Startup NEO will teach the course “Software Development Using NEO Blockchain Technology” at St. Petersburg State University.
The Singapore Monetary Regulator (MAS) will allow cryptocurrency derivatives trading on licensed exchanges in response to demand from institutional investors and hedge funds.
Have I Been Pwned website developer Troy Hunt announces the drain of personal data of 1.4 million GateHub cryptocurrency wallet users. Hackers gained access to 3.72 GB of information such as email addresses and passwords for accounts on GateHub. The platform is checking.
Chinese bank Yillion Bank, startup HDFH and venture capital company ZVCA open an investment blockchain fund with a capital of $ 1 billion, which will deal with investments in digital banks operating in the region.
Well-known Bitcoin investor Roger Ver will launch a $ 200 million fund to support startups in the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem. The fund will begin to operate in 2020 based on Bitcoin.com.
Fidelity Digital Asset Services (FDAS) has received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) for custodial services and Bitcoin transactions.
The developer of the anonymous browser Tor Project began accepting donations in bitcoins through the Lightning Network.
The Chinese state television channel CCTV1 conducted an investigation, which showed that of the 32,000 blockchain companies registered in the country, only 10% use distributed registry technology in their activities, and 11 of the 22 industrial blockchain parks opened in Hangzhou in May this year do not function.
The French Gendarmerie Cybercrime Unit (C3N) said it has been using the Tezos blockchain since September this year to record investigative expenses, including in cryptocurrencies received from Europol for investigative operations.