The launch of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain project is postponed until April 30, 2020 because of the intention of the project team to challenge the lawsuit of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accuses TON of violating the securities law. Investors who do not agree to wait and are ready to leave the project will receive from TON about 77% of the invested funds.
The Russian Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation will spend 637 million rubles on cryptographic protection of data passing through internal information channels.
The Central Bank of Canada wants to issue its own digital currency in order to counter the threats posed by cryptocurrencies issued by private companies.
Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan has taken the initiative to create a cryptodollar, as the US dollar could lose the status of a global reserve currency due to the issuance of digital money by private companies and foreign governments.
A former employee of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center in the closed city of Sarov, who mined cryptocurrency on a supercomputer, was sentenced to 4 years probation and a fine of 250,000 rubles.
The Bitfinex exchange offers users to earn commission payments by participating in a referral program that allows you to invite new users and receive interest from their actions on the exchange.
The Binance exchange burned 2,061,888 BNB tokens for $ 36.7 million, and analysts based on this amount calculated the site’s profit for the third quarter of 2019, which amounted to $ 186 million.
Today, the first hard fork was held on the Qtum blockchain, which should introduce several improvements to the system's work, designed to increase the functionality and performance of smart contracts.
The head of the KuCoin exchange, Michael Gan, at the Blockchain Life 2019 conference in Moscow, announced the launch of bitcoin futures trading with a monthly settlement on the KuMEX crypto-derivative site.
The audit firm Ernst & Young (EY) has proposed managing public finances using the EY OpsChain blockchain, which will help fight corruption.