Bloomberg reports that Fortress Investment Group has made a new offer to buy receivables from Mt Gox creditors. Mt Gox went bankrupt in 2014 after reporting losses of more than $ 480 million in Bitcoin. In June 2018, the situation of his case was changed from bankruptcy to civil rehabilitation by the courts in Japan….
According to a report published by Kraken, Bitcoin price volatility increased significantly in January due to the re-activation of “whales”. The exchange released a report showing that Bitcoin’s monthly volatility index reached 58.2%. This is the highest value recorded in the last 3 months. Volatility increased as the price of Bitcoin rose from minimum values…
Ripple's XRP failed to break through the key resistance of $ 0.3080 and fell sharply against the U.S. dollar. The price of XRP started to drop sharply after being released near the $ 0.3080 zone against the US dollar. The price has dropped more than 5% and is approaching the support zone of $ 0.2680….
The Bank of France will soon launch a call for projects to test a digital currency dedicated to financial institutions. The head of the BdF does not exclude the idea of one day issuing such a currency for consumers. During an interview with The gallery, François Villeroy de Galhau, the governor of the Bank of…
crossroads continues to develop around the blockchain and some traceability some products. 25 FQC products are traced on its platform. Information from Bordeaux wine 2019 organic Large Malartic are now also available to consumers. crossroads continues its journey into the universe of blockchain. In terms of the use of technology, the brand is therefore focusing…
Ethereum is still trying to increase the capacity of its transactions, and the startup Optimism wants to drive this transformation. Optimism aims to use a multi-tiered approach, similar to the Bitcoin Lightning Network, to increase the number of users who can use the network with smart contracts. From Plasma to Optimism Optimism, previously called Plasma-Group,…
The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, urges the foundation Libra to communicate more details on his project cryptocurrency. In order to advance on the creation and implementation of a regulatory framework for the stable cryptocurrencies (stablecoins) in Europe, Valdis Dombrovskis declared – on behalf of the European Commission – that “it was…
Forbes ranked the 50 companies that matter in the area of blockchain, that is to say making at least a billion dollars in revenue per year or whose valuation reaches at least a billion. For the second year, Forbes has established its classification of major players in the blockchain. And the list of this edition…
layer1, an investment company now specialized in blasting of Bitcoin and supported by Peter Thiel (co-founder of PayPal), announced the launch of its operations in its new infrastructure at Texas. layer1 started to mine bitcoins in its 5 hectare park located in West Texas in the United States. The American company aims to become the…
Coinbase is now " main member »Of Visa. The American broker prides itself on being the first company specializing in crypto-currencies as Bitcoin to join the network Visa. In a blog post, Coinbase announced that membership in the network Visa would allow her to improve the way she spends cryptocurrency daily. “Our journey with Visa…
