24H News Roundup April 22: Bittrex Says New York Regulator Erred In Flagging 2 Users As North Koreans

Policy

1. Japan has prepared a "manual" of cryptocurrency regulation proposals that it will hand out to G20 leaders and international financial chiefs;

2. Belarus' president Alexander Lukashenko told that Belarus will soon have surplus electrical energy that can be used to power new cryptocurrency mining farms;

3. Sergey Glazyev, an adviser to the President of Russia, has proposed to adopt a digital currency in Crimea to attract investors and avoid sanctions.

Cryptocurrency

1. IOST, a recently launched blockchain network based on Proof of Believability (PoB), today on April 22 announced a strategic partnership with Force Protocol.

Exchange & Wallet

1. Zaif has signed over its business to publicly listed Japanese investment firm Fisco on April 22 and full operations will be reinstated on April 23;

2. Bibox will list FOR/BIX trading at 06:00 (UTC) on April 23;

3. Huobi Global has resumed the deposit and withdrawal of BSV;

4. At 09:59:58 (UTC) on April 22, Binance has ended the BCHSV/USDT trading pair;

5. Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV are now available for margin trading on Poloniex for non-US customers;

6. Coinbase is moving to shut down its political action committee (PAC) without ever raising a cent.

Others

1. Crypto charity Airdrop Venezuela now raises $292,000;

2. South Korea's largest car manufacturer, Hyundai Motor Group, will use blockchain in its new tech for pairing electric vehicles (EVs) with smartphones;

3. JP Morgan revealed the list of circa 200 cooperating banks involved in its massive Ethereum-based banking network;

4. Bittrex said on April 22 that New York regulators erred in identifying two of its users as North Korean.