Cryptocurrency news - March 19, 2018. Part 1

↘️ This week, the cost of bitcoin fell to the February low - below $ 7800. Top 10 crypto-currencies lost in the price on the average from 20% to 40%. The total capitalization of the market fell to $ 279 billion. There were several reasons for this: the possibility of tightening regulation in a number of countries, negative coverage in the media, the ban on ICO advertising and crypto currency by such media players as Google, Yandex, Twitter.

👩💼 Kristin Lagarde, again called for strict regulation of the crypto currency, because in her opinion they are committed financial crimes and sponsored by terrorism. The head of the IMF believes that for the best control of cryptology, it is necessary to use blockade.

📋 Crypto currency was first mentioned in the report of the American Congress. This year, in the Economic Report 2018, a whole chapter is devoted to bitcoin, ICO and blockage, as factors that have a significant impact on the economy of the country. Legislators called for a thorough study of the crypto-currency market and block-block technology for further regulation.

💸 Coincheck paid compensation for the stolen NEM victims of the hacker attack, and also suspended trading in pairs with Monero, Dash and Zcash.

⚡️ Lightning Network went to the beta test stage. This means that now all users can use the Lightning network to instantly send bitcoin and litecoin with the minimum possible commission.