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Blockchain Job Salaries on the March in China
5.8.2020
Blockchain technology-related salaries are rising to almost 2.5 times the national average for workers in major cities in China – as demand for developers and specialists skyrockets in the country.
Per Chainnews, “hundreds of companies across the country are hiring blockchain staff, with monthly...
Tencent to Co-launch Blockchain-powered Wine Traceability Platform
1.8.2020
Source: Adobe/Ekaterina_Molchanova
Chinese tech giant Tencent has unveiled a wine traceability platform using blockchain technology – in conjunction with the nation’s biggest and oldest wine producer.
Per the China News Network, Tencent’s deal with China's biggest winery, Changyu, will be...
Captain Kirk Goes Crypto Collectible with Shatner-WAX Partnership
31.7.2020
Captain James Kirk
Cryptonews.com boldly goes where (almost) no crypto media outlet has gone before to bring you news of William Shatner and his adventures with blockchain technology.
Iconic actor Shatner played Captain James Kirk in the hit TV series Star Trek, a role that won him cult status...
Battery Maker LG Chem Makes Blockchain-powered Sustainability Drive
31.7.2020
LG Chem, one of the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery producers, said that it will build a blockchain-powered supply chain traceability platform for its battery products.
The firm, part of the wider LG Group of companies, said that it spent USD 92 million in a sustainability-based R&D...
Guizhou, China, Launches Blockchain-powered Int’l Trading Platform
30.7.2020
Features of Miao ethnic costumes in Guizhou, China. Another Chinese province reported that it is about to launch a blockchain-powered cross-border financial service platform.
Per Haiwainet, Guizhou Province, in China’s mountainous southwest, will launch the initiative this month.
The province’s...
Augur Launches its Second Version with Host of Major Integrations
29.7.2020
After years in the making, decentralized, peer-to-peer (p2p) oracle and prediction market protocol Augur launched its long-awaited second iteration.
"The Augur v2 protocol contracts have been successfully deployed to the Ethereum Mainnet," said the announcement, with the contracts...
Perth Mint to Launch Blockchain-powered Gold Supply Product in 2021
29.7.2020
Australia’s leading precious metals refinery, Perth Mint, and the Israeli blockchain technology company Security Matters have teamed up to launch what they call a mine-to-marketplace ethical gold supply chain solution.
The companies said the solution will be run by a joint venture named trueGold...
Blockchain the Answer for Power Provider as China Energy Demand Soars
29.7.2020
With summer temperatures climbing and production rising in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, power providers in Dongguan, an industrial city in the Chinese province of Guangdong, said they have experienced a massive surge in demand – and are responding with a blockchain-powered solution.
The...
Russians in Yaroslavl, Kursk to Use Blockchain Voting in 2021 Election
28.7.2020
Citizens in two more Russian regions are set to be granted the right to cast their votes on a blockchain-powered platform when the country goes to the polls in parliamentary elections next year.
Per media outlet Open Media, the Central Election Commission of Russia (CEC) has stated that residents...
Crypto BLINC, Huawei's Blockchain Patent, XRP's Payburner + More News
27.7.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Exchanges news
Digital asset financial services group BCB Group launched a real-time payments network allowing members to pay each other instantly...
SBI Launches ‘Digital Token Issuance Platform’ on Corda Blockchain
27.7.2020
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has unveiled a platform that will allow companies and regional government bodies to issue “digital tokens” using the American firm R3’s Corda blockchain network.
The company said its platform is named S Coin, per an official statement. The solution, it said,...
Ant Group Explains What its 100m per Day ‘Digital Assets’ Uploads Are
25.7.2020
Alibaba affiliate Ant Group has revealed details about the nature of the 100 million+ “digital assets” it said are uploaded onto its AntChain blockchain network “every day.”
As reported, the Ant Group earlier this week announced that it has launched AntChain, calling it a “new technology brand...
'A New Class of Attack' In Crypto Is 'Actively Exploited' - Research
23.7.2020
The crypto market went through one of its wildest rides with the March market crash, among other events seeing a so-called "zero-bid" attack on MakerDAO, a decentralized lending facility built on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain and the creator of the DAI stablecoin. A recent research...
China Might Introduce Blockchain Standards for Financial Firms
23.7.2020
China could be on the verge of introducing nationwide blockchain standards to govern the nation’s financial organizations, per a new report.
According to media outlet Caixin, an unnamed “authoritative” source stated that the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued a set of “blockchain...
Crypto Entrepreneurs Sue Google, Facebook, Twitter Over Ad Ban
22.7.2020
Following the infamous crypto advertising ban by Google and its video-sharing site YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, a law firm representing crypto entrepreneurs and investors who claim their business was hurt as a result of the ban are now taking the tech giants to court in Australia.
The news about...
CryptoKitties Maker Launches Dr. Seuss Collectibles on Flow Blockchain
22.7.2020
Source: a screenshot, seussville.com
The developer of the Ethereum (ETH)-powered crypto-collectibles game CryptoKitties has teamed up with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to launch a line of digital collectibles based hit children’s books like The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas! on...
Chinese Blockchain Network Integretes Ethereum, Tezos, NEO, and More
22.7.2020
China’s Blockchain Service Network (BSN) platform will integrate the Ethereum (ETH), Ios, Tezos (XTZ), Nervos (CKB), NEO and IRISnet blockchain networks as an international portal is unveiled in August.
Per a blog post, a version of the BSN – a network that already has full coverage in all major...
LG Shows off Blockchain-powered Farming System at Seoul Metro Station
22.7.2020
Source: LG U+
South Korean electronics giant LG has created a very public showcase for its blockchain-powered food and agriculture traceability platform – at one of Seoul’s busiest subway stations.
Per Paxnet, LG’s telecoms subsidiary LG U+ and its IT services arm LG CNS have teamed up for...
K-pop Star Kwon Hyun-bin to Appear in ‘Crypto-themed’ K-drama Series
22.7.2020
Kwon Hyun-bin. A South Korean K-drama series that focuses on blockchain, cryptocurrency and – of course – romance, is set to air in October. Its makers have confirmed that K-pop star Kwon Hyun-bin will play the male lead.
The drama is set to commence filming this month and, per its producers...
NFTs on Samsung, Taxing Crypto Loans, BTC Transaction Risk Score + More News
21.7.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
NFTs news
The makers of the blockchain-powered VR game Decentraland (MANA) said that their Marketplace app has been added to the Samsung Blockchain...