Telegram in support of its blockchain project, TON, sent a court request to dismiss the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for violating securities laws. Telegram accuses the regulator of not reporting violations before the court and giving clear instructions.
Facebook announced the launch of the Facebook Pay payment system for its Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp projects for US users later this week. With the help of the service it will be possible to pay for goods and services and make donations from most bank cards and through PayPal.
The Digital Market Assets Association (ADAM) has completed a draft code of ethics for the cryptocurrency market, which it intends to finish work by early 2020. The Code contains rules for compliance with ethical and legal standards, the ideals of transparency, security and honesty.
Tim McCourt, Senior Alternative Investment Specialist at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), is confident that the emergence of bitcoin futures could not affect the decrease in bitcoin prices in 2018 by 85%, since the trading volume of the instrument was too small at that time.
On the popular video hosting Youtube, malicious videos appeared, with the help of which attackers steal cryptocurrency. They are an advertisement for a program that generates private keys for bitcoin wallets, after downloading which, the user infects his computer with the Predator the Thief Trojan.
First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of Russia Sergey Shvetsov said that the financial regulator does not worry about cryptocurrencies as a threat to financial stability. According to Shvetsov, the main task of the Central Bank now is to ensure the safety of investors.
The startup team of Grin, which is developing its cryptocurrency based on the MimbleWimble protocol, received an anonymous donation of 50 bitcoins mined in 2010 and remained until 2019 without movement. Community members suggest that the contributor could be Satoshi Nakamoto himself.
TRON platform founder Justin Sun confirmed that his company bought a stake in Poloniex from startup Circle. He also announced that he wants to launch a number of initiatives: trade cooperation between TRON and Poloniex, listing TRON (TRX) on the stock exchange and a number of TRX airdrops for Poloniex users in the coming weeks.
The EOS cryptocurrency developer startup Block.one wants to use its assets (9.5% of the EOS issue) to vote on the prospects for the development of the protocol in order to make its project more regulated, competitive and productive.
Changpen Zhao, the head of the Binance platform, plans to add 180 new fiat currencies to his trading platform in the next 6-9 months. He also intends to speed up customer support so that it does not respond to requests within a day, but in an hour or less.
The Bitfinex exchange plans to launch cryptocurrency options in early 2020, and a little later, unlimited swaps and futures for cryptocurrency baskets will also be launched. In addition, the exchange intends to issue a gold-backed stablecoin called Tether Gold and gift cards for buying goods for cryptocurrency.
Platform for institutional investors Bakkt wants to issue bitcoin futures with fiat currency settlement by the end of the year. The product is created at the request of platform customers and will be traded on the Singapore ICE Futures exchange.