Key Facts of the Day 15.06.2018

EOS Mainnet Live At Last

EOS Mainnet has finally managed to collect the minimum number of votes required for the blockchain to start operating. Today at 11:47 (GMT+1) the fifth largest distributed ledger system by total value has acquired 17,7% votes, crossing the critical barrier of 150 million votes. And thus the weeks-long process of launching the system in full is now over.

Walmart’s Crypto Power Grid

According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, retail giant Walmart has won a patent application for development of an electrical grid that will be powered by Bitcoin or other digital currency. The document, describes a system designed to help organizations to optimise their energy usage of electrical devices.

itBit Adds New Currencies

An American bitcoin-exchange platform itBit, has announced that it will add support for trading in four new cryptocurrencies. Thats after it received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).

Aerospace Firms To Adopt Blockchain - Study

At least 86% of Aerospace and Defence companies will implement blockchain into their systems by 2021 according to the Accenture study. Companies are interested in blockchain as its thought to deliver increased safety and in alterability of facts. Also the decentralized technology can help in cost reducing efforts and in tracking of aircraft parts with maximum efficiency.

Bitcoin Salary Anyone?

An Israeli high-tech company Spot.IM has requested a permission by Israeli Tax Authorities to issue salaries in Bitcoin for their employees which are located both in Tel-Aviv and New York. The company was at the negotiation table with the local tax authorities for about a month, but they finally managed to find the middle ground and agreed upon the terms.

At 13.30 (GMT+1) total cryptocurrency market capitalization stands at $280,7 billion

Bitcoin (TICKER: BTC.EXANTE) $6 551 (+0,48%)

Ethereum (TICKER: ETH/USD.BITFINEX) $492,62 (+1,41%)

Ripple (TICKER: XRP.EXANTE) $0,54 (-0,82%)

Bitcoin Cash (TICKER: BCH.EXANTE) $857,84 (-1,24%)

EOS (EXANTE: EOS.EXANTE) $10,78 (+3,94%)

Mithril (+12,77%) showed the best growth in the top-100

Market Dynamics

The trading volume of cryptocurrencies for 24 hours reached to $ 15,8 billion (-0,4 billion per day)

Mining Profitability

Bitcoin: $3,0 for 10TH/s

Ethereum: $0,3 for 10MH/s

Bitcoin Cash: $0,35 for 1TH/s

Litecoin: $4,42 for 1GH/s

Dash: $0,14 for 1GH/s

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