1 The head of the largest trading platform CBOE Global Markets wrote in writing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with a recommendation not to impede the development of exchange ETP products related to the cost of Bitcoin. In particular, Chris Concannon said that "as volumes continue to grow, especially in US regulated markets, the overall picture in the Bitcoin market is beginning to resemble the traditional commodity market, thus CBOE believes that the spot market has sufficient liquidity to support Bitcoin ETP ". The financier notes that the risks in the sphere of crypto-currency are not fundamentally different from other funds.
2 Coingate, based in Vilnius, has launched a crypto-exchange gateway for European merchants. The project uses the technology of the French company Prestashop - e-commerce solutions with open source. This combination means more choice for crypto-currency enthusiasts, which will accelerate the adaptation of crypto-currency in the real world. after registration of the account and a simple installation "in a few clicks" the merchant will be able to accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and about 50 other crypto-currencies for payment. Coingate has 1500 accounts, 50,000 users from all over the world and monthly revenue of 10 million Euros. The Prestashop project was established in 2007 and currently serves more than 250,000 online stores in 200 countries.
3 South Korean corporation NHN Entertainment Corporation (NHN), the market value of which reaches $ 1.2 billion, was founded in 2013. On March 21, the crypto-currency media reported that, based on the NHN corporation, the OKCoin exchange was formally the largest crypto exchange in China until the ban on digital currency trading in 2017. After the ban in 2017, the corporation decided to launch the stock exchange OKCoin Korea. In an interview with Korean publications, the president of the OKCoin Korea exchange, Cho Jeong-hwan, noted that the company is completing the infrastructure for launching the stock exchange in South Korea. Cho noted that OKCoin Korea is likely to be opened in March. For the users will be available 60 trading pairs through the Korean Won - this is significantly more than the current leader Bithumb.
4 Chinese company Huawei Technologies Ltd together with Sirin Labs is considering the possibility of developing a mobile phone that will be able to run applications based on the blockbuster, reports Bloomberg. The SIRIN OS application from Sirin Labs will resemble a set of settings that are specific to Android software. At the moment, neither company has confirmed or denied this information. However, Sirin Labs published a link to the article Bloomberg on Twitter.
