Announcement of the events on 21.09.2018

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) World Digital Mining Summit in Tbilisi
Monero (XMR) Cobinhood Exchange Listing
Zcash (ZEC) Cobinhood Exchange Listing

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Top News Daily 20.09.2018

- From the cryptocurrency exchange Zaif, 60 million US dollars were stolen in cryptocurrency

- Coinbase refuted information from the report of the New York City Prosecutor's Office

- For the first half of 2018 Japan lost 540 million US dollars in the cryptocurrency

- PNC launches cross-border payments based on Ripple technology

- In Venezuela, launched a Dash-wallet, which allows you to poison transactions using SMS-messages

- ICON and the telecommunications giant SKPlanet signed a memorandum of understanding

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Top News Daily 20.09.2018

From the cryptocurrency exchange Zaif, 60 million US dollars were stolen in cryptocurrency - Coinbase refuted information from the report of the New York City Prosecutor's Office

In hacker attacks in the first half of 2018, Japan lost $540 million in crypto assets

After the latest news about hacking one of the Japanese crypto exchanges, the law enforcement agencies of the country decided to publish information that confirms the increase in the number of hacker attacks in Japan. The report was named "The Asahi Shimbun" and was presented by the National Police Agency (NPA). It says that in the first six months of this year, the number of attacks on crypto wallets and platforms has increased compared to the same time period of 2017. In particular, 158 hacker attacks allowed them to obtain a cryptocurrency of the equivalent of $540 million. Out of this amount, only 22 million dollars were stolen from crypto wallet.

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Japan Lost $540 Million to Crypto Hacks in First Half of 2018

After news broke yesterday of yet another hack of a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, the country's police authority has released figures revealing the rise in such attacks this year. According to a report from The Asahi Shimbun Thursday, the National Police…

Crypto exchanges have responded to statements of the New York City Prosecutor's Office

A report recently published by the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG), which stated that several of the trading platforms they were studying were vulnerable to market manipulation, triggered a response from industry players. In particular, Mike Lempres, chief legal and relations specialist with Coinbase's regulators, said that NYAG's statements in the report contributed to distorting the image of the exchange in the media. Negative feedback is understandable. The matter is that the majority of the trading platforms which activity has been checked up by the public prosecutor, don't work on territory of the state. In turn, the financial regulator of New York has recently opposed "regulatory sandboxes" for fintech-companies. As a result, once again he confirmed that the activities of cryptocompanies in the region - they are not happy.

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Coinbase Disputes Claims in New York Attorney General's Exchange Report

A recent report published by the New York Office of the Attorney General (OAG), which claimed several cryptocurrency exchanges it investigated are vulnerable to market manipulation, has drawn backlash from industry players. In a blog post published Thursday…

Nearly 6,000 BTCs were stolen from the Japanese crypto exchange

Another Japanese crypto exchange was hacked. It's about the trading platform Zaif, with which 5996 bitcoins were stolen. It should be noted that the technical division of the company, noticed on Thursday a large outflow of funds. As a result, a decision was made to suspend deposits and withdraw funds. To further investigate the incident, the company's management filed an application to the local law enforcement agencies. It is worth saying that this is not an isolated case. So, the Coincheck cryptocurrency exchange this year was also attacked by hackers, which resulted in the theft of $520 million in cryptocurrency.

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Crypto Exchange Zaif Hacked In $60 Million, 6,000 Bitcoin Theft

Yet another Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange has been hacked, losing a 6.7 billion yen (about $60 million worth of cryptocurrency), including 5,966 bitcoins. The licensed exchange, called Zaif, is operated by the Tech Bureau. It said on Thursday that the…

Top manager of CME: No need to blame bitcoin futures in falling prices

Managing director and head of securities, as well as alternative investments of the CME Group - Tim McCourt believes that bitcoin futures shouldn't be associated with a decline in the digital assets market, which is observed this year. He stated this during the event Consensus Singapore 2018, noting that "We provide only a small part of the market." McCourt also noted that bitcoin futures continue to grow, especially in the context of volumes that come from the Asian market.

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Don't Blame Bitcoin Futures for Bear Market, CME Exec Says

Tim McCourt, managing director and global head of equity products and alternative investments of CME Group, has said that bitcoin futures are not to be blamed for the price slump in the crypto market this year. Talking with Phillip Gillespie, CEO of B2C2…

The new report, which was published by the Attorney General's Office of New York, states that crypto exchanges are vulnerable to manipulation, conflicts of interest and other consumer risks. The report presented the results of the "Initiative to ensure the integrity of virtual risks", which were launched in April this year. Then the Attorney General of New York Eric T. Schneiderman sent letters to thirteen crypto exchanges. In particular, information was requested, about their activities, internal control and other key problems of trading platforms. This step was taken in order to give the average investors a better understanding of the risks and protections associated with the cryptocurrency trade. In addition, the main goal was to increase the level of transparency of their work.

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New York Attorney General Report Says Crypto Exchanges are at Risk of Manipulation

A new report published by the New York Attorney General’s office says that cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to manipulation, conflicts of interest, and other consumer risks. The report represents the results of the “Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative”…

British lawmakers called for an end to the "Wild West" in the market of cryptocurrency

The UK Treasury Committee called for strengthening the regulation of the cryptocurrency sector in order to protect investors. It should be noted that the committee includes members of parliament from the House of Commons. They believe that it is necessary to solve a number of issues related to cryptocurrencies. First of all, we are talking about the volatility of prices, addressing the issue of weak consumer protection, the risk of hacker attacks, as well as money laundering. The Committee called for the assignment of the digital assets control function to the Financial Supervisory Authority (FCA). At the same time, this agency doesn't yet have the authority to regulate issuers of digital assets and crypto exchanges.

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UK Treasury Committee Calls for End to ‘Wild West Situation’ in Crypto Market

The U.K. Treasury Committee is calling for cryptocurrency regulations in order to protect investors, the BBC reported. The committee of Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons has reportedly called for a resolution to certain issues surrounding…

Announcement of the events on 19.09.2018

Binance Coin (BNB) — Blockchain Fest'18 in Istanbul
Bitcoin (BTC) — Cboe XBT Expiration Date
NEO (NEO) — Meetup in Singapore
Waves (WAVES) — Q&A with CEO

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