A database is distributed in Telegram, according to which Pavel Durov stored his bitcoins on the collapsed WEX exchange. The BBC also published a major investigation, according to which the owner of the Tsargrad group of companies, Konstantin Malofeev, could have been involved in the theft of funds from this exchange.
Countries belonging to the BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are considering the possibility of creating a payment channel and their own cryptocurrency, as well as discussing plans for the development of artificial intelligence.
The brother of the creator of the largest cryptocurrency pyramid OneCoin pleaded guilty to money laundering. Konstantin Ignatov is in custody in the United States, where for the sum of the charges he faces 90 years in prison. His sister, Rugi Ignatov, is still wanted by the police for fraud.
One of the largest mining pools F2Pool launched a service for mining bitcoin in Moscow. Russia has become the fifth country where F2Pool servers are located along with the USA, China, Singapore and Germany.
The newspaper PLA Daily, issued by the Chinese army, in one of its articles voiced a proposal to reward military personnel with cryptocurrency for success in training and completing tasks.
Between Japan and Vietnam, a payment corridor based on RippleNet can be created. Japanese companies SBI Ripple Asia and SBI Remit together with Vietnamese commercial bank Tien Phong intend to use the Ripple platform for fiat transfers.
From February 1, 2020, the Canadian division of the trading giant Walmart will launch a solution for automating supply processes on the blockchain. The platform will track products, confirm transactions and engage in settlements.
The cryptocurrency storage service provider Blockchain.com launched a lending service in August. The new service allows you to take irregular cryptocurrency loans without a fixed rate. For 3 months, the service processed loans for $ 1.6 billion.
Digital assets of Ledger Vault platform customers will be insured for $ 150 million. Funds will be protected from theft of private keys during hacking, personal data leakage and insider discharges. The program protects all cryptocurrencies supported by the platform.
Bitfinex wants to create a prediction market by the end of 2020. The main concern of Bitfinex developers was site security. The solution is found in the admission of only verified users.
The Chinese microblogging service Weibo has blocked the Binance exchange page due to a violation of the law, the requirements of the regulator and the rules of the social network community.
Vlad Zamfir and Vitalik Buterin on Twitter had a fun discussion using emojis about what money is or isn't: Ethereum or Zamfir. Other users connected to the discussion with their suggestions.