• The startup Optimism may solve Ethereum's scaling issues
• Binance blacklisted in Russia
EU has proposed a digital financial package
European Union has adopted a “Digital Financial Package” with the aim of creating a single market for digital financial services and “modern payments” in the region. The package consists of 5 areas and one of them is devoted to new legislation for crypto assets called MiCA. The regulation recognizes the need to provide legal clarity for crypto assets and its issuers to drive innovation in the region. At the same time, the legislation provides protection and “financial stability” for investors. In that sense, the proposal indicates the new requirements that crypto assets operators will have to comply with. The new rules will allow operators authorized in one Member State to provide their services across the EU (“passporting”). Safeguards include capital requirements, custody of assets, a mandatory complaint holder procedure available to investors, and rights of the investor against the issuer. Crypto exchanges must have a physical presence in the European Union and must obtain prior authorization from a “competent national authority” to start providing their services. In addition to the above requirements, providers of crypto services must pass a test on their technological capabilities. This will ensure that consumers are protected against cyber theft and other security breaches.
RIPPLE – sellers failed to break below the major support at $0.2146 and and buyers regain control. Currently price is testing the major resistance at $0.2300. Should break above occur then next resistance at $0.25 could be at risk. Source: xStation5The startup Optimism introduces new testnet to solve Ethereum's network scaling issues
Over the past few months, the Ethereum network faced heavy congestions and soaring transactions costs due to growth of the decentralized finance (DeFi). Users are waiting for Ethereum 2.0, a major network update that is supposed to resolve the scalability problems. Developers expect to start rolling out the solution by the end of the year; however, many ETH-based projects cannot wait that long. Luckily startup Optimism launched Optimistic rollups, a limited version of its testnet to improve the Ethereum scalability. It is supposed to allow to scale Ethereum network up to 2000 transactions per second. The decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Synthetix is the first project registered with the testnet and users willing to participate in the tests will receive 200,000 SNX. Also Uniswap and Chainlink expressed their willingness to participate in the project.
ETHEREUM – yesterday price bounced off the major support level at $310.00 and rally. Should upbeat moods prevail, resistance at $365.00 may come into play. Source: xStation5Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor has added Binance cryptocurrency exchange to the register of platforms disseminating prohibited information due to distribution of data related to the acquisition of digital currencies like Bitcoin. Binance — the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange -emphasized that it had never received any notifications or warnings from state authorities or law enforcement authorities. At the moment Binance website and services are still available for the Russian users.
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