In 2030, five countries will completely replace the state currency, Tether may again have problems

Closer to 2030, it is expected that three to five countries will completely abandon the state currency in favor of the digital currency of the central bank.

This information is indicated in the report of the analytical center of Germany. The same document warns that if the European Central Bank does not speed up its efforts to develop the “Central Bank Digital Currency”, the digital yuan will outperform it by an order of magnitude, but against all odds, it will still not be able to undermine the US government.

Without naming specific countries, the researchers predict that over the next ten years, at least three countries will completely replace their currencies with “Central Bank Digital Currency”.

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On September 14, 2020, 11,230 BTC was back in motion as one of the largest BTC addresses began to show signs of activity.

Namely, one of the whales transferred 11,230 BTC worth $116 million while paying a commission of only $2.14. These coins were moved to two different addresses. 2,730 BTC went to the first wallet, 8,500 BTC went to the second address. We would like to note that the second wallet was created on July 14, 2020. And the first receipts for it were already on July 23. On September 11, 2020, this address became the 28th fat Bitcoin wallet.

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On September 19, 2020, Tether may be in big trouble again.

The New York Attorney General's office is seeking documents from Bitfinex and Tether on the missing $850 million. On September 19, 2020, both parties arranged a video conference in which the prosecution will demand an extension of the ban on the transfer of funds from Tether to Bitfinex. Naturally, no one will hand over any documents, the only thing that saves them from big troubles is delaying the deadlines. But everything has a limit.

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Danny Ryan, lead developer of the Ethereum Foundation, has published the official EIP-2982 proposal to launch Ethereum 2.0 and switch to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm.

If approved by other leading developers, it will be possible to launch the zero phase of Ethereum 2.0 called Serenity. Despite technical problems, Ethereum 2.0 could be launched before the end of this year.

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The newly elected Prime Minister of Japan, 71-year-old Yoshihide Suga, announced that he would reduce the tax rate on cryptocurrency from 30% to 20%.

Reducing such a high income tax rate will encourage the use of crypto.

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E-payments resumes work by changing the terms of the user agreement.

This information appeared on the company's website after six months of calm. According to the company, the local regulator (FCA) "has made everyone nervous." Cryptocurrency access will no longer be offered. In addition, monitoring of client accounts will be strengthened and up-to-date data will be requested to comply with KYC requirements.

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The crypto exchange “Coinbase Pro” has issued a statement that it will stop paying gas to its customers for transactions on the “Ethereum” network.

It was decided to do so because of the steady growth of commissions. Crypto exchange “Coinbase Pro” took on the cost of gas for its customers. These changes are effective from this Thursday, September 17, 2020.