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Libra Association COO: Libra reserves will not exceed US$200 billion at most, half of which is expected to be in US dollars"Should be very significant, expected to be around halfway.” (CoinDesk)

digital currency

Calibra COO: Facebook has nothing to do with some of the so-called "Libra transactions" that already exist

Calibra COO: Facebook has nothing to do with some of the so-called "Libra transactions" that already exist

Finance Magnates learned from multiple sources last week that there is already a secondary market for investing in Libra, where institutional investors can provide and trade options-like products. Calibra Chief Operating Officer (COO) Tomer Barel said at the Ethereal Summit today that Facebook has nothing to do with this market.

Calibra COO: Willing to accept Libra salary, but Facebook currently has no relevant plans

Ethereum miners began to vote with Spark Mining Pool and F2Pool to increase the gas limit to 10 million

Ethereum miners began to vote with Spark Mining Pool and F2Pool to increase the gas limit to 10 million

Ethereum 2.0 multi-client test network has made new progress: the developer reports 7 client operation confirmations

Ethereum 2.0 multi-client test network has made new progress: the developer reports 7 client operation confirmations

Preliminary statistics of the assets of Galaxy Digital digital capital management company are 336.8 million US dollars

Galaxy Digital Capital Management LP, a division of Galaxy Digital, reported preliminary assets under management of $336.8 million as of August 31, 2019, including a closed investment. (Yahoo Finance)

Blockchain application

Libra representatives to meet officials from 26 central banks in Switzerland on Monday

Libra representatives to meet officials from 26 central banks in Switzerland on Monday

Deutsche Bank joins blockchain network IIN led by JPMorgan

Deutsche Bank has signed on to the largest blockchain project in the financial services industry. The Interbank Information Network (IIN), led by JPMorgan, will announce that Deutsche Bank will become a new member of the network of 320 banks that have agreed to exchange global payment information via blockchain. (Financial Times)

global policy

global policy

U.S. Treasury announces sanctions on three North Korean hacking groups including Lazarus

The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against three North Korean hacking groups. Specifically, the targets of sanctions include the well-known hacker organization Lazarus, and two other relatively lesser-known organizations, Bluenoroff and Andariel. In a United Nations report in early 2019, the North Korean hacker group Lazarus was accused of creating five cryptocurrency thefts, targeting Yapizon (South Korea, loss of 3,816 BTC, or $5.3 million), Coinis (South Korea, loss unknown), YouBit (South Korea, lost 17% of assets), Coincheck (Japan, lost 523 million NEM, or $534 million), Bithumb (South Korea, lost $32 million), and the total profit from the five attacks was as high as $571 million. (Cointelegraph)

European Central Bank executive Benoit Coeure to submit a report on virtual currencies to G7 finance ministers next month

Lithuanian Finance Minister: Regarding the regulation of Libra and other stablecoins, a global solution is needed

Lithuanian Finance Minister: Regarding the regulation of Libra and other stablecoins, a global solution is needed

European Commission spokesperson: It is not yet possible to determine which EU rules will apply to Libra

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Investment and Financing

Ethereum privacy startup Aztec completes a new round of financing, Coinbase and others participate

Ethereum privacy startup Aztec has announced the launch of its Zero-Knowledge, Succinct, Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge (SNARKS) generation through a cryptographic ceremony called “Ignition.” Additionally, in a press release shared on Sept. 15, the startup also announced that it closed its latest investment round with participation from A.Capital, Coinbase, Libertus Capital. (Cointelegraph)

Character·Voice

V God: Ethereum should cooperate with Facebook

V God: Ethereum should cooperate with Facebook

At the Ethereal Summit in Tel Aviv, Israel, Joseph Lubin and Vitalik discussed the possibility of working with Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra. V God said that Ethereum should cooperate with Facebook. He said: "Someone is definitely thinking about making a Libra Litecoin that runs on the Ethereum blockchain. I think we should reach out to a more decentralized system than we hope." (Finance Magnates)

Li Xiaolai and Sun Yuchen confront each other