Through a statement, the Spanish-based investment platform, 2Gether, announced a benefits program to reward its clients, victims of a hack in August of this year. While China continues the adoption of blockchain technology. This and more news in this handy daily summary so you are always informed with those most recent events that happen within the crypto world.
📍 Platform 2Gether, which will reward the victims of hack August with the issuance of tokens 2GT, announced recently launched a new benefits program to compensate its clients for the inconvenience caused since the hack to the platform, which resulted in the loss of nearly 1,3 million euros. The 2Gether customer benefits program includes actions such as the return of trading commissions, return of commissions for withdrawals at ATMs, returns in cash or cashback in purchases with the company card and the improvement of the bonus in the referral program. Likewise, 2Gether announces that according to the number of 2GT tokens accumulated, users will be able to enjoy additional advantages on the platform.
The issuance of 2GT is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year, although there is no defined date for its official launch and its developers announced in July that the token would be available for "the second half of 2020."
📍 In China, the adoption of technology blockchain it doesn't stop. Now, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange announced that will implement technology to create a trading platform with unlisted private sector companies, in addition to promoting transparency and security in its operations. According to the statement from SSE, as the Shenzhen Stock Exchange is known by its acronym in English, the new SSE Financial Blockchain Platform will allow “reducing the cost of information asymmetry, standardizing corporate capital management and performing a better market capital financing function.” The new platform was created as part of the Beijing Regional Trade Center and will be tested with the city's regional stock market, the Beijing Fourth Board Market (BFBM).
📍 Diginex, a company that encompasses several service companies with cryptocurrencies, and blockchain, such as cryptocurrency exchanges fair y Digivault, became the first exchange operator to list on the Nasdaq “covering the entire virtual currency ecosystem,” according to its CEO and co-founder, Richard Byworth. The action was possible thanks to a fusion with the company 8i, which allowed Diginex to raise private capital to have $50 million on its balance sheet and strengthen its investment. Diginex is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol EQOS.
📍 The Center for Security Studies and Financial Crimes of RUSSIA made a study global that collects the opinion of more than 500 banks and representatives of financial companies on cryptocurrencies and digital assets. The study, which was carried out in conjunction with ACAMS, reveals that banks consider that digital assets encompass many risks, especially those associated with illegal activities. However, numerous studies by widely recognized blockchain analysis companies such as Chainalysis affirm that illicit activities are the least common use given to this type of asset.
The RUSI/ACAMS study reveals that Asian financial institutions appear to be more cryptocurrency-friendly than North American and European financial institutions. Likewise, 42% of respondents indicated that cryptocurrencies are much easier to use than fiat money, although the majority agree that, in the next 5 years, cryptocurrencies will be widely used for everyday payments.
📍 IOHK, the company behind the development of Cardano, published a tweet announcing to the community its collaboration with the United Nations (UN) on its 75th anniversary.
IOHK will implement its product Project Catalyst to vote on proposals that meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Project Catalyst is a new decentralized governance system that was developed to ensure active and sustainable participation of the Cardano community in the development of the project. The system allows for transparent treasury management, governance and community innovation.
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