A service token of a decentralized data storage network intended for internal operations, as well as for paying remuneration to the miners of the system.
Wallmart supermarkets have installed terminals where users can buy or convert cryptocurrency.
In the U.S. chain Wallmart appeared the opportunity to buy Bitcoin for cash, using 200 terminals Coinstar. Wallmart communications director Molly Blakeman said it was a project of Coinstar and CoinMe.
To buy cryptocurrency through the terminal, users must deposit cash and receive a coupon. The coupon is registered on the Coinme website, and the user must go through registration and identification (KYC) procedures. The terminal charges a 4% fee for Bitcoin purchases and a 7% fee for cash exchanges.
Google’s Threat Analysis Group has prevented mass hacks of bloggers’ YouTube accounts. The hacked accounts were used to fraudulently collect cryptocurrency from viewers.
According to the company, since 2019, scammers have been sending YouTube bloggers a request for cooperation under the guise of asking them to collaborate. While communicating with bloggers, the hackers used phishing emails that contained computer viruses that hijacked users’ data and cookies.
Most of the stolen channels were renamed cryptocurrency tech companies. Scammers conducted live broadcasts on such channels, in which they invited users to participate in a drawing for cryptocurrency for an initial payment. Google reported that the hackers were recruited on a Russian-language forum.
On October 19, Facebook announced the launch of testing it’s own wallet. In this connection, senators asked Mark Zuckerberg to stop it’s development.
A group of senators urged the head of Facebook to curtail the development of the crypto wallet Novi and the Diem stablecoin. The senators recalled that the company has repeatedly pledged not to bring stablecoin to market. In their letter, Senators Brian Schatz, Sherrod Brown, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith noted the following:
“Facebook is once again pursuing digital currency plans on an aggressive timeline and has already launched a pilot for a payments infrastructure network, even though these plans are incompatible with the actual financial regulatory landscape-not only for Diem specifically, but also for stablecoins in general,” the senators wrote in a letter.
The reason the senators are asking Facebook to drop the development of stableccoin and the wallet is because the government has just begun to investigate the risks associated with steibcoins and what problems they may pose.
On October 18, Apple held a presentation where the company showed new products. But a few hours before the broadcast, a group of attackers conducted a fake bitcoin airdrop disguised as Apple.
A group of scammers disguised as Apple held a bitcoin streaming event on October 18, which began hours before Apple’s own presentation. The scammers broadcasted the stream on YouTube, copying data from the Apple channel. The broadcast gathered more than 30 thousand viewers.
Scammers encouraged the viewers to send from 0.1 to 5 BTC or from 3 to 500 ETH to the mentioned purse. Viewers who sent the cryptocurrency were supposed to get it back in twice the amount. Now the channel is closed.
On October 15, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the request to launch the Bitcoin Strategy ETF futures fund.
ProShares’ Bitcoin Strategy ETF is the first bitcoin futures-based exchange-traded fund in the U.S. This was written in an updated SEC prospectus. Trading is scheduled to begin on October 18. The underlying asset of the fund will be bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
According to CoinDesk, the 5 SEC commissioners met on October 15 regarding the fund from ProShares. However, the conclusion of the approval was an updated prospectus and the expiration of the application, it should have been rejected within 75 days.
Ripple co-founded the nonprofit Digital Pound Foundition, which is involved in the development and implementation of Britain’s national digital currency.
The Digital Pound Foundation, which has partnered with Ripple, believes that the introduction of the digital pound will underpin the transition to the UK’s innovative digital economy and ensure the country’s place in the global digital space. In addition to Ripple, the Digital Pound Foundation includes Accenture, CGI group and cryptoprojects Avalnche, Electroneum and Quant.
Former Barclys Bank vice president Jeremy Wilson was named head of the nonprofit organization. In a press release, the Digital Pound Foundation notes that CBDC will help the UK secure its position in the digital world.
Visa and the artist are jointly planning to launch an educational project about NFT.
Former Major League Baseball player Micah Johnson switched to digital art after his career ended. He started Aku's NFT collection with a boy dreaming of becoming an astronaut. The collection was a great success, raising $1.4 million in just seven minutes.
1/ I’m incredibly excited for @VisaNews to partner with @Micah_Johnson3 to build a new program focused on how we can help creators leverage NFTs to participate in digital commerce https://t.co/uH0X4kneTV
Visa and Johnson’s partnership will help creative people understand NFT and blockchain technology. After open submissions, the company will identify the first participants, and they will receive sponsorship support.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase soon plan to open a platform for buying and selling NFT.
The Coinbase exchange announced the launch of its own marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFT). Users will be able to create, sell and buy NFTs on the Etherum blockchain. Support for other blockchains is planned to be added in the future. Users can leave a request to be added to the early access queue.
Hello Punks and Penguins Hello Cats and Kitties Hello Apes and Art Blocks
We’re excited to announce the fast-approaching launch of Coinbase NFT, a new peer-to-peer marketplace where you’ll be able to create, buy, sell, and share NFTs.
“We’ll have a vibrant, secure marketplace. But we believe we can do much more. We’re designing for social engagement.By fostering connections, Coinbase NFT will help creators, collectors, and fans build community.” said Coinbase.
Convenient platform with the possibility of buying and cryptocurrency. The platform provides a simple coin exchange mechanism and supports popular methods of payment.
Jaime Dimon believes that Bitcoin is a useless cryptocurrency.
JPMorgan CEO Jaime Dimon criticized the first cryptocurrency, but admitted that the holding company’s clients are highly interested in it. At an Institute of International Finance (IIF) event, Dimon said that cryptocurrencies will come under regulation because of growing concerns within the U.S. government about steblecoin and digital assets in general.
“I personally think that Bitcoin is worthless. Our clients are adults, they disagree, that's what makes markets, so if they want to have access to buy themselves Bitcoin, we can't custody it but we can give them legitimate, as-clean-as-possible access.”
Former CIA agent Edward Snowden warned of the threat posed by national cryptocurrencies.
According to the former CIA official, national digital currencies do not adhere to the very essence of cryptocurrency because they deprive users of their ownership rights. In his article, Edward Snowden criticized national digital currencies (CBDC) and called them "the newest danger cresting the public horizon.
Most of your money exists not as something folded in your wallet, but as an entry in a bank’s database, faithfully requested and rendered beneath the glass of your phone.
If someone else gets to decide *if* and *how* you can spend it, is it really yours?https://t.co/720SYvqzZM
The article stated that national cryptocurrencies could be used to control citizens’ money. Snowden noted that the introduction of CBDCs is not related to government support for cryptocurrencies or the digitalization of finance because “most dollars are already digital, existing not as something folded in your wallet, but as an entry in a bank's database”.
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