24h on the crypto planet # 28: all the news about cryptocurrency

Hello everyone, and welcome to this new episode of 24 hours on the crypto planet! The markets are shaking, the temperature is going down, and @tighilt will accompany you all the holidays, Happy reading!

Crypto companies could be banned from the Israeli Stock Exchange.
The president of the Israeli Securities Regulatory Authority (ISA) - Shmuel Hauser - said at a conference that he was going to put an ISA review on the proposal to ban the Israeli stock exchange. set of businesses based on cryptocurrency.

"Investors need to know what our position is. Shmuel Hauser

A Christmas tree Ethereum for charity

At the end of the year, a crypto-enthusiastic group based in Toronto created a charity project: the Merry Merkle Tree. This program, initially supposed to raise $ 25,000, has finally brought back more than $ 90,000 in ETH, for the cause of homeless youth. Robbie Bent, the organizer of the action, said the idea came to him when he realized the extent to which cryptocurrency traders had, for the most part, reaped a large amount of wealth from course of 2017.

The Opera browser will include an "anti-mining" feature
Malware that causes you to cryptocurrency without knowing it ("traffic-mining") are more and more commonplace. Opera's developers have announced that the next version of their browser will include a function "anti-mining bitcoin". Soberly called NoCoin, this feature should prevent any form of malware from using your computing resources to undermine any currencies whatsoever.

Belarus: University now offers crypto courses
While the Belarusian president has just legalized all the cryptocurrencies in the country, one of the main universities on the spot announced to start a set of courses focused on derivatives, investment economy, but especially on cryptocurrencies and ICOs. The cost of this training is about $ 1,000 a year.

Korean researcher urges central bank to consider national cryptocurrency
Lee Dae-ki is a researcher at the Korea Institute of Finance (KIF). The latter recently made an appeal to the South Korean central bank, arguing that it was time to "seriously consider" issuing a national cryptocurrency.

"This would completely reshape the banking industry, as banks will have to compete with digital currency systems by providing more attractive interest rates, or additional services that will benefit consumers. Lee Dae-ki, KIF researcher

New proofs of insider trading at Coinbase

A few days ago, the accusations of insider trading rained on Coinbase (article on the Journal du Coin). The company was accused of having leaked information about the upcoming arrival of Bitcoin Cash on its platform. An independent contractor, Albert Renshaw, recently discovered incriminating evidence on reddit. Indeed, two days before the official announcement of Coinbase, a user (/ u / mukiwa2) declared on / r / Coinbase: "Bitcoin Cash arrives within a few days! I have a friend who works at coinbase :) "This simple statement already qualifies as insider trading, and is probably only the tip of the iceberg ... Again, business to follow.