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Increased purchase volumes kept the prices of major cryptocurrency pairs from sliding further and helped them recover to yesterday’s level. It is possible that today there will be a re-test of the average price level
Mainstream South Korean and Japanese media outlets JoongAng and Nikkei reported that Japan's National Tax Agency (NTA) is aware of 331 investors in the Japanese cryptocurrency sector who have reported $1 million or more in trading profits, earning a total of more than $331 million.
Block.one, the company behind the EOS project, has confirmed that the EOS mainnet, called EOSIO, will launch this Saturday, immediately after the close of the 11-month token sale.
Polish crypto exchange BitBay is preparing to move its operations to the “blockchain island” of Malta after suspending its operations in Poland.
The smart contract and application platform Tezos believes that baking will become an alternative to mining. Tezos is currently running on BetaNet and is on its way to full launch, although the project is still in its early stages, the company is ready to bake coins.
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has joined global regulators around the world in clamping down on the free digital industry and has launched an investigation into twenty-four cryptocurrency companies.
The next hard fork, which took place yesterday on the Ethereum Classic (ETC/USD) network, does not involve dividing the network and the emergence of a new token, but is intended to solve problems associated with the profitability of mining. In essence, this is a soft fork, an upgrade of the network to remove the “unnecessary function” of the project.
The sudden death of multi-billionaire Matthew Mellon has raised many questions not only about the causes of death, but also about his fiat and cryptocurrency millions. The $500 million inheritance in Ripple may go unclaimed.
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