A photo of the new Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone with a cryptocurrency wallet is distributed on social networks, the screen of which shows the TRX token support record from the TRON project. Against the background of this news, the TRON cryptocurrency rate rose by 22% and reached $ 0.020645.
The Chinese Center for the Development of the Information Technology Industry (CCID) has unveiled the next, 14th cryptocurrency rating in a row. The first line is still EOS. TRON, which previously held third place, outpacing Ethereum, ended up in second place. But Bitcoin again did not even enter the top ten.
Oz Josef, CEO and founder of Crypto Capital, is accused of bank fraud. The charge came from the Southern District of New York State Attorney's Office, which is investigating the Bitfinex exchange, suspected of concealing the loss of $ 880,000.
A subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, called CMB International Capital, has invested an unnamed amount in a Hong Kong-based startup that developed the BitPie Bitcoin wallet.
The shares of Chinese companies from the sphere of blockchain development have risen sharply in price by 10% in the stock market after a statement by the country's chairman Xi Jinping about the need to develop the blockchain industry and invest more in it. The number of queries about the blockchain in the Baidu search engine and the WeChat messenger is also growing.
Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano urged U.S. President Donald Trump to compete with China in buying bitcoins and investing in the blockchain industry.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the community by suggesting a vote on The DAO-style hard fork to fix the consequences of a hypothetical hacking of a large ETH wallet. Of the 15,000 users casting a vote, 63% spoke out against any interference.
A study by Bloomberg showed that the popularity of the stablecoin Tether (USDT) is based on online games and the sale of marijuana. At B2BinPay and CoinPayments processing services, the volume of transactions in USDT is 20% and 30% of the total.