Day: January 23, 2020

U.S.-based crypto exchange and custodian Gemini has finished a SOC 2 Type 2 evaluation, proving the operation’s security. “The Type 2 is the highest level of security compliance that any organization can demonstrate,” Gemini’s head of risk, Gemini Yusuf Hussain, told Cointelegraph in an interview about the Jan. 23 announcement. Compliance focus In preparation for its SOC 2 Type 2 evaluation, Gemini achieved its SOC 2 Type 1 inspection in 2019, completed by auditing giant Deloitte. The accounting behemoth also completed Gemini’s SOC 2 Type 2 inspection, Hussain mentioned. A…

The pure frequency of discussions concerning liquidity indicates its importance to financial markets, but what gives it that import? The definition itself (the ease with which one can exchange an asset for cash without affecting the price of that asset) is a great place to start. Stability The more liquid a market is, the more stable it is. When buying or selling Bitcoin, there are always plenty of traders on the other side willing to fill the order with minimal impact on the asset’s price. A less liquid, more obscure…

The changing landscape of the global economy due to the technological progress in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sector is not lost on anybody. As the countries of this world look at ways to embrace this technology without treading on the toes of the well-established financial systems, some of the industry leaders from the crypto space are making their presence felt at gatherings of international importance to give insights into the blockchain space to ministers, bureaucrats and heads of financial institutions from all over the world with the intent of helping…

Two men have been arrested in Tokyo on suspicion of defrauding IT firm Vipstar Inc. from hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin (BTC), Mainichi reported on Jan. 23. One of the suspects is a former employee who used his access to steal money from a trading fund. Yuto Onitsuka and Takuma Sasaki are accused of stealing 78 million yen (approximately $712,000) from Vipstar, a blockchain project. They are also suspected of committing computer fraud and contravening a government act on the control of criminal proceeds. The police alleges that…

The results of a 300 megawatt (MW) energy allocation for cryptocurrency miners, run by Canadian provincial utility provider Hydro-Québec, has failed to attract expected demand from the local industry. A Request for Proposals (RFP) for power allocation was opened in June last year, supposedly based on huge demand of around 16,000MW from miners around the world that wanted to take advantage of Quebec’s hydroelectric power. Bid submissions closed on Oct. 31, 2019. According to a Jan. 22 report from Radio Canada, the results of the RFP or only released recently…

The blockchain and cryptocurrency are an undeniably clever invention – the brainchild of a person or group of people known by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. But since then, it has evolved into something greater. The community welcomed new technology and it must never stop. It continues to develop, in fact, we’re already embracing the new buzz ‘Blockchain 3.0.’ Bitcoin, Ethereum and other Cryptocurrencies have mainly been used for trading. However, the core idea was for them to act as a replacement of the traditional financial systems, mainly to decentralize finance…