Cryptocurrency and blockchain in the last 24 hours

The cryptocurrencies sank deeper into the red Friday morning, after it became known that the Japanese financial market regulator orders six cryptocurrency exchanges, including some of the most important, to improve their internal controls.

The Financial Services Agency of Japan said on Friday that six exchanges of registered cryptocurrencies, including the main bitFlyer and Quoine, were asked to improve their evaluation measures, especially those related to money laundering. The Nikkei Asian Review reported that it was unusual for the watchdog to simultaneously punish so many recorded exchanges.

Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, has just received its first mention in an opinion of the US Supreme Court. UU As a new type of means of exchange or money. The reference came from the remarkably conservative source appearing in the dissidence of J. Breyer in the Wisconsin Central Ltd. case against the United States, which deals with whether stock options for employees count as any form of monetary and taxable remuneration.

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has installed a cryptocurrency ATM that will help travelers change the euro they lack by cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Schiphol Airport claims to be the first European airport to install a Bitcoin ATM in a six-month test to measure the demand for this service among passengers. The busy airport is the main international gateway to the Netherlands.

The Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA or BBVA, is negotiating with the energy company Repsol SA to develop blockchain-based financial solutions in corporate banking. As a pilot project of the collaboration, the two companies completed the first transaction to renew a line of credit worth 325 million euros or $ 378 million, which involves a revolving line of credit, using the distributed accounting technology (DLT) of blockchain.

EY and Microsoft came together to launch a blockchain solution for content rights and royalty management in the gaming industry. The measure seeks to speed up costly and slow processes, reducing processing time and faster tracking of royalties. Microsoft and its game publisher partners will initially implement the solution. Ubisoft, a Microsoft gaming partner, is testing the solution.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States obtained an additional emergency injunction to freeze the assets of the owner of PlexCorps Dominic Lacroix related to the execution of an Initial Offer of Fraudulent Currencies (ICO) that promised investors more than 13 times of earnings in less than a month. The ICO raised up to $ 15 million from thousands of investors between August and November of 2017 by making false promises in its technical documentation, web pages and social media accounts.