15/08/2021
Here's a look at this week's best news in numbers and facts:
On August 9, Israel's national intelligence agency Mossad published the best vacancy of the year - looking for a cryptocurrency expert with at least three years of experience in the financial technology field.
The candidate, according to the Israeli intelligence services, should have "deep technological understanding and experience in the world of financial technology, e-commerce, DEF and digital currencies," and his roles include "leadership, initiation, planning and related activities in the development of systems." It is a pity, it is not indicated whether citizens of other countries can try themselves in this role.
On August 10, the American cinema operator AMC Entertainment announced that it plans to accept payments in bitcoins for movie tickets by 2022. Adam Aron said that the network of cinemas intends to prepare the infrastructure for accepting BTC payments for online movie tickets by the end of 2021, so that later only administrative and technical nuances can be sorted out. I wonder if popcorn bought with bitcoin will taste different from that paid for with fiat money?
On Tuesday, the most epic story in terms of the intensity of emotions happened, not even a week - a year. Hackers broke into the decentralized Poly Network protocol and managed to steal $ 611 million. In the next few hours, the story will be continued! One of the users advised how to avoid blocking funds and received a reward of 42 thousand dollars from scammers. For outstanding contributions, so to speak :)
The entire football world watched with tears in its eyes the bureaucratic delays around Messi's contract at FC Barcelona, as a result of which the athlete was forced to leave him. On 11 August, the press office of PSG, which Lionel moved to, confirmed that his contract includes a partial payment in the crypt. True, in which, the press secretary did not specify. In addition to the obvious benefit to the club, the PSG token soared to $ 52, whereas a week ago its value was $ 22.
On August 12, the Stellar payment network launched a new stablecoin pegged to the value of the Chilean peso, which (amazingly!) Has not yet become popular among users.
Since its launch on Monday, the stablecoin has shown a limited volume of just $ 12,689 out of 12,902 trades, according to a report from Stellar Expert.
The Central Bank of Russia also distinguished itself on this day, saying that cryptocurrency is a big scam. It was surprising to hear this from a country whose economy can only be called unstable.
On August 13, the hacker who stole the Poly Network money, after a letter from the developers asking them to return the funds, simply transferred the money back to them. He returned 611 million dollars because he was ASKED! Think about it! The touched developers wanted, it was, to reward him, and even offered half a million dollars for this, but the hacker indifferently refused. It's not for money, it's for the soul.
This is where we end our review, wish you a great Sunday and continue to follow the news to come back to you tomorrow 💪
