Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak introduced a new cryptocurrency and it went up by 2,800%, a Muscovite lost 12 million rubles on a BTC sale, a 19-year-old Ukrainian MP declared Monero for $ 24 million and other news of the past working week
Monday
China's second largest online store to add support for digital yuan
Internet giant JD.com will take part in the pilot testing of the national cryptocurrency of the PRC. Users will be able to pay for goods in it from this month.
Moskvich lost 11 million rubles of cryptocurrency. due to phishing
The man accidentally went to the phishing site of a well-known crypto wallet. After that, 6 bitcoins and 70 ethers disappeared from his personal account.
The volume of coins blocked in Ethereum 2.0 reaches $ 700 million
Investors transferred over 1.1 million ETH to the deposit contract of the second version of the altcoin blockchain. Users will not be able to withdraw their funds until the next cryptocurrency update.
Tuesday
MicroStrategy will raise another $ 400 million to buy bitcoins
Since August, the software manufacturer has invested $ 475 million in the first cryptocurrency and earned $ 300 million on it. Now the company announced plans to issue bonds and use the proceeds to acquire new BTCs.
Hackers demanded $ 34 million from Foxconn in bitcoins for decrypting data
DopperPaymer hacked the servers of the world's largest contract electronics assembler and encrypted sensitive information. For the return of access to them, the criminals requested 1800 BTC.
Trader earned $ 4 million in 5 weeks buying bitcoin options
In November, the user purchased cryptocurrency contracts for $ 640 thousand.Since that moment, his capital has grown almost 7 times.
Abkhazian authorities banned cryptocurrency mining until June 2021
The government of Abkhazia has decided to shut down all existing farms for the extraction of digital assets. The reason for this step could be the energy crisis.
Wednesday
Traders lost $ 500 million amid sharp drop in bitcoin rate
The price of BTC dropped below $ 18 thousand. Because of this, the exchanges liquidated the positions of 67 thousand traders who bought the cryptocurrency in anticipation of its rise in price. One user lost more than $ 10 million on an unsuccessful transaction.
Moskvich lost 12 million rubles on a deal to sell bitcoins
The man went to a meeting at a restaurant to exchange cryptocurrency for cash. After the operation, unknown persons stole a bag of money from him.
Cryptocurrency of the co-founder of Apple has risen in price by another 100% per day
The blockchain project Efforce, co-owned by Steve Wozniak, presented its WOZX token a week ago. Since then, the coin's price has increased by 2800%.
19-year-old Ukrainian MP declares $ 24 million worth of cryptocurrency
Rostislav Solod indicated that he owns 185 thousand Monero coins. They were bought in 2015 for less than $ 1, now the altcoin costs more than $ 130.
"An atmosphere of fear". Crypto community assessed the bitcoin tax law
The Commission on Blockchain Technologies and Cryptoeconomics has sent a review to the Ministry of Finance on draft laws on taxation of cryptocurrencies. Experts suggested lowering fines and removing "inadequate" criminal liability, otherwise Russia will face an outflow of business.
Thursday
Morgan Stanley: Bitcoin will gradually replace the dollar
The global strategist of the American financial conglomerate Ruchir Sharma warned that the American currency is losing its reserve status, and told why BTC could claim its place.
Singapore's largest bank to launch cryptocurrency exchange
The new platform will start working next week. Its clients will be able to make transactions with bitcoin and three more popular digital coins.
A committee for assistance in the regulation of cryptocurrencies has been created in Russia
He will participate in the development of bills related to bitcoin and other digital assets and propose solutions for the development of the domestic blockchain industry.
Friday
MassMutual with $ 235 billion in assets bought bitcoins for $ 100 million
An American insurance firm purchased 5.5 thousand BTC. Since then, the cryptocurrency rate has dropped by 2%.
The Bank of Russia named two key problems of cryptocurrencies
Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Alexey Zabotkin called bitcoin and other digital coins too volatile and explained what quality they are losing because of this.
A new cryptocurrency will appear on December 12. How can I get it for free?
The Flare project will hold a distribution of its tokens to XRP coin holders. This action was supported by many large trading floors. We will tell you why today is the last day, when you can take part in the promotion, and what nuances you need to take into account.