"Patent Troll" Craig Wright is waiting for approval of 155 applications for blockchain solutions, which never mentions bitcoin
Senior researcher at nChain Craig Wright since August 2017 filed 155 patent applications with the mention of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. This writes the Next Web, citing data from the world intellectual property organization (WIPO).
Read moreThe Swiss giant of online retail has added support for cryptocurrencies
Digitec Galaxy s, a leading player in the Swiss online retail market, has added support for cryptocurrency payments. This is stated in the press release.
Thus, the company intends to accept bitcoin, Bitcoin Cashu, Bitcoin SV, Ethereum, Ripple, Finance Com, Litecoin, Tron, NEO and OmiseGO as payment for goods whose price exceeds 200 francs.
Galaxy Digital billionaire Mike Novogratz has invested in startup Bison Trails
Blockchain startup from new York Bison Trailers has successfully closed the sid round of financing led by firms Initialized Capital and Accomplice. The total investment amounted to $5.25 million.
Notation Capital, Homebrew, cryptocurrency Bank Galaxy Digital, Distributed Global and Charge Ventures also took part in the round.
Bison Trailers intends to provide its customers with infrastructure blockchain solutions: "secure, accessible and geographically distributed nodes for interaction with different networks". Supports startup options staking, validation, blocks, polls, translations, and security protocols.
In the near future, a test launch of the platform for alpha partners is planned.
"Our infrastructure will lead to the emergence of decentralized companies and a new generation of services," bison Trails believes.
Recall that in December 2018 Galaxy Digital invested in the company Block Fi, operating in the cryptocurrency lending market.
Japan has limited leverage for margin trading in cryptocurrencies
Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges will be forced to limit leverage for margin trading of digital currencies. If earlier the maximum limit for such instruments was x25, now the leverage should not exceed the size of the initial Deposit more than 4 times. This is stated in the amendments to the law "on financial instruments and exchanges", approved by the Council of Ministers of Japan, writes Nikkei.
Read moreParity creates The first alternative client for zcash cryptocurrency
Leading developer of solutions for The Ethereum ecosystem, Parity Technologies has announced a partnership with the Zcash Foundation. As part of this cooperation, the first alternative client for the private cryptocurrency Zcash will be created.The report notes that the new node will be created in the Rust language and will be the first alternative client after zcashd – Zcash Company's own client.
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