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Robinhood Opens Trading for 7 Cryptocurrencies in New York

Robinhood opens trading for 7 cryptocurrencies in new york

Robinhood Opens Trading for 7 Cryptocurrencies in New York

Robinhood opens trading for 7 cryptocurrencies in new york

Robinhood, the popular stock and crypto investing app, has officially launched bitcoin, ethereum, and other cryptocurrency trading in New York.

Silicon Valley-based Robinhood received a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) in January 2019 and on Thursday opened access to crypto trading in the Empire State.

From the press release:

Currently, you can invest in seven cryptocurrencies on Robinhood Crypto: bitcoin, bitcoin Cash, bitcoin SV, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, and Dogecoin. You can also track price movements and news for those and 10 additional cryptocurrencies.

New York is unique and problematic for crypto traders because all purveyors must apply for a BitLicense, most notably for companies that are “storing, holding, or maintaining custody or control of virtual currency on behalf of others,” according to NYDFS.

Many crypto startups have avoided the requirements entirely by becoming BitLicense refugees and refusing to do business in the state.

“Here we are two miles from the Statue of Liberty and you cannot sell CryptoKitties in the state without that license. That’s the absurdity of what’s happened here,” ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees complained in 2018 when asked about the controversial license at CoinDesk’s Consensus conference in New York.

Image courtesy of Robinhood

Published at Thu, 23 May 2019 15:45:11 +0000

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Exscudo Releases EON Source Code On GitHub

Exscudo, the all in one financial services provider, has published the public part of the EON blockchain source code on GitHub.

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The source code covers the rules of consensus, emission and block confirmation. The blockchain has been developed by the Exscudo team and is focused on providing and supporting financial services. It also enables Exscudo to develop its independent products and services.

Exscudo Releases EON Source Code On GitHub

The team has published the EON peer core source code on GitHub. It shows the main structure of the system, and how EON works and interacts within itself, but it does not cover the full functionality of the node.

“We are concerned about the security of our customers and we want to protect our intellectual property”, – CEO Andrew Zimine explains, – “I wouldn’t like anybody to set up a peer network before we do it ourselves. This is why we do not publish the full information about nodes on this stage.”

However, Exscudo plans to launch the EON test network in a couple of weeks after the end of the ICO. The detailed instructions for setting up regular and master nodes will be published in June. The minimum technical requirements for setting up a node on a virtual server are the following:

  • A machine with 1 or 2 cores
  • 1-2 GB operational memory with Unix support
  • 100-200 Gb HDD.

EON uses the DePOS mining algorithm. This means that the nodes that have more coins deposited are more likely to sign a block. DePos mining is considered to be fairer for node owners, as the rewards do not depend on the power capacity of the mining equipment.

The minimum sum required for starting a node equals 25.000 EON coins. In case a user deposits more coins on the node, he raises his chances to sign a block.

The launch of the EON test network is planned for June 2017. After the blockchain is set up, Exscudo will launch its first product, the Channels mobile app. Channels is a mobile wallet and secure messenger that works on the EON blockchain. It provides for secure communication, payments, trading and money exchange.

The key features and the structure of EON are easily explained in this video.


Images courtesy of Exscudo

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