Austrian Post starts selling bitcoins
Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies are now available for exchange at 1,800 Post Offices in Austria.
Bank of Russia to enhance Russian SWIFT with blockchain
The Central Bank of Russia plans to implement the distributed ledger technology in its financial messaging system created as an analogue of the International Service for Interbank Financial Communication (SWIFT), reports “Izvestiya”, The Russian Newspaper, citing the Bank of Russia’s public affairs office.
The Russian Agency for Strategic Initiatives thinks over implementing blockchain into the education system
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives is elaborating mechanism for the employment of blockchain in Russian education. The head of “Young professionals” ASI department Dmitry Peskov told TASS.
IMF lists pros and cons of Central Bank-issued cryptocurrencies
The International Monetary Fund's Staff Discussion June Note lists the main challenges and benefits of digital currencies issued by central banks.
Russian exchanges look at legalising cryptocurrency trading
Alexey Moiseev, Russian deputy finance minister, admits the possibility of cryptocurrency trading on Russian exchanges in the case of adoption of appropriate regulation.
Electrum gets ready for bitcoin network split
The bitcoin wallet has imitated a hard fork of bitcoin, which may happen in August this year.
Numerai abandons bitcoin and moves to Ethereum
The decision is due to the difficulty related to synchronising the bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains and delays in automatic transactions.
Status ICO causes failure in the Ethereum network
The feverish demand for the Singapore-based Status tokens during its initial coin offering has led to a massive malfunction on the Ethereum network. The ETH exchange rate has fallen to $330.
