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[外汇债券] 为什么比特币 ? 进展和争论 [复制链接]

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A站遭黑客攻击 暗网兜售信息仅支持比特币支付

今日凌晨,AcFun对用户发布公告称网站遭遇黑客攻击,近千万条用户数据外泄。据圈内流传截图,A站的这些用户信息目前已在暗网上被兜售,并有疑似摩拜单车的用户信息也被泄漏,在出售贴中,黑客声明仅支持比特币交易。A站目前提醒用户速修改密码。
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Coinbase联合创始人:Coinbase指数基金收费低于大多数数字货币基金



据Coinbase联合创始人Brian Amstrong消息,投资Coinbase指数基金是接触一篮子加密资产的最好方式,且收费比例低于大部分数字货币基金2%-20%的报价。

目前,Coinbase指数基金的配置为:62%的比特币、27%的以太坊、7%的比特币现金和4%的莱特币。该指数基金的百分比是建立在所涉及币种市值的基础上。根据Coinbase的指数基金网站所述,该基金每年将在1月1日进行重新的平衡调整。

目前新指数基金只对净值超过100万美元或每年收入超过20万美元的美国投资人开放,这点极大程度地限制了散户的进入。
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美国联邦存款保险公司前主席:CBDCs可以降低金融危机风险并改善货币工具

据bitcoin消息,美国联邦存款保险公司前主席Sheila Bair近日发表文章称,国家发行的数字货币(CBDCs)可以缓解金融危机风险并改善货币工具。同时文章中也提到了CBDCs可能会对当前银行支付系统产生冲击,指出由于银行对存款的依赖,可能会对信贷可用性产生严重负面影响。

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美国联邦存款保险公司前主席:CBDCs可以降低金融危机风险并改善货币工具

据bitcoin消息,美国联邦存款保险 ...

加密币专家认为Ether 比Bitcoin 好,原因有三:

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/15/ ... t-than-bitcoin.html
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比特币钱包Xapo总裁:比特币是一项长期投资 将取代黄金



加密货币钱包和保险库Xapo总裁Ted Rogers近日表示,比特币将取代黄金,成为全球储备资产,类似于美元在当今市场的作用。加密货币市场最近看跌的趋势并没有让Xapo总裁感到沮丧,他仍然对比特币持有看涨的看法。Ted Rogers认为由于缺乏价格催化剂,比特币的价值在未来几周内将稳定下来。不过他相信BTC在未来几年内将价值数十万美元。 他还驳斥了短期价格投机行为,他说:“我认为比特币是一项长期投资,我个人不会为了短期交易而投入其中。”

他年初曾强调,比特币仍然是市场上最稳健的资金。他说,只要坚持一个中心的事实:比特币是最好的钱——人类文明已知的最好的钱。

据Channel Newsasia消息,纽约金融服务部(DFS)周四表示,已向全球金融服务公司Xapo授予数字货币许可证,以提供数字钱包和金库服务。

Xapo已经在五大洲建立了地下金库网络,其中一个阿尔卑斯山的建于1947年的地堡据称曾是冷战期间瑞士军队的秘密总部。该公司冷存储价值100亿美元,约占全世界7%的比特币。














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菩提小组赛预测之葡萄牙 VS 西班牙,猜中平局者瓜分315.8个QTUM

昨日,在菩提预测市场上,由Ink独家冠名的小组赛预测事件,葡萄牙 VS 西班牙(平局)成功在菩提预测市场上完成预测。该预测赛事共募集了超过342个QTUM。预测平局的用户将可瓜分超过315.8个QTUM(参考赔率1:13)。而由dCamp冠名支持的阿根廷 VS 冰岛赛事,由于赛果为平局,投注参考赔率更加高达1:25。
目前其他小组赛事也已相继登陆菩提与测应用。
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菩提小组赛预测之葡萄牙 VS 西班牙,猜中平局者瓜分315.8个QTUM

昨日,在菩提预测市场上,由Ink独家冠名的 ...


预测市场类的加密币赔率和法币市场赔率差距很大,世界杯期间可以用来套利。

上届美国超级碗,ETH智能合约对赌和法币市场赔率也是如此。



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黑客与近百家网络维护公司合作 ,“挟持”数十万台电脑赚数字货币

6月16日瑞安警方消息称,他们破获一起公安部挂牌督办案件,有人利用维护网吧电脑之机,暗中在电脑中植入特殊程序“挖掘”数字货币,程序控制方则在背后“抽水”分成牟利,全国30多个城市的数十万台网吧计算机被“挟持”,涉案金额高达510万元。
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FCoin今日分红超1.7亿元 再创新高

据FCoin官方数据,今日将发放的分红折合达4402BTC,折合人民币超1.7亿元,再创新高。FCoin的用户日均访问量现已突破20万。
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FCoin今日分红超1.7亿元 再创新高

据FCoin官方数据,今日将发放的分红折合达4402BTC,折合人民币超1.7亿元 ...

{:12_784:} 交易所这么挣钱啊!

新开的小交易所的手续费分红竟然都有这么多。。。
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Robinhood CEO:对于通胀盛行的小国家,加密货币是可靠的避难资产



加密货币交易平台Robinhood首席执行官,亿万富翁Baiju Bhatt近日表示,加密货币市场有一个光明的未来。他指出,主权国家会采用加密货币作为可选货币,在小国家它可以成为依赖于生存的虚拟资产。近期随着委内瑞拉恶性通货膨胀的盛行,一些小国可能会开始转向加密货币,因为加密货币是一种去中心化的、安全的价值转移。

Robinhood CEO Believes Cryptocurrencies Are Here To Stay

NICKCHONG | JUNE 16, 2018 | 11:20 PM

Robinhood is by no means an ‘elder’ in the cryptocurrency industry, only opening up its cryptocurrency division in early January. Despite this, Robinhood’s co-CEO, Baiju Bhatt, believes that the cryptocurrency market has a strong future ahead of itself.

“Bitcoin Just Keeps on Coming Back”

During an interview with Yahoo Finance, Bhatt expressed his positive sentiments regarding the cryptocurrency market as a whole.

Bhatt pointed out that he believes that sovereign nations will adopt cryptocurrencies as a currency of choice. This statement is in line with what CFTC commissioner said earlier this week, also stating that he believes small nations ‘may become dependent on virtual assets for survival.’

With events like the recent Venezuelan hyperinflation becoming prevalent, smaller nations may begin to turn to cryptocurrencies as a decentralized and secure way to transfer value between individuals and entities.

When asked about his recent involvement in crypto, Bhatt stated:


“We have been thinking about it for a couple of years… We had been watching it (Bitcoin) over the years and we noticed one thing which we really looked at when considering when to offer it to our consumers, which is its resiliency. It has this tenacity to it where it just keeps on coming back.”

In January, Robinhood announced the creation of a cryptocurrency service which was well received by the public, with hundreds of thousands of consumers getting their names down on the early access mailing list.

However, once the official release of Robinhood Crypto occurred, it was met with mixed reviews. At the time, Robinhood Crypto was only open to a few U.S. states with support for only a few cryptocurrencies.

In fact, Robinhood only allows for users to trade cryptocurrencies and does allow for the deposit or withdrawal of cryptocurrencies, essentially making it just a price speculation platform.

However, the co-CEO also noted that he believes Bitcoin ‘is going to be something that is going to stick around for a while’ and has not given any regard to daily volatility in the market.

It has also become apparent that Robinhood is working to expand their cryptocurrency service, successfully raising $363 million in May to help expand their product line.

Coinbase vs. RobinHood

If Robinhood, along with this capital influx, can offer cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals in more countries, its crypto service may begin to encroach on current market leaders. Drawing parallels between the Robinhood and Coinbase services, you can see that they are both aimed at retail consumers for mass adoption. Additionally, they are both fintech startups based in the heart of Silicon Valley, with similar goals and aspirations.

Taking this into mind, Coinbase is evidently one of Robinhood’s largest competitors. Robinhood obviously has a step up against Coinbase’s fee structure, with the growing cryptocurrency service offering commission-free cryptocurrency trading, a welcome feature in a world of 3% fees.

Bhatt did acknowledge Coinbase’s fee structure during the aforementioned interview, despite commending Coinbase as a ‘great company.’


Bhatt said:

“We (Robinhood) think that we are good at building the best consumer products and making sure that we can offer them at the best prices. And while you may end up paying a fee of 4% perhaps more on Coinbase, on Robinhood it is free and we think our interface is easy to use as well.”

But, as of one week ago, Coinbase reached its six-year anniversary, becoming one of the most aged institutions in the cryptocurrency industry.

The team at this growing financial service may have a tough time taking the proper routes to ensure a successful transition to support high volume cryptocurrency trading, especially in such a volatile and unforgiving market.

If Robinhood wants to take over Coinbase, its team will need to learn a lot and may need to offer a variety of other cryptocurrency related services to ensure that its foray into the cryptocurrency market is a resounding success. But many are rooting for Robinhood’s success because if this service succeeds, it will surely increase retail adoption through an easy to use fiat onramp.
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Robinhood CEO:对于通胀盛行的小国家,加密货币是可靠的避难资产

罗宾汉说要来澳洲,免费炒股炒汇,我一看到新闻就注册了,这么多年过去了,还是没有落地。。。
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好莱坞影星Kurt Russell等人出演数字货币电影《Crypto》

据Ambcrypto消息,好莱坞影星Kurt Russell,、Alexis Bledel,、Luke Hemsworth等人在参与拍摄数字货币电影《加密币》《Crypto》,该电影在纽约拍摄,内容涉及数字货币、欺诈、反洗钱、经济动荡等元素。




A movie called ‘Crypto’ is reportedly being filmed, featuring a money laundering agent and a case concerning cryptocurrency. The cast of the movie includes Hollywood actors Kurt Russell [Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2] Alexis Bledel [Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants], Luke Hemsworth [Hickok], Jeremie Harris, and Vincent Kartheiser [Mad Men]. This movie is being directed by John Stalberg.

As reported by Hollywood Reporter, John Stalberg expressed:

“I am overjoyed to be working with such an incredible cast to bring this thrilling story to life, Beau [Beau Knapp] is incredibly talented, and seeing him bring this character to life opposite talent like Alexis, Kurt, Luke, Jeremie, and Vincent has been a dream come true.”
This upcoming thriller movie is currently filming in New York, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The movie supposedly takes place in a U.S. government agent’s remote New York hometown, where the agent’s father [Russell] and brother [Hemsworth] are struggling to maintain their family farm in a changing economic landscape.

“The Reporter” described the movie’s plot:

“Crypto centers on a young anti-money laundering agent, tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud. The agent quickly finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous underworld populated by a mysterious art dealer a cryptocurrency enthusiast turned cyber-sleuth  and a corrupt accountant doing the bidding of ruthless clients.”
Cryptocurrency has attracted a lot of attention and speculations from both its investors and entrepreneurs all over the world and now its attracted attention from in film industry as well. This is not the first movie being made on cryptocurrency the other notable movies in this sphere are:

Banking On Bitcoin [2016]- Netflix
Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It [2015]
The Rise of Cryptocurrency [2017]
Netflix, the popular American entertainment company in June also released a new episode of its series ‘Explained’ and it was about cryptocurrency.

John T. Perrone, President & CEO at BitWallet commented:

“I always knew #KurtRussel was one of the great ones…Can’t wait to see his new movie titled #Crypto.”
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澳大利亚加密交易平台引入风险管理和身份验证技术

澳大利亚加密交易平台Blockbid日前宣布与风险管理巨头LexisNexis合作,成为世界上第一个引入风险管理和身份验证技术的加密交易所。新开发的系统将使用地址、生物数据、政府身份证明等数据集以创建精确的用户身份信息,阻止高风险用户使用Blockbid平台。

Melbourne-based crypto trading platform Blockbid has become the first cryptocurrency exchange in the world to introduce a new generation of risk management and identity verification technology developed in partnership with LexisNexis Risk Solutions and ThreatMetrix.

The partnership combines the 1.4 billion-strong identity database owned by ThreatMetrix with the LexisNexis database of potentially high risk identities for the purpose of establishing customer identities so as to satisfy the most stringent KYC and AML regulations present in jurisdictions where crypto trading is regulated.

Bringing Crypto Into the Mainstream Fold
This partnership, which follows the $817 million acquisition of ThreatMetrix by LexisNexis in February 2018, is part of a strategic push by several prominent players in the cryptosphere to ensure that digital assets trading has access to the same services offered to banks including identity verification, risk management, and prevention of money laundering, amongst others.

Using the two high-quality data banks and proprietary technology provided by ThreatMetrix and LexisNexis, Blockbid plans to piece together accurate identification profiles that can be used to screen out high risk users at the onboarding stage. The system uses datasets like addresses, biometrics, government-issued identifiers with device identification, geolocation, behavioural analysis and threat intelligence in tandem with each other to create highly accurate identity profiles which in turn prevent high risk users from gaining access to the Blockbid platform.


The development comes at an important time when banks and institutional investors are waking up to the promise of the $300 billion cryptocurrency market while still holding back from fully engaging wit the market. Banks for example, are famously reticent about offering corporate accounts to cryptocurrency exchange platforms because of the risk of violating AML regulations. Using this system according to LexisNexis, the risk of facilitating illicit flows can be vastly reduced.

Speaking about the projected outcome of the partnership, Thomas C. Brown, senior vice president, US commercial markets and global market development, LexisNexis Risk Solutions said:

“We are helping Blockbid identify and stop bad actors, we also are reducing friction for legitimate consumers so that they can transact easily and be active in the cryptocurrency space. Implementing similar controls that the biggest banks in the world use adds credibility to cryptocurrency exchanges from a regulator point of view and instills consumer confidence. Ultimately these safeguards provide a solid foundation on which Blockbid and other companies can grow, profitably.”

How It Works
Using watchlist data curated from over 1,000 lists around the world, the system cross checks all new registrations to weed out bad actors such as fraudsters, money launderers, human traffickers and terrorist financiers. Unlike a number of crypto exchanges that place an emphasis on privacy, Blockbid intends to be the crypto equivalent of a traditional bank, adhering to the same standards and procedures.

With the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network, geolocation and behaviour learning for over 6,000 current users ensure that their accounts cannot be illegitimately accessed. Another tool to be deployed is the LexisNexis “proxy piercing technology”, which detects and counteracts hackers and fraudsters attempting to assume a different identity using VPNs and proxy services.

According to Alisdair Faulkner, Chief Product Officer, ThreatMetrix, intelligence from millions of daily consumer interactions are collected and processed by The ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network including logins, payments, and new account applications. Suspicious behaviour can be thus detected and flagged for review, step-up authentication or rejection before such a transaction is processed, which creates a low-friction experience for verified users.

When Blockbid launches later in 2018, it is expected to provide users with trading services for bitcoin, citcoin cash, ethereum, litecoin and XRP, subject to passing the technology-aided onboarding process.

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TRANSCRIPT:

James West:    Hey, welcome back to Midas Letter Live. My guest in this segment is David Sapper. He’s the Chief Operating Officer of Blockbid, and we’re talking to him today from Melbourne, Australia, where it’s 6:30 in the morning, David?

David Sapper:  Yes, that is correct. A normal day!

James West:    Right! So let’s start with an overview: what is it Blockbid does?

David Sapper:  Blockbid’s goal is to help facilitate the onramp for day-to-day or pro traders, and help provide a secure platform that no matter which background you come from, whether it’s your first time to market, or whether you’ve been around before, you feel safe and secure.

James West:    Okay. And this is to trade just bitcoin?

David Sapper:  This is to trade multiple FIAT currencies with multiple different cryptocurrencies as well. Our goal is to facilitate our highest volume of trade across various different cryptocurrencies, anywhere from bitcoin all the way down to the various 1,300 different cryptocurrencies that are available.

James West:    Wow. So do you actually, using your platform, we were checking it out, we were playing with it a little bit. So can you actually arb in real-time between these different currencies?

David Sapper:  Sorry, I didn’t catch that. Arb?

James West:    Arbitrate, like do arbitrage between price fluctuations between different currencies in real-time?

David Sapper:  Oh, you may, using API. You can participate in arbitrage opportunities if you would like to. But in most scenarios it will allow a trader to be able to come aboard and to be able to use an on-ramp to be able to participate in a market that is not available in many other cryptocurrency exchanges at the moment.

James West:    Oh, okay. So then, what are most people using your platform for? Who’s your, you know, what’s your most core customer?

David Sapper:  We are going through a multi-stage rollout at the moment, and we’re really looking to attract the first-time user. We’re going to train them, explain them through videos and tutorials, and hand-hold them through the process of purchasing cryptocurrencies with FIAT, what it means for them, how do they do it, and what are the risks that are involved with it, and understanding how to store their own cryptocurrencies off our exchange as well. And as we move into more advanced situations, which will allow users to understand the market orders, understand the liquidity within the actual coin itself, various other different types of cryptos, while also having access to a news feed as well as to understand the background of that particular cryptocurrency itself.

James West:    Interesting. So is it mostly Australian people who sign up to Blockbid, or do you have a global audience?

David Sapper:  We do have quite a bit of interest from overseas as well, as we are looking to support seven different FIAT currencies, and that is ranging from Australian dollar to US dollar, Canadian dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese yen, Euro, and pound. So it’s quite a diverse group of different overseas and different foreign interests in our exchange itself.

James West:    Okay. So if I wanted to take $1,000 Australian and buy whatever I could get in bitcoin, what would the fee be for me to use your platform?

David Sapper:  So if you’re coming from an overseas account, you’ll be sending it into our Australian bank accounts. You may pay an international transfer fee, which could be anywhere as low as between $0.25 to up to about $10.00, depending on your banking institution. Once it does arrive on our site and has been confirmed as well, then we will allow you to purchase bitcoin at the current price for a minimal fee of 0.1 percent.

James West:    21 percent?

David Sapper:  Point one percent.

James West:    0.1 percent. I was going to say, that’s better! Okay, now, how about if I was to – so, can I use my bitcoin or FIAT wallet, do you have a wallet that goes on a smart phone?

David Sapper:  The wallet is accessible to you whether you’re on a tablet, whether you’re on a smart phone or laptop, as long as you are able to pass your security questions and your security tests, such as to obey every single time you logged in. So we do hold the ability to be able to help you manage your wallets for you, and you log in like you do to Facebook, although you do have a few extra security measures that allow us to confirm that it is you, and does allow us to make sure that we feel secure about who we’re allowing onto our site as well.

James West:    Okay. So being in Australia, I guess you have the burden of compliance with Australian KYCAML rules and laws, and is that built into your platform?

David Sapper:  Yes. Any user that does come to our site does have to complete KYC as well. We have recently partnered up with also a fraudulent detection monitoring system, and a transaction monitoring company called ThreatMetrix. They’re an Australian-based company that was recently bought out by an American company called LexisNexis. Between them, they are providing us with full KYC and AML and CTF procedures as well, on our site.

James West:    Ah. So I guess in the context of a crypto platform such as BlockBid, compliance with the rules governing both the national and the international sort of financial system regulators is key to being allowed to conduct business across borders?

David Sapper:  Yes. Since its inception, BlockBid was born from a group of traders that was been trading across many different platforms and moved over to cryptocurrency in early 2016/late 2017. And we realized that there was quite a gap in the market for fully regulated cryptocurrency exchange and ones that were sort of willing to provide that peace of mind or that sense of security to their users, which was missing from all the rest of them.

And for us, working with the regulatory bodies and having the regulatory sort of oversight may, for some exchanges, seem like a bit of a pain, but for us it means that we can allow users to trade with confidence, which is our tagline, and something that we can stand behind since the inception of BlockBid.

James West:    Aha. When did you get started?

David Sapper:  August 2017 was the inception, the formal inception, although it was being pieced together for quite a while before that.

James West:    How many users on the platform?

David Sapper:  There are currently, we’ve just started our collaborative QA testing process where we’re working with beta users to understand the user stories right across our platform and help us through our rollout. We are looking on target for our mid-year release for full public live launch.

James West:    Oh, okay, great. Then so, is your operation based completely in Australia?

David Sapper:  Yes. It’s something that we’re very proud of. We started in Melbourne in quite a small office, probably about 30 square metres, and we’ve moved up to an office almost 10 times the size at the moment, at around 300 square metres, where we have almost the entire team working there on a day-to-day basis, and we have a support team there as well. The only part that we don’t have that’s working in the office at the moment is marketing; they currently work autonomously, under CMO Emma Hoffman.

James West:    Interesting. So then, did you just conduct an ICO? Because I see you’ve got on your website, 3,518 Ether contributed and 1,810,780 BlockBid distributed. What exactly does that mean?

David Sapper:  So during the process of BlockBid’s inception, while we were putting together funds to build the company itself, to raise awareness, we decided to run with an ICO. ICOs were quite hot last year, and they allowed you to build a community, and they allowed you to reach out to the community as well and share with them your idea. And the way that we sort of took the understanding what ICO was that it’s a bit of a mixture between an IPO and a Kickstarter project, to explain it in sort of quite a broad sense. And we ran an ICO between November to December, was the general sale; we did have one month of pre-sale bonus rounds right before the general sale, and we were able to raise 3,518 Ether if I remember correctly, during this two-month process.

James West:    Wow, okay. Well, that’s great, David. We’re going to leave it there for now because we’ve sort of gone to our time limit, but really interested in hearing how it develops, and invite you to join us again in the future and we’ll have another conversation. Thanks so much for your time.

David Sapper:  Thank you very much for your time as well.
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统计数据显示区块链钱包个数将近2500万

据Statista数据显示,2015第一季度年区块链钱包约317万,从2015年到2018年钱包数量在不断增长,截至2018年3月底,钱包个数即将达到2400万。而英国一家数字货币企业6月初称现在钱包个数已经达到2500万。
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华尔街亿万富翁Novogratz向数字货币初创企业投资1500万美元

据Bitcoinist消息,华尔街亿万富翁、银河数字资本管理公司(Galaxy Digital Capital Management)CEO Mike Novogratz称他的公司向一家初创公司投资1500万美元,该公司意在协助成立数字货币交易所以及通过区块链技术将资产数字化。Novogratz对数字货币市场前景仍看好,称虽然现在行情不是很好,但是工作申请、私人投资都会直线上升。

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Mike Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital Capital Management, announced on Thursday that his asset management firm had invested $15 million in a startup which helps businesses build cryptocurrency exchanges and tokenize assets. The company in question – AlphaPoint – is also working closely with The Royal Mint and CME Group on developing a trading platform for digital gold. Joining AlphaPoint’s Board of Directors will be Galaxy Digital Capital Management’s managing director, Greg Wasserman.

Speaking on his firm’s latest investment, Novogratz said:

We are in the early stages of a fundamental transformation in financial markets due to the digitization of assets. […] We are excited to partner with AlphaPoint as we continue to help drive this revolutionary change in digital markets.
Previously, Mike Novogratz partnered with Bloomberg to launch a joint cryptocurrency index fund known as the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index (BGCI).

REMAINING POSITIVE

The overall cryptocurrency market is in a state of a serious correction, losing upwards of $110 billion in the last month. At the time of this writing, Bitcoin, the market’s first and foremost cryptocurrency, trades at $6,538, which marks a 2.13 percent decline in the last 24 hours according to CoinMarketCap.



Despite the doom and gloom, Novogratz remains positive about the cryptocurrency market and has his sight firmly set on the future. Speaking at the “Bloomberg Invest” conference on June 6th, the ex-hedge fund manager expressed his take on the current situation:

Right now, the coins are kind of going sideways. But underneath, the people moving into the industry, it’s a straight line up. Job applications – straight line up. Private investing – straight line up.
His statements are not without merit. 2018 has seen massive interest shifting towards the cryptocurrency field on behalf of venture capital firms. Furthermore, cryptocurrency jobs are also on the rise as the field becomes more popular by the day.

Novogratz’s positive attitude could be hinting at a valid sentiment: despite the current market volatility, fundamentals are being laid down for a stable future.
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国家审计署:区块链等技术的使用给审计工作带来革命性变化

国家审计署在加强和改进国有企业审计的若干建议中提出,互联网、大数据、云计算、虚拟现实、区块链和人工智能等现代科技和方法的使用,给审计工作的发展带来革命性的变化;现代审计技术和方法,不仅减少了审计时间、有效控制了审计风险,而且提高了审计效率。
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腾讯安全和火币网等机构发起中国区块链安全联盟

今日在中国区块链安全高峰论坛上,中国技术市场协会、腾讯安全、火币网等二十余家机构联合发起中国区块链安全联盟。联盟将着重打击一切假借区块链名义进行变相传销、诈骗等敛财行为。腾讯公司副总裁马斌表示:“再次表态,我们愿意以腾讯的身份加入到我们整个区块链的产业建设当中去,共同为中国的区块链安全建设贡献自己的力量。”
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专家:很多小型数字货币交换将很快关闭

据中国金融投资网消息,有行业分析师和专家预计,很多小型交易所将关闭,因为小型交易所越来越难以吸引用户。一份报告显示,日均交易额排名前14位的数字货币交易所占交易总额的73%,大约170个数字货币交易所只占总交易额的27%,这使得小型数字货币交易所维持安全运营和规模变得极具挑战性。
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专家:很多小型数字货币交换将很快关闭

据中国金融投资网消息,有行业分析师和专家预计,很多小型交易所将 ...

很明显。小交易所,除了机器人,几乎没什么流动性。
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JIM CRAMER:比特币受欢迎导致美股银行股走势不及预期

据bitcoinist消息,在美联储宣布将在2018年将短期利率上调4次(而非3次)的几天后,银行类股没有像预期那样得到改善。前对冲基金经理Jim Cramer认为,比特币和其他基于区块链的技术越来越受欢迎是可能的原因之一。许多年轻的投资组合经理似乎认为银行是过时的机构,即将失去对新兴现代技术解决方案的信誉和权威。



Days after the Federal Reserve’s major announcement that it would hike short-term interest rates four times instead of three in 2018, bank stocks have failed to improve as expected. Jim Cramer shared his take on the matter, outlining the rising popularity of Bitcoin and other blockchain-based technologies as one of the possible reasons.

Currently hosting CNBC’s “Mad Money,” Jim Cramer is a former hedge fund manager currently holding shares of PayPal, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Citigroup. He shared his thoughts on the reasons for faltering bank stocks, despite the announcement regarding the hike of short-term interest rates.

‘LIKE OLD-LINE BRICK-AND-MORTAR STORES’

One of Cramer’s main points is that plenty of young portfolio managers seem to think of banks as outdated institutions which are about to lose their credibility and authority to the emerging modern technological solutions. He explained:

There are plenty of younger portfolio managers who think the banks are like Sears and J.C. Penney: they’re old-line brick-and-mortar stores that are about to lose their relevance thanks to all sorts of new technologies from bitcoin, blockchain, PayPal [and] Square.
In other words, Cramer hints that banks are losing ground because of existing alternatives. Furthermore, the host also pinpoints PayPal as a serious influence on the currently shaky bank stocks, referring to it as the “bank to the unbanked.”

PayPal’s CFO, John Rainey, had previously stated that the company is open to supporting Bitcoin should the PayPal see more interest on behalf of merchants — and if the first and foremost cryptocurrency “becomes a better currency.”





BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES: ‘EXISTENTIAL THREATS’

The former hedge fund manager also points out that cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology pose a serious threat to banks as well. Cramer explained:

Then there are the potentially existential threats that I just mentioned: blockchain, which some people believe could possibly end the banks’ hegemony over stock clearing, and cryptocurrencies, which are the populist insurgents of the blockchain movement.
His statement is not without merit. A recent report from Greenwich Associated revealed that the financial services industry is spending roughly around $1.7 billion every year on blockchain technologies. Not only does this validate the technology as having passed its proof-of-concept stage, but it suggests it might be ready for a widespread roll-out.
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爱尔兰银行拒绝为比特币卖家提供服务

据爱尔兰时报消息,几家数家货币服务公司表示,在爱尔兰银行拒绝其业务后,它们要么不得不停止交易,要么被迫开立外国银行账户以维持运营。爱尔兰银行在一份简短声明中表示,它不向数字货币交易平台提供银行服务,但不阻止客户使用数字货币进行交易。爱尔兰银行与支付联合会则表示,不知道有任何关于关闭使用数字货币交易的账户的政策;不过,放贷机构有义务采取合理和相称的措施,以降低通过洗钱和恐怖主义融资等数字货币实施的金融犯罪的风险。

Bitcoin sellers claim they are being denied banking services by Irish lenders
Banks deny claims there is policy to discriminate against cryptocurrency sellers

about 4 hours ago
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Bitcove founders James and Peter Nagle: they are particularly aggrieved given the company was previously awarded a Bank of Ireland-sponsored “best business start-up” award

Several companies providing cryptocurrency services say they have either had to stop trading or have been forced to open foreign bank accounts to keep afloat after Irish lenders refused their business.
One such company, Cork-based Bitcove, said it was particularly aggrieved by the situation given it was previously awarded a Bank of Ireland-sponsored “best business start-up” award.
Some start-ups claim to have been “unbanked” by lenders, meaning that financial institutions have withdrawn banking services. Other say they have never been given an opportunity to open bank accounts in the Republic.
Bitcove, a bitcoin exchange established by brother James and Peter Nagle in 2014, said it had previously had banking facilities with AIB, Permanent TSB and Bank of Ireland. However, the lenders had since closed the company’s accounts.
“The reasons cited has been that they do not support companies offering cryptocurrency exchange facilities despite the fact they had previously given us an account for this purpose,” Peter Nagle told The Irish Times.
“Particularly disappointing was Bank of Ireland. We were participants on the Ignite start-up programme, which is backed by the bank. Our business and its progress were reviewed monthly by a panel which included Bank of Ireland representatives. At the end of the incubator Bitcove won the award, but then just a few months later our accounts were frozen and eventually closed.”
The company has since found new banking facilities in Europe with what it called “a more progressive banking partner”.
‘Shuttered’
Eircoin, one of Ireland’s oldest bitcoin brokers, closed in April, with its co-founder Dave Fleming saying “we are being shuttered due to a negligent and defensive banking system”.
Mr Fleming and his business partner Roisin Coogan say that as well as being unbanked for Eircoin, a new secondary consulting business was also refused banking services.
In a short statement Bank of Ireland said it does not provide banking services to virtual currency exchange platforms, although it added it does not prevent customers from transacting with virtual currency.

Rival lender AIB denied any suggestion it was refusing banking to companies offering crypto services. “We don’t discriminate in relation to providing banking services to cryptocurrency companies nor have we been systematically exiting such companies,” said a spokesman.
However, he went on to add that the bank was required to adhere to anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) regulatory requirements for opening and operating bank accounts, and said in some instances companies were unable to comply with these.
The Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland, which represents 70 financial institutions, said it was not aware of any policy to close accounts which trade in cryptocurrencies. However, it added that lenders were obliged to take “reasonable and proportionate measures to lessen the risk of facilitating financial crimes which are enabled by cryptocurrencies, such as money laundering and terrorist financing”.
Muddy the waters
Mr Fleming accused the federation of “seeking to muddy the waters with insinuations of ‘dirty money’.”
“If any of the bitcoin sellers in Ireland were involved in terrorist financing I’m sure it wouldn’t be a bank discussing it with us, it would be the law,” he said.
The businessman said he and other cryptocurrency sellers had consulted with the Central Bank previously, and been advised that as long as they were abiding with the regulations then they were all operating in line with the law.
Mr Fleming said the whole affair “reeked of regulatory capture”, and stood in sharp contrast to the “arms wide open attitude” of IDA Ireland, which has recently backed a new initiative focusing on blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies.
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韩国FSC提交草案,拟将数字货币交易定义为数字货币处理业务

据bitcoin消息,为了防止黑客攻击事件,韩国最高金融监管机构——金融服务委员会(FSC)已向国民大会提交了一份草案。根据该草案,政府将数字货币交易定义为一种数字货币处理业务。如果法案通过,数字货币交易所必须向金融情报室(FIU)报告,并由金融情报室定期监督;如果当局发现任何非法活动,那么金融监督处(FSS)和金融情报机构将对其进行检查和调查。韩国经济新闻引用了数字货币对策副总监Hong Sung-ki的话重申,该法案的颁布“并不意味着交易所在法律上得到认可。”
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韩国发力区块链研究,2022年政府投入将达2300亿韩元

韩国科学技术信息通信部:一年内将区块链研究中心的数量增加三分之一;到2022年,韩国政府将在区块链技术开发领域投入总计2300亿韩元(约合13.48亿人民币)。
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日本证券业协会:数字货币被称为货币,但目前更像投资商品

日本证券业协会发表“关于证券业界与Fintech研究会”的报告。报告中,该协会与日本证券经济研究所以“Fintech对证券业界的含义”为中心进行了基本评价,其认为“数字货币虽然被称为货币,但是目前显著的特征是作为投资商品”;证券业界在运营数字货币交易所时必须要注册,并且必须举证其开展的业务“不影响公益”,而且也要举证其开展的业务“风险管理很困难但对投资者保护没有障碍”。
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欧盟发布第五次反洗钱指令,政府部门将被允许监控数字货币动向

据Finance Magnates消息,欧盟周二发布了其第五次反洗钱指令(指令(EU)2018/843),旨在发现和调查洗钱行为并防止其发生。该指令承认,将服务提供商纳入其中不会完全消除数字货币的所有匿名性,而且在很大程度上,环境仍将保持匿名。然而,为了应对匿名相关风险,金融情报部门(FIUs)将被允许获取信息,使他们能够将数字货币地址与数字货币的所有者的身份联系起来。

Cryptocurrencies Can Now be Monitored by FIUs, New EU Directive Says
EU Member States have 19 months to amend their national laws, regulations and administrative provisions.
  Celeste Skinner | News ( CryptoCurrency ) | Wednesday, 20/06/2018 | 17:51 GMT


On Tuesday the European Union published its Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Directive (EU) 2018/843), aiming to both detect and investigate money laundering and prevent it from occurring.

The new directive, amending the prior Directive (EU) 2015/849, was passed by the European Parliament and the European Council and published in Official Journal L156 of the European Union.

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Combating anonymity
The directive acknowledges that the inclusion of providers will not completely remove all anonymity with virtual currencies, and in large part, the environment will remain anonymous as it is not essential to make transactions with such providers.

However, to combat the risks related to anonymity, Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) will be allowed access to information which will enable them to associate virtual currency addresses to the identity of the owner of the virtual currency.

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The directive highlighted the ability of terrorists to fund their actions through virtual currencies. It identified that providers engaged in exchange services between virtual currencies and fiat currencies as well as custodian wallet providers are under no obligation to identify suspicious activity.

Member state legislation will follow
According to the directive, “it is [sic] essential to extend the scope of Directive (EU) 2015/849 so as to include providers engaged in exchange services between virtual currencies and fiat currencies as well as custodian wallet providers [sic] For the purposes of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), competent authorities should be able, through obliged entities, to monitor the use of virtual currencies.”


The directive went on saying: “Such monitoring would provide a balanced and proportional approach, safeguarding technical advances and the high degree of transparency attained in the field of alternative finance and social entrepreneurship.”

It adds that the possibility of allowing users to self-declare to designated authorities on a voluntary basis should be further assessed.

EU Member states will need to amend their national laws, regulations, and administrative provisions to comply with the directive by January 2020.
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