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One of the largest mining companies in Europe, Bitfury, is considering the possibility of becoming public. Company representatives are in talks with several global investment banks and plan to begin trading in Amsterdam, London or Hong Kong in 2019. An IPO could help the company reach a valuation of $3-5 billion.
According to experts, attempts to tame the “wild west” of cryptocurrencies could lead to negative consequences for the British fintech market. The chief executive of the British Business Federation Authority, Patrick Currie, said that inappropriate regulations could force digital platforms to leave the country, damaging the UK's business reputation.
The Japanese financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), does not classify stablecoin as a cryptocurrency. While emphasizing that fiat-pegged coins are likely not digital currencies, the regulator has clarified the registration requirements for issuers and sellers of these tokens.
Consolidation continues. The price is slowly falling.
In the latest report released, financial rating agency Weiss Ratings highlighted four tokens that deserve a rating of “D” (weak) or lower. This is a selection of 48 cryptocurrencies that earned a low rating, out of a total of 111 cryptoassets evaluated.
Financial giant Visa is in no hurry to enter the digital asset market. During Mad Money, which airs on CNBC, Visa CEO Alfred Kelly discussed the company's future plans in the digital industry. According to him, cryptocurrencies are not a threat to Visa in the near future, but the company is ready to implement cryptocurrency functions if digital coins become more stable and widespread in the future.
There are no significant changes in the dynamics of cryptocurrency pairs. The altcoin market continues to move in a sideways range, so in literally one phrase we will characterize the price behavior in the flat of each coin
Pierre Rochard, an independent Bitcoin advisor to institutional investors, recently tweeted that he has developed a plugin for Microsoft that allows users to send Bitcoin directly from a spreadsheet program.
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