Amazon got the rights to use the technology it invented to develop cryptographic systems similar to blockchains based on the Proof-of-Work mechanism. The technology will be used to combat DoS and DDoS attacks.
On May 20, the KuCoin exchange will add to the listing its first metasteyblecoin, whose price is tied to four stabcocoins: USDC, PAX, TUSD and DAI. The coin will begin to trade under the ticker NUSD (Neutral Dollar) in pairs with Bitcoin and USDT, and its withdrawal can be done from May 22.
Estonian authorities have complicated the process of issuing licenses to cryptocurrency companies: consideration of applications has been extended to 30–90 days, the duty has been increased from € 345 to € 3330, and only companies registered in Estonia can receive the license itself.
Ripple underestimated the amount of coins issued by 200 million XRP, or $ 84 million. This conclusion was made by the analytical company Coin Metrics on the basis of a study of the quarterly financial report of the startup.
The New York State Supreme Court denied Tether and Bitfinex their request to lift restrictions on the use of Tether Limited’s reserves for the investment activities of other companies. It was introduced by the state prosecutor’s office, which accuses the stock exchange of concealing a loss of $ 850 million.
Russia and Venezuela will agree to switch to settlements in rubles due to difficulties in settlements in other currencies. Now the countries are trying to establish transactions with the national digital coin El Petro.
Bloomberg: in recent days, Bitfinex, BitMEX and Kraken users of cryptographic services have withdrawn $ 622 million more from sites than they have brought
Media: Coinbase and Fidelity Investments are competing with each other for the purchase of a Harco bitcoin wallet
The court upheld the ban on using Bitfinex assets by Tether. But the representatives of the exchange are satisfied and declare that the new decision of the court finally clearly spelled out what was forbidden and for how long
Research: Security Research Labs found that a third of the nodes in the Ethereum network did not install all the necessary updates and may be subject to various types of attacks
Cryptocompany Grayscale Investments bought airtime on popular American channels to broadcast advertising with the slogan: “Throw gold! Buy bitcoin! ”
Cryptobirge Poloniex is afraid of problems with regulators, so its US customers will no longer be able to trade tokens: ARDR, BCN, DCR, GAME, GAS, LSK, NXT, OMNI and REP