Fidelity Investments, which owns nearly $ 2.5 trillion worth of assets, is opening a custodial service for institutional Bitcoin holders for public access.
Binance, a major exchange, will launch fiat trading in the coming weeks, and the ruble will become the first supported currency, exchange head Changpen Zhao said at the Open Innovations forum in Moscow.
By the end of 2019, the Rospatent Service will report on testing pilot blockchain services, and in 2020 it will launch distributed registries for registering the transfer of exclusive rights, filing applications, searching for experts, automating examination processes and many other tasks.
The founder and head of Tinkoff Bank Oleg Tinkov criticized the idea of cryptocurrencies on his Facebook page. According to the banker, digital assets are needed only by naive people or scammers.
Bitfinex exchange operator, iFinex Inc., asks the court to examine the testimony of Vice President of TCA Investment Bancorp and Trust Company (TCA Bancorp) Clyde Monroe in the $ 880 million loss case, which the New York City prosecutor accuses the exchange.
Researchers at the Lightning Network from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Vienna found a vulnerability to DoS attacks on the network. Such attacks are easy to organize for only $ 2000, but they can paralyze 80% of transactions on the network.
Mining equipment manufacturer Canaan Creative intends to sell more than a million industrial Bitcoin mining devices in 2020. If the company fulfills its plan, it will be able to earn more than $ 1 billion per year.
A fake ZecWallet was discovered on GitHub, probably intended to steal the Zcash cryptocurrency. Representatives of the Zcash community recommend checking for downloaded software.
Bitmain, a Chinese cryptocurrency mining equipment manufacturer, has opened a mining center in Rockdale, Texas. The power of the center is estimated at 50 MW.