invited Chris Peterson, a former Google UX consultant, to work on creating a mobile wallet for digital currency.
Leading developer Lightning Labs has released the Lightning App mobile app for iOS and Android. During the day it was downloaded more than 2000 times. This is a non-castodial wallet that allows the user to fully control their assets and make instant payments if the amount does not exceed $ 1,500 (bitcoin).
The developers of Ethereum Classic will hold the Atlantis hardfork on block 8772000, which should be found on September 17, 2019 at about 12:00 UTC. The main task of the updates is to improve the interoperability between Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, as well as to simplify the process of migrating decentralized applications between networks.
Line, the largest Japanese messenger, may receive a license to launch a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan this month. The new trading platform will be called BitMax.
New details about the court case of Craig Wright, a senior researcher at nChain, who claims to have invented Bitcoin, have become known. The edited court document contains information about Wright’s alleged right to own Tulip Trust funds, which allegedly contained more than 1 million bitcoins.