April 19, 2019 Official Chinese Currency Renminbi to Become Cryptocurrency, Expert Says Donald Tapscott, executive chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, has said that Chinese renminbi will become a crypto.…
April 17, 2019 Exchange Gate.io Sees Almost $3 Billion in Orders in First Week Of IEO for Native Token The sale was oversubscribed, Gate.io says, while entry currency Tether also saw purchasing premiums in some markets.…
April 14, 2019 Hodler’s Digest, April 8–14: Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUD of the Week Bloomberg calls Bitcoin a bubble yet again, and Facebook is seemingly looking for $1 billion from VC firms for its stablecoin.…
April 12, 2019 Blockchain Use in Finance Still Faces Major Challenges: Chinese Researcher A Chinese blockchain researcher said that privacy, operability, and enterprise integration are major obstacles to the use of blockchain in finance.…
April 12, 2019 Will China Ban Crypto Mining? Chinese government is considering the elimination of crypto mining. On April 9, Reuters reported that a Chinese government agency is considering the elimination of crypto mining in the country.…
April 10, 2019 Blockchain Ecosystem Offers $1.5 Million DApp Development Fund, Tech Support and Marketing sponsored A blockchain ecosystem has launched a $1.5 million DApp funding program to encourage developers to build compelling applications on its platform.…
April 8, 2019 Tron CEO Justin Sun Donates $1.5 Million to Alibaba Co-Founder Jack Ma’s University Tron and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun has donated $1.5 million to the Hupan University established by Alibaba’s co-founder Jack Ma.…
April 8, 2019 Chinese Traders Pay Extra for Bitcoin Through OTC Desks Amid Crypto Market Surge Over-the-counter traders in China are paying more for stablecoins than their USD counterparts as demand peaks for BTC.…
April 3, 2019 Chinese Regulator Approves First 197 Blockchain Firms, Including Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu China’s cyberspace administration has released its first list of registered blockchain service providers. China’s cyberspace administration has released the first list — 197 companies long — of registered blockchain service providers, according to their March 30 notice.Chinese initiatives by internet giants such as Baidu Blockchain Engine, Alibaba Cloud Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS), Tencent BaaS (TBaaS) and the BaaS platform owned by e-commerce giant JD.com appear on the list.…
April 2, 2019 Report: China Leading World in Blockchain Projects China is reportedly leading the world in the number of blockchain-related projects currently under development. China is reportedly leading the world in the number of blockchain projects currently underway in the country, Chinese English-language news daily China.org.cn reports on April 2.Citing a report by Blockdata, China.org.cn states that there are 263 blockchain-related projects in China, accounting for 25 percent of the global total.Li Qilei, the CTO at blockchain platform developer Qulian Technology, purportedly said that the financial sector is the biggest user of blockchain technology, particularly in asset securitization for banks and brokers.Chris Church, chief business development officer for New York-based firm Digital Asset in the United States, reportedly noted the importance of doing business in and near China, as the firm began work with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX).…
