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U.S. Treasury Secretary Nominee: Cryptocurrency's Role in Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering 'Particularly Worrying'
U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen (Janet Yellen) told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that the role of cryptocurrencies in terrorism financing and money laundering is "particularly concerning" and that she will pay close attention to them in her new position. It is reported that Yellen served as the chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She has criticized cryptocurrencies in the past, especially Bitcoin.
Bitfinex expects to hand over business-related documents to NYAG in coming weeks
Bitfinex is expected to hand over the documents to the New York Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) in the coming weeks.
Shenzhen Longhua distributes 20 million digital RMB red envelopes to stay in deep during the Spring Festival
According to Shenzhen’s announcement, Longhua launched a 20 million digital RMB red envelope for the Spring Festival. This event is aimed at commercial entities in Longhua District who purchase social insurance for the Spring Festival. The amount of each red envelope is 200 yuan, and the total number of red envelopes is 100,000.
The number of addresses holding more than 1,000 BTC exceeded 2,400, an increase of 164 this month
Glassnode data shows that the number of addresses holding more than 1,000 BTC exceeded 2,400, and 164 new addresses were added in January.
Coinbase Has Officially Suspended XRP Trading
Coinbase tweeted that, as previously announced, Coinbase has suspended XRP transactions, and deposits and withdrawals to XRP wallets are still available. Will continue to support XRP on Coinbase Custody and Coinbase Wallet.
Ethereum developer James Hancock tweeted the updated Berlin hard fork draft and agenda. The final version of the draft lists five EIPs: EIP-2565, EIP-2315, EIP-2929, EIP-2718, and EIP -2930.
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The market value of Ethereum has risen to the 60th place in global assets, surpassing Shell, McDonald's and other companies
According to the latest data from Asset Dash, after Ethereum reached a record high last night, its market capitalization ranking has risen to the 60th place in the global assets, currently about 160.3 billion US dollars, surpassing well-known companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, McDonald's and Texas Instruments.
In the past 30 days, the net outflow of exchange wallets was 58,733 bitcoins
Bloqport tweeted: In the past 30 days, 58,733 bitcoins (valued at $2.02 billion) have flowed out of exchanges and flowed to cold and hot wallets, which shows that investor bullish sentiment is heating up.
Bitcoin custodian Xapo may get Gibraltar banking license
Bitcoin custodian Xapo may be granted Gibraltar banking license. Gibraltar Finance Minister Albert Isola said Xapo was now a fully fledged bank in Gibraltar.
The open interest of Ethereum options exceeded 2 billion US dollars, an increase of more than 100% this month
Skew data shows that the open interest of Ethereum options exceeded 2 billion US dollars, while the value was less than 1 billion US dollars on January 1, and the increase this month has exceeded 100%. Among them, the open interest of Deribit Ethereum options reached 1.8 billion US dollars, accounting for about 89% of the total.
BitMEX Research: The previous 0.0006 BTC double spend may be an instance of RBF
News BitMEX Research Twitter update stated that after careful inspection, the previous 0.0006 BTC double spend is likely to be an instance of RBF, in which the lower fee transaction won.
200 million XRP transferred back to Ripple from Ripple escrow wallet
Whale Alert monitoring data shows that Ripple transferred 200 million XRP today, while BitGo transferred 35 million XRP. Ripple transferred 200 million XRP from a Ripple escrow (Escrow) wallet to another Ripple wallet. BitGo transferred a total of 35 million XRP to Thailand-based Bitkub exchange.
Crypto exchange Liquid may have leaked more than 20,000 user information due to hacking in November last year
Japanese crypto exchange Liquid announced today the final findings of its investigation into the leakage of user data due to an intrusion in November last year. According to Liquid, 169,782 items of user data information including email addresses, names, encrypted passwords, API keys, etc. have been leaked.
Club Adopts BTC to Pay Ex-Real Madrid Striker David Barral's Transfer Fee
Former Real Madrid striker David Barral transferred to Inter Madrid in the second division B league, and the club paid his transfer fee with Bitcoin. David Barral became the first player in world football to settle his transfer fee in Bitcoin.
The number of Bitcoin nodes has exceeded 11,500, a record high
Bitnodes.io data shows that the number of Bitcoin nodes has reached an all-time high, with 11,558 "reachable nodes" currently active. At the same time, coin.dance data also shows that the current total number of Bitcoin nodes is 11,613, which is higher than the record high of 11,250 set in January 2020.
The settlement volume of Ethereum in 2020 exceeded 1 trillion US dollars, surpassing BTC to become the largest settlement layer
According to data released by Messari, Ethereum has surpassed Bitcoin to become the largest settlement layer in the encryption field, and the settlement volume in 2020 has exceeded 1 trillion US dollars.
On the morning of January 20th, Yearn.finance (YFI) core developer banteg tweeted that the proposal to "repurchase and rebuild Yearn" had been approved with a support rate of 99.44%.
Firo is under 51% attack, users are advised not to trade until the network is restored
Firo is under 51% attack, users are advised not to trade until the network is restored
Xun Firo said on Twitter that we are currently under a 51% attack, and users are advised not to trade during this period until the network returns to normal.
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Blockchain industry
In 2021, the State Post Bureau will promote the application of key common technologies such as blockchain
In order to boost the high-quality development of the express delivery industry and enhance the ability to serve the market, the State Post Bureau will also promote the application of key common technologies such as big data, cloud computing, and blockchain in 2021, as well as advanced technical equipment such as the Beidou navigation system. Carry out digital postal express innovation pilot demonstration projects.
Ernst & Young will appear in court on January 26 to discuss QuadrigaCX’s method of valuing encrypted assets
Ernst & Young, the trustee of the Canadian encryption exchange QuadrigaCX's bankruptcy case, will appear in court on January 26 to discuss the valuation method of QuadrigaCX's encrypted assets. EY believes that consideration should be given to valuing crypto assets from April 15, 2019, the day the exchange went bankrupt.
Report: Institutions are very cautious about altcoins, and the current altcoin market is mostly driven by retail investors
On January 20, the latest report from Coin Metrics pointed out that many popular altcoins that soared during the 2017 encryption boom are now dead and have been replaced by new DeFi assets. Institutions are very wary of altcoins. The current altcoin market is largely considered to be a retail phenomenon, that is, most investors are individual investors pursuing excess returns.
Tencent Releases Blockchain Electronic Evidence Service System
On January 18, the "Yiandian deposit certificate platform" (hereinafter referred to as "Yiandian deposit") operation kick-off meeting was held in Shenzhen. The "Yiandiancun" WeChat applet combines blockchain technology with electronic data storage. When providing users with the function of depositing certificates, the subject of depositing certificates, the time of depositing certificates, the process of depositing certificates, and the content of depositing certificates are in one-to-one correspondence, and are uploaded to the chain in real time. , Encrypted storage, and jointly witnessed by authoritative nodes with credibility, effectively preventing electronic data from being tampered with.
Estonian digital currency exchange CoinMetro raises $3 million
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Estonian digital currency exchange CoinMetro raises $3 million
Estonian digital currency exchange CoinMetro raised 2.5 million euros (approximately $3 million) through a tokenized bond offering. The funds will be used to develop products and drive growth for the company, which hopes to break even this month.
Estonian digital currency exchange CoinMetro raised 2.5 million euros (approximately $3 million) through a tokenized bond offering. The funds will be used to develop products and drive growth for the company, which hopes to break even this month.
US listed company SOS announced the acquisition of cryptocurrency cloud computing company FXK
On January 19th, SOS, a listed company in the US stock market, announced the acquisition of FXK, a Canadian company. The company is an encrypted currency cloud computing power company. ZEC's cloud computing power.
The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) announced today that Roger Ver, a BCH supporter and founder of Bitcoin.com, has made two donations of BCH totaling $2 million to support his work.
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European Commission and ECB joint statement: The need to introduce a centralized EU cryptocurrency has emerged
The European Commission (European Commission) will work with the European Central Bank (ECB) to explore a series of "policy, legal and technical" pitfalls that may become hidden dangers in plans to launch a digital euro cryptocurrency in mid-2021. In their joint statement, they pointed out that with the increasing digitization, rapid changes in the payment landscape and the widespread emergence of encrypted assets, the need to introduce a centralized EU cryptocurrency has emerged.
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) plans to launch a trading platform for digital assets, excluding cryptocurrencies, in the second half of 2021.
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Governor of Guangdong Province: Aiming at frontier fields such as blockchain to strengthen research and development
Ma Xingrui, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and governor of Guangdong Province, said in an interview that Guangdong regards self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology as the support of its development strategy, concentrates its efforts to overcome key core technologies, promotes original innovation from "0" to "1", and actively explores a new national system Guangdong path.
Deputy General Manager of CITIC Group: The rapid growth of the digital economy such as blockchain drives commercial banks to integrate traditional financial products with financial technology service capabilities
Fang Heying, deputy general manager of CITIC Group and president of China CITIC Bank, said that at present, the rapid growth of the digital economy represented by new technologies such as 5G, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and blockchain is driving commercial banks to replace traditional financial products. Integrate with financial technology service capabilities and realize digital transformation through technological empowerment.
Jiang Zhuoer: Cross-chain is a false demand. Before ETH expansion fails, DOT has only speculative value and no investment value
LeBit Mining Pool CEO Jiang Zhuoer recently posted on Weibo: DOT was not configured before, don’t go FOMO to catch up now, otherwise you will be the one who gets cut. Cross-chain is a false requirement. If BTC is digital gold, then ETH is the Internet, on which many various applications (companies) run. If ETH is successfully expanded and TPS is greatly increased, the result of the public chain will be the normalization of all chains (more than 90% of the applications & users on ETH).
Deputy Director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange: Cryptocurrency cross-border transactions are free from foreign exchange supervision
According to Xuan Changneng, deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the digitization of cross-border funds challenges the existing foreign exchange regulatory framework. As the price of Bitcoin soared, various cryptocurrencies were hyped by the market, and the transaction scale expanded rapidly. Cryptocurrency has the characteristics of "anonymization", fast transaction speed, low transaction cost, and flexible transaction methods. Most of the trading platforms are located overseas, and the transaction entities are nested in multiple layers. The source and whereabouts of funds are vague, and monitoring and identification is difficult. Channels for the illegal transfer of assets across borders.
Former U.S. OCC Acting Director: Cryptocurrency, DeFi, and stablecoins will all become necessary
Former U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Acting Director Brian Brooks tweeted his view that cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and DeFi are important innovations, as well as his views on the future direction of U.S. regulation. He believes that cryptocurrencies, DeFi, and stablecoins will all become necessary.
Opinion: ECB President's 'Bitcoin highly speculative' comments threaten cryptocurrency regulation
Tressis Gestion Fund Manager and Chief Economist Daniel Lacalle commented that European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde's recent views on Bitcoin are "absurd and dangerous" for cryptocurrency regulation. He believes that Lagarde does not have the power to implement legislation on cryptocurrencies.
Wanxiang Blockchain Chief Economist: Central Bank Digital Currency and Narrow Banking are Concepts at Different Levels
