In our “National Cryptocurrencies” section, we cover government-backed digital currencies and state initiatives related to blockchain technology. Here you will find news about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), national crypto projects, and the role of digital money in modern economies. Read the “National Cryptocurrencies” section on ForkNews to stay informed about how countries are developing their own digital currencies.
The venture company Founders Fund, founded by Peter Thiel, which invested about $10-15 million in bitcoin in mid-2017, now has hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets. The reason for this was the sharp increase in the price of cryptocurrency at the end of last year. It is not yet known whether he sold part of his assets. Wall Street Journal journalist Rob Copeland wrote about this.
Ethereum vs Ripple - stubborn struggle for second place in terms of capitalization
Bitcoin Cash developers have released Bitcoin ABC 0.16.2. The full implementation of the node, among other things, includes the transition to a new address format - Cashaddr, based on the Bech32 codebase.
Starting a series of publications on the legal status of cryptocurrencies in different countries of the world, we will first consider the EU member states. Today we have chosen the European jurisdiction of Luxembourg for analysis.
Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam said in an official ruling (fatwa) on Monday that trading in Bitcoin is considered “illegal” according to Islamic traditions. He explained this by saying that the virtual currency was not recognized as legal by the Egyptian government.
South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges, at the request of government regulators, are forced to stop registering anonymous accounts intended for transactions with digital currency. For violation of de-anonymization rules, the accounts of users who have not been identified in the system are banned.
The Malaysian government will not impose a ban on cryptocurrency trading in the country as a large number of Malaysians have invested in Bitcoin. This was announced in a recent interview with The Malaysian Reserve by the second Minister of Finance of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.
Over the past 24 hours, traders using this trading platform have concluded transactions worth more than $5.5 billion. This is an undoubted record for the amount of daily transactions among crypto exchanges.
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