TON Investors agree to delay the launch of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform to April 30, 2020. The agreement was made by the majority of TON investors and therefore, the refund option is off the table. Two sources close to the Telegram team told Forbes Russia. According to...
Ahead of Oct 23 hearing, Mark Zuckerberg has shared his testimony with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services addressing several concerns lawmakers have expressed over the launch of the Libra project. In his testimony, Zuckerberg assures the committee members that “Facebook will not be a part of...
Internet browser Opera has added support for Bitcoin payments in its cryptocurrency wallet. Announcing news on Oct 22, 2019, the latest release for Android allows users to send and receive Bitcoin (BTC) and access their transaction history. Opera is the first major browser to integrate a cryptocurrency wallet, enabling crypto payments to...
Binance has joined the governance council of Klaytn, a public blockchain platform of the leading South Korean internet company, Kakao. As a council member, Binance will operate Klaytn consensus node as well as participate along with the other 24 members in key decisions related to the technical or economic update...
Bitfinex on Oct 18, 2019, filed a discovery application in the Central District of Southern California District Court hoping to recover its $880 Million funds held at the various frozen accounts of Global Trade Solutions AG, doing business as Crypto Capital. Discovery is a pre-trial procedure in a lawsuit in which each...
Libra Association may consider launching a series of stablecoins based on national currencies such as the dollar, euro, instead of the previously proposed synthetic one, a basket of fiat currencies which includes U.S. Dollar, Euro, Japanese Yen, British Pound, and Singapore dollar. Source: Reuters. “[Libra association] is open to looking...
Taiwanese electronics company HTC has officially announced the launch of the EXODUS 1s. Unlike Samsung’s smartphones which have a built-in crypto wallet, the HTC EXODUS 1s will feature a first-ever mobile device with Bitcoin full node support along with its Zion cryptocurrency wallet. Running a full bitcoin node does not...
In a report published by G7 on stablecoin, the working group recognizes the challenges in cross-border payments which are slow, expensive and opaque. It finds crypto-assets such as Bitcoin, not a reliable alternative and attractive means of payment or store of value to replace the traditional payment system. The reasons...
Emaar Group, Dubai leading real estate developer best known for the development of the world’s tallest building ‘Burj Khalifa’ is launching its native token EMR on JP Morgan’s blockchain. Emaar will provide Android and iOS mobile applications which will help users to earn or redeem EMR token. To be launched...
Telegram, the messaging company plans to extend the TON launch from Oct 31, 2019, to Apr 30, 2020, in order to resolve the recently Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued restraining order to halt the launch of TON and issuing grams tokens. Telegram began raising capital in January 2018 and...
