EOS.IO Dawn 2.0 has been released along with a public test
(…).As published in our Roadmap, “Phase 2 – Minimal Viable Test Network” was to demonstrate the following by Fall 2017:
Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), plans to offer trading in bitcoin futures beginning at 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, December 10, 2017
Contract Name: Cboe Bitcoin (USD) Futures
Listing: Dec 10th 2017
Ticker: XBT (XBTS settlement)
“The new contract will be listed on and subject to the rules of CME. It will be available for trading on the CME Globex electronic trading platform, and for submission for clearing via CME ClearPort, effective on Sunday, December 17, 2017 for a trade date of December 18. Continue reading
CANTOR EXCHANGE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF BITCOIN SWAPS
CANTOR EXCHANGE HAS SELF-CERTIFIED A BITCOIN SWAPS CONTRACT WITH THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (“CFTC”) AND INTENDS SOON TO ANNOUNCE A START DATE FOR TRADING TO BEGIN.Continue reading
CFTC Statement on Self-Certification of Bitcoin Products by CME, CFE and Cantor Exchange
“Today, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) self-certified new contracts for bitcoin futures products, and the Cantor Exchange (Cantor) self-certified a new contract for bitcoin binary options.Continue reading
Nasdaq and broker Cantor Fitzgerald are looking to join the rush on Wall Street to trade bitcoin, which powered above $11,000 on Wednesday.
Nasdaq aims to launch bitcoin futures in the first half of 2018, according to people familiar with the situation.
Separately, Cantor said it is seeking to launch bitcoin derivatives on an exchange it owns, also in the first half of next year. The moves come after two major Chicago exchange operators announced similar plans for the digital currency.
The news of the bitcoin futures was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
Gavin Andresen (@gavinandresen)
Bitcoin Cash is what I started working on in 2010: a store of value AND means of exchange.
“Severity: Critical
Product affected: Parity Wallet (multi-sig wallets)
Summary: A vulnerability in the Parity Wallet library contract of the standard multi-sig contract has been found.
Affected users: Users with assets in a multi-sig wallet created in Parity Wallet that was deployed after 20th July.Continue reading
One of the richest country in Europe, in collaboration with one of the fastest growing company in Germany, has launched “the first pilot project in Europe using decentralized networked home energy storage systems and blockchain technology to stabilize the power grid.”
“El mercado de futuros más grande del país sigue a la CME en incorporar criptomonedas
l mercado de futuros Rofex ofrecerá el servicio de custodia de Bitcoins hacia fin de año. La noticia llega dos días después de que la CME Group (la Bolsa Mercantil de Chicago, la mayor en el mundo) anunciara el lanzamiento de los futuros para la criptomoneda más popular.
“Otro punto interesante es que los bitcoins custodiados podrían utilizarse como garantía para las operaciones de otros productos que se operen en el mercado”, aclaró Ponte….”
(Important update: The leaders of the SegWit2X faction announced on Wednesday, November 8 they would suspend their plan to split bitcoin in mid-November.)
Bitcoin has faced turmoil in the past but nothing like this. In two weeks, a massive fight taking place among bitcoin insiders could produce a ruinous schism—undermining the integrity of digital currency and threatening its sky-highvalue.Continue reading
key money laundering and terrorist financing risks for the UK
“…Digital currencies
5.7 …The vulnerabilities identified in the 2015 NRA were largely around the anonymity and cross-border exposure of digital currencies, as well as the lack of interaction with the regulated sector…
5.8 The NCA has assessed the risk of digital currency use for money laundering to be relatively low; although NCA deems it likely that digital currencies are being used to launder low amounts at high volume, there is little evidence of them being used to launder large amounts of money.Continue reading
Counting Days Before the New Hard Fork.
Everything you need to know about SegWit2xSegWit2x
“Visakhapatnam, India – 10 October of 2017 – Disputed land ownership is frequently a cause of conflict in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The current system, where land and property records are centralized in government databases, is inherently vulnerable to improper or unauthorised manipulation. (…) The government of Andhra Pradesh is exploring technologies like blockchain that can help solve these problems by decentralising data storage in such a way that it becomes difficult to manipulate without both having the proper authority, and following proper protocols. (…) Henrik Hjelte, CEO of ChromaWay, presented this partnership at the Blockchain Business Conference in Visakhapatnam, India. Continue reading
Blockstream, the leader in advanced blockchain technology and applied cryptography, today announced the availability of Confidential Assets, a new feature in its Elements blockchain platform
Andrew Poelstra, Adam Back, Mark Friedenbach, Gregory Maxwell, and Pieter Wuille
The Monero v0.10.0 was recently released. It features major performance improvements, space savings gains for the blockchain, and the initial release of Ring Confedential Transactions, that are currently live on the testnet.
“Ring Confidential Transactions
Shen Noether, Adam Mackenzie and Monero Core Team
…a method of hiding transaction amounts in the strongly decentralized anonymous cryptocurrency Monero.Continue reading