Cosmos CEO Jae Kwon announced his exit from the project and his intention to engage in environmental activism. Kwon wants to focus on addressing climate change. The head of the startup will leave him as soon as he completes all his obligations.
The number of owners of bitcoin addresses is growing steadily, which may indicate the maturity of the cryptocurrency market, analysts at Glassnode say. Currently, there are 28.4 million wallets with bitcoins in the world, which are owned by 23.1 million entities.
The Zcash cryptocurrency community positively voted to change the system for distributing block mining rewards. It will enter into force in November 2020 when the Zcash Foundation and Electric Coin Company approve the proposal.
After the transition of the Tether stablecoin (USDT) to the Ethereum blockchain, in the second-largest cryptocurrency capitalization network, most of the value began to be transferred through stable coins, and not through the network's own cryptocurrency.
The largest US cryptocurrency company Coinbase will open a custodial unit for European customers in Ireland. Coinbase Custody International will be located in Dublin.
Bittrex exchange insured $ 300 million worth of customer assets. Marsh insurance broker and Arch Syndicate 2012 from China provided insurance coverage. The program will cover damage from hacking with theft and insider drain.
The Blockstack project has reached the second most important point of its development - a million network users. Thanks to this, the startup developer got access to $ 6.8 million of funding received during the STX token ICO held in 2017.
The Central Bank of Japan said it would release its digital asset if customers demonstrate demand for CBDC. However, while the bank has no specific plans to issue its tokens, Deputy Governor Masayoshi Amamiya noted.