📮 29-09-2019
📈 MarketCap: $215 B
📊 24h Mcap %: -1.4%
⚠️ Bitcoin Dom: 67.2%
Active Coins: 2,473
24h Vol %: -14.17%
24h Vol: $39 B
After successful launch of the Shelley testnet, Cardano users will be able to earn ADA from November onwards as the network starts to add additional functionalities to the staking protocol before moving to mainnet. During Cardano Summit Bulgaria, IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson said they were on track to launch the incentivised testnet by November. “It’s a nice little sandbox…just like Cardano,” he said, “the only difference is you can register as a stake pool, you can delegate, you’ll have all the interfaces to start actually staking.”
According to crypto developer Jonathan "Duke" Leto a bug in Zcash's ($ZEC) code could leak the IP address of full nodes that own a shielded address. The issue impacts users that have shared their shielded address (zaddr) and because it is part of the original code carries through to any Zcash code fork. It’s trivial to increase the maximum peer count and so to study the entire network with one or a few nodes is completely viable.
Litecoin Foundation’s full-time developer, Loshan T recently stated on Twitter that Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets were no longer safe on iPhones older than and including iPhone X. This was followed by the developer recommending users to upgrade their iPhone devices, considering that several people use smartphone according to Litecoin Foundation’s internal data. Additionally, Loshan explicity stated that updating iOS would not solve the problem as it is “an unpatchable exploit.”
Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries. The accord, which is set to be signed by next month, will compel social media firms to share information to support investigations into individuals suspected of serious criminal offenses including terrorism and pedophilia, the person said.
The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan has ordered an increase on electricity tariffs for crypto miners. As per Announcement Government has decreed that cryptocurrency miners must pay three times more the existing electricity tariffs. The provision follows decree from President Shavkat Mirziyoyev entitled “On Accelerated Measures to Improve Energy Efficiency of Economic Sectors and the Social Sphere, Implement Energy Saving Technologies and Develop Renewable Energy Sources”
UFC fighter Ben Askren asked Twitter users which asset would they prefer to keep for 10 years, with half of the respondents answering BTC. 64,185 of the respondents, 50% answered that they would prefer to receive their $10,000 in Bitcoin, the second most chosen asset was gold (41%) and the last was the U.S. treasury bonds (9%). Regardless, Ben 's tweet and the monumental levels of support that BTC received indicates that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.
Cardano CEO Charles Hoskinson announced that New Balance will be using the Cardano blockchain to help authenticate its products. As per the announcement American footwear brand New Balance Based in Boston Massachusetts, will use the Cardano blockchain to allow its customers to verify the origins of an range of premium sneakers. Cardano and New Balance are planning to roll out the program globally. However, current plans do not entail using the ADA token during this pilot.
Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, Alexander Bornyakov, plans to legalize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as part of its modernization efforts. Alexander said “People who are engaged in cryptocurrencies should come out of the ‘gray zone’ and begin to pay taxes.” He said that Ukrainian authorities want to “capitalize on miners” and, in the long run, on cryptocurrency traders. Also they will transfer public registries and documents to a state-run distributed ledger system.
The San Francisco congressional candidate Agatha Bacelar is gathering funds for its political campaign in cryptocurrencies. The Congress candidate is now trying to gather $1 million in cryptocurrencies in order to be able to fund its political campaign. The virtual currencies accepted include Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and USD Coin (USDC). Her official site explains that she understands that crypto is about building alternatives and creating an ecosystem of innovation.