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CBOE stops trading Bitcoin futures starting from June 19, while CME has recently enjoyed a record high volume of 33,700 contracts for cryptocurrency derivatives.
Now it’s real: Zilliqa, a high-throughput blockchain platform built on sharding, has successfully enabled smart contracts.
The new Facebook’s cryptocurrency – likely to be dubbed Libra Coin – should be revealed later this month, said one of their managers adding that a white paper for the token would be published on June 18.
After a rumor broke out yesterday that a California-based crypto start-up Ripple has acquired the major US-based money transfer company MoneyGram, both companies refused to comment. Still, even the rumor was enough for XRP price 8% boost.
Paul Solotshi Calder Le Roux, doubted as a real Satoshi Nakamoto is also the creator of encryption software E4M and TrueCrypt, the cryptography encryption software Satoshi Nakamoto likely used to lock up his 1 million BTC.
Facebook is reportedly collaborating with third-party organizations to act as “nodes” and maintain their GlobalCoin cryptocurrency network through proper licensing procedures.
Apple has announced its CryptoKit, a fast and secure Swift API to perform cryptographic operations. The details are to be revealed today at the Worldwide Developers Conference.
The famous Star Trek spaceship will now be available in the form of digital collectibles in the CSC game which can be traded in-game or even to third-party marketplaces.
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is testing a British pound stablecoin on its native blockchain, Binance Chain. According to the CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, the stable coin is still in a testing phase, but their intentions are serious.
Global banking giants including Barclays from Europe, Credit Suisse, UBS, and MUFG Bank, together announce the Utility Settlement Coin (USC) cryptocurrency to leverage instant cross-border settlements at reduced costs.
Facebook is in talks with the U.S CFTC to find out whether its GlobalCoin project will fall under the agency’s regulatory requirements.
EOS-based new ‘Voice’ social media platform by Block.One aims to give users a transparent platform to share their data and information while having complete control over it.
Peter McCormack shared the details of how Wright’s libel case against him has been developing. He now has to decide on how to act regarding the libel accusation and choose one of the options he has.
Bitfinex CTO, Paolo Ardoino discloses the company’s decision to launch Tether stablecoin on the EOS blockchain protocol and, thus, to supplement eosfinex.
Binance had hinted that it would introduce margin trading on its platform for several months but the long-awaited feature is now live with margin trading capabilities available for Bitcoin, XRP, Binance Coin, TRON, and Ethereum.