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As Bloomberg reported today, Bitcoin cold storage company Xapo has collected 7% of the total volume of mined Bitcoin coins in its cryptocurrency safes, which is approximately $10 billion.
China's Ministry of Public Security has developed a blockchain system that will help securely store evidence collected during police investigations.
"If you can't beat them, join them!" This familiar phrase is used as an example of a way to deal with a situation over which you have no control. In this case, the United States Federal Reserve Bank may be forced to make a similar decision regarding Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency industry.
In the village of Elizavetovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, deputies of the local village council legalized cryptocurrencies and bought each village resident a “coin”. Now there are more than 2,000 potential millionaires in the village, the head of the village council, Maxim Golosnoy, is sure of this. Channel 34 reports about this.
IOTA showed strong growth yesterday, despite the overall negative market sentiment. The price of EOS tokens continues to consolidate, narrowing the range. Litecoin does not leave the yellow corridor.
All cryptocurrency platforms in the country must meet five new criteria set by the Financial Services Agency (FSA). These rules apply to both existing market participants and newcomers just submitting applications.
The independent rating agency Weiss Ratings has presented a new analysis of the cryptocurrency market.
The popular messenger Kik, supported by its own cryptocurrency Kin, has developed a way to deploy Kin in parallel on the Stellar blockchain and the Ethereum blockchain. According to Netanel Lev, vice president of research and development at the Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the company itself developed a distributed registry for its cryptocurrency.
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