Facebook's digital currency is expected to be launched in 2020 and will be called GlobalCoin. At first, it will be distributed only in a dozen of countries.

The launch of the blockchain platform Telegram Open Network (TON) is scheduled for the third quarter of 2019, the Telegram said in its letter to investors. Testing of TON has ended successfully.

Craig "False Satoshi" Wright applied for copyrights registration on White Paper and bitcoin code with the US Copyright Office.

The recession stage in the cryptocurrency market is over. This is evidenced by the chronology of events of the last six months, notes Tom Lee from Fundstrat Global.

Scandals involving user data leaks hit Facebook's ability to find appropriate professionals. They are not in a hurry to go to work for an employer that earned the reputation of a company that does not respect users privacy.

Bitfinex will be the first trading platform to attract approximately $1 billion during the initial exchange offering. The attracted financing will allegedly be spent on covering losses from $850 million confiscated due to New York Attorney General's investigation.

Binance fell victim to a successful hacker attack. Cybercriminals managed to withdraw 7000 BTC from the hot wallet of the exchange.

Russian oil and gas company “Nordgas trading” has signed a memorandum of cooperation with “Fin foundation” company, implementing token payment on gas stations in South Korea. We have asked “Nordgas Trading” CEO Petr Zinchenko what he expects from this collaboration.

The prominent economist Joseph Stiglitz once again collapsed with sharp criticism on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He called bitcoin a tool for illegal financial activities.

Consulting firm DeVere Group and investment company Fidelity published results of their independent surveys of large investors attitude to digital assets. Both polls demonstrate high interest in crypto in more than half of investors.

Medical Care has always been a front-line, mission-critical, use case for emerging technologies with fast and furious adoption turning into almost an arms race.

The general attorney office of the State of New York accused Bitfinex of concealing the fact of losing $850 million of company's and customers' funds. After this information was published, approximately $350 million in bitcoins and Ethereum was withdrawn from Bitfinex's cold wallets.