| "Buffett announced his retirement" is fake news; Binance plans to launch Binance UK this summer

秦晓峰

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@QinXiaofeng888

2020-06-18 07:58 (UTC+8)

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Good Cycle, a counterfeit exchange in South Korea, claims to be the owner of sky-high fees.

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Good Cycle, a counterfeit exchange in South Korea, claims to be the owner of sky-high fees.

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China Fund News: "Buffett Announces Retirement" Is Fake News

China Fund News: "Buffett Announces Retirement" Is Fake News
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning, multiple domestic portals reported that Buffett announced his retirement, and that Greg Abel and Ajit Jain were jointly in charge of Berkshire Hathaway. However, after verification by reporters, the news was fake news. The online statement stated that David Scott Portnoy will take over as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway's board of directors. And David Scott Portnoy is an "Internet celebrity" who is active on American social media. Recently, by advocating intraday trading, he claimed that Buffett's set of value investing is outdated, which attracted widespread media attention.

At the same time, Berkshire Hathaway's official website shows that the latest news release is still on May 2, 2020, and no news was released in June. Not only did the official website not have any information,nor did any foreign media report on it. It is worth noting that Buffett told the media just over a month ago that he does not plan to retire for the time being. (WeChat public account @中国基金报)

Binance plans to launch Binance UK this summer
Binance stated that the new trading platform aims to allow institutional and retail investors in the UK to buy and sell cryptocurrencies using pounds and euros, and the platform will be regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Upon inquiry by Odaily, Changpeng Zhao himself has reposted this Reuters report on his personal Twitter. (Reuters)

digital currency

10668ETH handling fee incident "solved": Good Cycle, a Korean copycat exchange, claimed to be the owner

The new version of the Ethereum client Geth adds a fee limit, exceeding 1 ETH will be rejected

Compound liquidated 110,000 US dollars, suspected to be "exploded" due to loan mining

Compound liquidated 110,000 US dollars, suspected to be "exploded" due to loan mining
According to DeBank data, the 24-hour liquidation amount of the decentralized lending platform Compound reached 111,300 US dollars, while almost no liquidation occurred on other lending platforms during the same period.

Generally, the reason for liquidation is the fluctuation of the collateral price. However, in the past 24 hours, the price of Compound’s collateral has not fluctuated violently. It is suspected that the reason for the liquidation of the Compound platform is that some users mortgaged The rate is not controlled within the normal range. (DeBank)

Yesterday, a number of investors reported that the cryptocurrency exchange Birui has been investigated by the Hubei police, and the website of the exchange has now been shut down. In addition, the police have contacted some investors of the platform by phone. It is reported that Birui Exchange is a contract trading platform aimed at "customer losses". Odaily reminds investors to pay attention to the safety of funds.

Blockchain industry

Investment and Financing

Crypto bank River Financial completes $5.7 million seed round

Belgian startup River Financial, which provides banking services to bitcoin investors, has raised $5.7 million in seed funding. Individual financiers in the round include Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark and Square’s Steve Lee, while institutional investors include Polychain Capital and Slow Ventures. (The Block)

global policy

South Korean Finance Minister: Will announce virtual currency taxation plan in July

South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki said today that the government will announce the taxation of virtual currencies after the tax system is restructured in July. Hong Nam-ki added that we have been working hard to establish a new tax system to adapt to the changing environment and are currently working on a new tax system for various items and taxes. (Yonhap News Agency)

The Spanish parliament will vote on a new law regulating crypto exchanges in the second half of 2020. Earlier, the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced that it was preparing to regulate trading platforms in the country. According to an official statement, the ministry said it had prepared a draft that would compel crypto exchanges, wallet providers and crypto custody service providers operating in Spain to comply with new anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorism financing regulations. protocol. (Cryptonews)