SegWit, cryptocurrencies and blockchain: news summary of the weekend
- The largest mining groups in the bitcoin network activated the BIP91 and started to signal BIP141, paving the way for the activation of SegWit this August 1st.
- Different exchange houses of the ecosystem of cryptocurrencies, such as Coinbase, Xapo, Trezor, Huobi and Gemini, offered recommendations to their users against the possible bifurcation of Bitcoin this first of August.
- The Chinese exchange house and mining group ViaBTC began to enable exchanges between Bitcoin Cash (BCC) and Chinese yuan (CNY), and in its first few hours of launch almost reached 900 dollars.
- Blockbain technology company Bitfury, better known for its mining pool, revealed the recent success of its tests with the Lightning Network protocol for payment channels on the Bitcoin network.
- The company Innosilicon, a leading manufacturer and distributor of mining hardware, announced the launch of a new generation of miner working with the algorithm X11, called A5 DashMaster.
- The Chilean blockchain community is meeting again to develop new solutions, this time with the first Blockchain Business Hackathon, organized by professional services giant EY, along with Blockchain Chile, Consensys and the Ethereum based exchange house, CryptoMKT.
- The Chilean cryptocurrency exchange platform CryptoMKT will now extend its ethers buying and selling services to users in Argentina.
Further:
- The Russian government has announced that it is working on a legal frame of reference for cryptocurrencies, which extends to the application of blockchain solutions, businesses working with cryptoactive and crowdfunding issues and ICO contracts.
- The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), together with Bankymoon, a blockchain solutions and services company, will begin testing regulatory frameworks for cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in the coming months.
- An international police operation called Bayonet succeeded in dismantling Hansa Market, a black market in Darknet, which is responsible for the trade of more than 350,000 illicit products, including drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware.
- The hacker who stole 153,000 ethers from the Parity portfolios of the Aeternity, Swarm City and Edgeless projects withdrew $ 90,000 from their booty through the Changelly exchange house.
- The Nomura Research Institute (NRI), which is Japan's largest technology research firm with subsidiaries in other continents, said Friday it was launching its new advisory service to assess security on blockchain platforms.
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