24H News Roundup June 29: Japan FSA Leans On The View That Libra Might Not Be Seen As A Crypto Asset

[Policy]

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) is leaning on the view that the US Facebook Libra “is likely not to be a crypto asset (virtual currency).”
[Cryptocurrency]
EOSIO v.1.8.0 is officially debuted;
According to Justin Sun, on July 1, TRON will celebrate the testnet launch of BTFS, and on July 8, BitTorrent Speed will become available;
Libra’s head David Marcus denied that banks have declined to join the Libra Association;
Ethereum 2.0 is likely to debut in 2020;
Ethereum on-chain transaction number exceeds 1 million.
[Exchange & Wallet]
ZG.com will list NEC at 06:00 UTC on July 1;
ZG.com will list GM at 04:00 UTC on July 3.
[Others]
Vitalik Buterin said at the 2019 Ethereum DevCon: 1,024 shards in total, and the commuting time between each shard is set as six minutes; Libra is unlikely to have an impact on Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem in the short term; the beacon chain might be launched later than estimated; Ethereum 2.0 testnet will debut in the waning of 2019;
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes that central banks may issue digital currencies in the future;
The declaration of G20 Osaka leaders says “while crypto-assets do not pose a threat to global financial stability at this point, they are closely monitoring developments and remain vigilant to existing and emerging risks.”
V20 agreed to establish an international regulatory agency for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs).