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‘We Need 30 Different Words for Censorship”, Feat. Andreas M. Antonopoulos
31.5.2020
The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference?
Today's wide-ranging discussion features Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Adam B. Levine and Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Hashpower Could Migrate From East to West as Global Mining Landscape Changes
30.5.2020
The head of Ripple SBI Asia asserts that hashpower is migrating from east to west, however, notes that significant tensions remain between Chinese and U.S. mining firms
China Passes Law Protecting Cryptocurrency Inheritance
30.5.2020
China has passed the country’s long-awaited civil code which expands the scope of inheritance rights to include cryptocurrency, such as bitcoin. Inherited cryptocurrencies will be protected under the new law. Meanwhile, several Chinese courts have recently ruled that bitcoin and ethereum...
Alibaba Signs Blockchain-Related Deal With Chinese Port Operator
30.5.2020
The biggest port operator in China joined the e-commerce giant and Ant Financial to strengthen blockchain’s adoption across the port industry
Bitcoin Hashrate Bounces Back- 2x the Mining Pools, Farm Diversification, 100 Exahash
30.5.2020
Around 18 days ago, the Bitcoin protocol experienced it’s third block reward halving and the network saw a 33% hashrate loss. Since then, however, bitcoin miners have increased in both number and hashpower, as the network has seen a 15-20 exahash per second (EH/s) increase. Moreover, on...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides, Stocks Tread Water on Trump China Comments
29.5.2020
Stocks across Asia and Europe took a dip Friday and so did bitcoin in anticipation of Trump’s comments on “deeply troubling situations” in Hong Kong
China’s TON Community to Launch Their Own Blockchain Network
29.5.2020
As the official TON team transfers the TON development to “free source community,” the Chinese TON Community launches their own TON network
Bitcoin Rally Falters as Stocks Drop Ahead of Trump’s China Speech
29.5.2020
Bitcoin's bulls are taking a breather as the traditional markets get the jitters over rising tensions between the U.S. and China
Digital Yuan Will ‘Co-exist’ with Alipay, WeChat Pay – China Telecom
29.5.2020
A China Telecom executive has hinted that the digital yuan and third-party payment apps will likely co-exist in the same financial ecosystem – although he stopped short of saying whether or not the forthcoming central bank-issued token would be interoperable with apps such as WeChat Pay...
Grayscale: Central Bank Digital Currencies Will ‘Neither Replace nor Harm Scarce, Uncompromising Bitcoin’
28.5.2020
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pose no threat to Bitcoin’s value proposition, instead, they will spur its growth toward mass adoption. In a new report, Grayscale Investments said CBDCs will never replace BTC because unlike the top cryptocurrency, they can be inflationary and are open...
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 27, 2020
27.5.2020
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It's another episode of CoinDesk's the Markets Daily podcast
Ripple CEO Says US Regulators Must Embrace Crypto or Fall Behind China
27.5.2020
Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, has taken to Twitter urging U.S. regulators to get on board with cryptocurrencies, or risk losing global financial dominance to China
WeChat Invests $70 Billion in Fintech, Including Blockchain and AI
27.5.2020
Tencent Holdings aims to bolster blockchain technology development across China as part of a $70 billion investment in fintech
Digital Yuan Has No Launch Date, Bank of China Stresses Amid Rumors of Looming Rollout
26.5.2020
People’s Bank of China clarified that there is still “no timetable” on a formal digital yuan launch, despite the ongoing pilot project
Tencent Is Pouring $70B Into New Tech Including Blockchain
26.5.2020
The web giant is earmarking funding for emerging technologies as it seeks to grow after the COVID-19 epidemic
China’s Congress Proposes Blockchain Development Fund
24.5.2020
NPC, China’s parliament suggests a government backed blockchain development fund to build a better governance system
Bitcoin Miners Will Use Derivatives Like Traditional Commodity Producers
23.5.2020
Miners need traditional financial products in order to hedge against the risk of increasing hash rate and difficulty
Sleepy Bridges, Reentered China, Reopened Probes and 20 Crypto Jokes
23.5.2020
This week in crypto news: Bitcoin shortly neared USD 10K with altcoins gaining bullish momentum too, while BTC was still leaving exchanges rapidly, and Bitcoin-Ethereum bridge, tBTC, was put to sleep two days post-launch. As the threat of inflation looms, investors turn to gold, and maybe...
Ontology Partners With German Startup to Accelerate Supply Chain Identity Solutions
23.5.2020
The blockchain firms are hoping to forge greater collaboration between DLT platforms based in the East and West
China Strikes Down 10% of Global BTC Hashrate, Who Will Pick Up The Slack?
22.5.2020
Citing the increase in illicit crypto-related activities, the provincial government of Sichuan moves to stamp out 10% of the global Bitcoin hashrate