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Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary: Bitcoin is like a Ponzi scheme
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has been critical of cryptocurrencies. So, he noted that he would never become a holder of such assets, since he is sure that they are a semblance of a Ponzi scheme.
University of Utah paid hackers $ 457 thousand in cryptocurrency
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Utah was forced to pay 457 thousand dollars in digital assets to the hackers. This was reported by the specialists of the educational institution on their official Internet portal.
John McAfee left the Ghost project
John McAfee announced that he will no longer be involved in the development of the privacy-focused project, Ghost, which he himself created. As the main reason, he named the inability of the current management to lead the development to a successful result.
Crypto exchange Gemini has been registered with the British regulator
The Winklevoss Brothers’ cryptocurrency platform is officially registered with the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
For the first time, a loan secured by cryptocurrency was issued in the Russian Federation
The first loan in the Russian Federation secured by digital tokens was issued this week, Kommersant reports. The deal was executed with the indication of Waves cryptoassets as collateral, which were legally classified as “other property”.
Bitcoin hashrate falls 15-20% due to floods in Sichuan province
Miners of the so-called world capital of bitcoin mining, the Chinese province of Sichuan, are again experiencing difficulties in the smooth operation of mining cryptocurrencies.
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 is harder than the developers thought
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the new 2.0 network is much more difficult to implement the previous version and will require more development efforts to launch. He spoke about this during a podcast with Peter McCormack.
Peter Schiff: Bitcoin is a meaningless asset
The head of Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff, again gave his forecast regarding the development of the first cryptocurrency.
Fed: Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help research cryptocurrencies
The Federal Reserve System (US Federal Reserve) has announced a partnership with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create and test digital currency, said member of the regulator’s board Lael Brainard.
CoinMarketCap launched Earn educational service
Crypto-rating portal CoinMarketCap will pay cryptocurrency to users who will take part in the survey after watching training videos of specific projects on the new resource platform – Earn. The first of these projects was announced by Band Protocol.
