The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) intends to launch bitcoin futures options trading in the first quarter of 2020. The exchange explains this decision with increased demand from customers for tools to control access to bitcoin.
Coinbase exchange is considering adding a Gram token to the listing from the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain project along with coins from Coda, Avalanche, Polkadot, Celo, Filecoin and others. The exchange notes that it does not yet give any guarantees and new tokens for listing are still being tested for compliance with its rules.
Bank of America has joined the Marco Polo blockchain consortium, which is pushing R3's distributed Corda registry into international trade to gain access to fast transactions and efficient workflows.
In the Russian-speaking Facebook, scammers appeared offering to quickly earn money on the Telegram Open Network (TON) investment platform, which has not yet been launched. Their announcement was filed a complaint to the leadership of the social network.
Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and four agency commissioners, will address the House House Representatives Financial Services Committee on September 24. Their report will address cryptocurrency industry regulation issues, including the Libra project from Facebook.
Startup Ripple filed a lawsuit to dismiss the case on charges of selling unregistered securities, which was put forward against him by XRP investor Bradley Sostak. Ripple claims that the prosecutor cannot prove the guilt of a startup that he did not receive dividends from XRP, since the token is not a security.
Block manufacturer EOSTribe, who left the EOS project this month, explained his move by saying that blockchain maintenance and earnings are complicated by the need to interact with whales, and they are aimed mainly at Chinese block manufacturers.
In the futures and spot markets, there has been a sharp decrease in cryptocurrency trading volumes. If in June the share of official cryptocurrencies amounted to $ 111 billion, then by August the figure fell by half - to $ 55 billion. Analysts attribute this to a decrease in interest in cryptocurrencies.
BitTorrent's BLive streaming service will be launched today. The developers decided to open it to users ahead of schedule in beta mode. Subscribers of the BitTorrent Twitter account will receive bonuses for participating in the repost drawing.