China’s Crypto Market is Thriving: Ethereum Hotel, Exchanges, and OTC Trading

The government of China and its central bank the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) enforced a strict crypto trading ban in September 2017. Yet, the local cryptocurrency market of the country remains active, with hotels, exchanges, and over-the-counter (OTC) trading platforms supporting digital assets. дальше »

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Jingdong Group (JD.com) Uses Blockchain and AI to Start Smart City Research Institute

JD. com Establishes Institute for Building ‘Smart Cities’ Utilizing AI and Blockchain JD Finance, a division of Chinese e-commerce company JD. com, has announced the opening of the Smart City Research Institute, with the headquarters based in Nanjing, China. дальше »

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Bitmain Bets on Bitcoin Cash and Fails

Bitmain has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX). The company was valued at $14 billion in its most recent pre-IPO financing round, with Sequoia China being the major investor. дальше »

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Chinese Search Engine Baidu Releases Whitepaper of Massive Blockchain-Based Platform

Baidu, the company behind the most important search engine in China, announced to the public the release of the final version of a whitepaper with all the details behind a project of services based on the use of blockchain technologies. дальше »

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Despite Ban, Chinese Investors Continue to Buy ICO Tokens via Bitcoin OTC Providers

Despite China’s infamous blanket ban on cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offering (ICO) investing is making a resurgence in the country as Bitcoin Over-The-Counter (OTC) exchanges gain prominence, reported local outlet Sina News on Sept. дальше »

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Circle Introduces a US Stable Coin on Asian Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Circle, a cryptocurrency unicorn currently valued at $3 billion, recently launched its stable coin backed by the US dollar. According to an article published by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Sept. дальше »

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Ether is ‘Property’ And ‘Should Be Protected By Law,’ Says Chinese Court

A court in China has ruled Ether (ETH) is “property” and should come under the protection of the law in a landmark case this week. China Legislators: We ‘Cannot Deny’ ETH Status Details of the decision appeared in local media outlet Baidu September 27 and were subsequently translated by social media commentator cnLedger. дальше »

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Baidu Releases Whitepaper Discussing Forthcoming Blockchain Network

China’s Baidu, one of the largest companies in the world, announced via a whitepaper its intention to develop a blockchain open network.

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Shanghai Hongkou District Court: Ethereum Is Protected by Law

According to Shanghai Hongkou District Court’s statement in a recent crypto-related case, Ethereum and other virtual currencies are not considered as money. However, they are still protected by the law which views them as “property. дальше »

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China’s Baidu Developing Next-Gen ‘XuperChain’ Network

China’s search giant Baidu announced on Twitter that it’s developing an ultra-fast blockchain network called XuperChain that can handle over 10,000 transactions a second using inter-chain parallel and side-chain technologies. дальше »

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В Китае открылся отель, принимающий к оплате биткоин и Ethereum

Специализирующийся на инсайдерской информации из Twitter-аккаунт cnLedger сообщил, что в Китае появился первый в стране «ETH-отель». Some new photos of the «ETH Hotel», China’s first hotel to accept $ETH payment. дальше »

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Chinese Arbitrator Builds Online Ruling System on a Blockchain

An arbitration committee in China has launched an online ruling system utilizing a distributed network for sharing evidence in legal disputes. дальше »

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Baidu Releases White Paper Outlining “Super Chain” Blockchain

Chinese internet giant Baidu, often called the “Google of China” for its overwhelming dominance in the country’s search engine and web services market has published the Baidu White Paper V1. 0 on Sep 26, 2018. дальше »

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How People Are Still Buying Bitcoin and ICO Tokens in China

Despite the statewide clampdown on initial coin offerings, investors in China can still take buy ICO tokens fairly easy.  Local ICO projects, on the other hand, take advantage of foreign-registered companies to circumvent the prohibitions. дальше »

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Bitmain IPO Prospectus Reveals Offering May Be a Gamble for Investors

Bitmain, the biggest company in bitcoin mining, has filed for its IPO in Hong Kong. As part of the approval process, the company submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong stock exchange at the end of August 2018. дальше »

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Former UBS Bankers Are Building a Crypto Bank in Switzerland

Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman. дальше »

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One of China’s Major State Banking Groups Successfully Transacts $1.3B in Securities Using Blockchain

One of the largest banks in China issued over $1 billion worth of securities utilizing blockchain technology. This marks a milestone, as the country's financial institutions are implementing blockchain more than ever, due to their transparency. дальше »

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Cryptojacking Becomes More Sophisticated With Time: Chinese Researchers

Cryptojacking, an attempt to use a device’s spare computing power to mine digital currencies, is gaining ground ever since crypto assets started getting mainstream acceptance. Researchers from China’s Fudan University and Tsinghua University collaborated with the University of California Riverside to produce the first systematic study of these attacks. дальше »

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Китайский банк выпустил ценные бумаги на блокчейне на $1,3 млрд

Пятый по величине коммерческий банк КНР Bank of Communications задействовал блокчейн для эмиссии ценных бумаг, обеспеченных ипотекой (RMBS). Об этом сообщает CoinDesk. Ведущим андеррайтером выпуска ценных бумаг стала China International Capital Corporation. дальше »

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A Chinese Hotel to Accept Ethereum, Has China Really Banned Cryptos or Are They Flourishing?

China banning crypto has become a meme, and their shutting down of centralized crypto exchanges will not be forgotten easily, but have they really banned cryptos or have they failed... The post A Chinese Hotel to Accept Ethereum, Has China Really Banned Cryptos or Are They Flourishing? appeared first on Trustnodes. дальше »

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Китайский банковский гигант выпустил ценные бумаги на блокчейне на $1,3 млрд

Пятый по величине коммерческий банк Китая Bank of Communications завершил крупную эмиссию ценных бумаг, обеспеченных ипотекой (RMBS), с использованием блокчейна. Ведущим андерайтером выпуска ценных бумаг стала China International Capital Corporation, в нем также приняли участие два крупнейших коммерческих банка страны — Commercial Bank of China и China Merchants Bank. дальше »

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China Are Blocking Bitcoin As The Banks Expand To The Blockchain

According to reports out today, the Bank of Communications, one of the four major state banking groups in China have completed a major transaction on the blockchain, one that has seen the issue of residential mortgage backed securities (RMBSs) on a blockchain network. дальше »

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Chinese Banking Giant Issues $1.3 Billion in Securities on a Blockchain

A state-owned commercial bank in China has completed the issuance of mortgage-backed securities worth $1.3 billion using a blockchain network. дальше »

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The Daily: Around the World on 1 BTC and the Plausibly Deniable Brainwallet

In today’s edition of The Daily, we’re focusing on human interest stories. Tales involving people rather than products, as a reminder of the many ways in which cryptocurrency affects people’s lives, transforming them for the better. дальше »

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Chinese Search Engine Giant Baidu Releases Super Chain Blockchain White Paper

Baidu, the “Google” of China just released Baidu Blockchain White Paper V1. 0 which describes the development of a “Super Chain” network system. Baidu Blockchain Lab released the blockchain white paper concentrated on “the independent development of the ‘Super Chain’ network system. дальше »

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Ethereum Co-founder: Cryptocurrency Next Logical Step in Evolution of Money

Consider that years ago the idea of paper money — let alone digital money — seemed abstract. In fact, when Marco Polo first came back from his travels in the East, his stories of people in China using paper representations of money (as opposed to metal) were discredited as sorcery. дальше »

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Cashless Societies Sound Great in Theory, but Fail in Reality: A China Case Study

With the world’s most advanced and widespread digital payments infrastructure, cash is fast becoming a thing of the past in China. Internet payment giants like Alipay and TencentPay have cornered a vast domestic market and created what some see as a utopia of ubiquitous mobile payments. дальше »

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Surveys: 1 in 4 Millennials Want to Invest in Crypto, 3% of China Already Has

In recent cryptocurrency surveys, a poll of 100,000 Chinese citizens has found that 3% have invested in cryptocurrencies, and a survey conducted by Circle has found that a quarter of millennials would like to invest in crypto assets in the next 12 months. дальше »

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China’s BlockVC Blockchain Investor Says Bitcoin’s Bear Market is Over, Altcoins Over Half a Year Left

Bear Market for Bitcoin Has Passed, But Altcoins Are on Their Last Limb, says China VC Kira Sun works at BlockVC as an investment manager. Representing her blockchain investment firm, she was recently a guest on CNBC Cryptotrader during a segment called “The Future of the Utility Token.” In the time on the segment, Sun […] дальше »

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Report: China will outspend US on AI research by end of 2018

The US House Oversight and Reform IT Subcommittee today released the results of a months-long investigation into Federal investment and oversight in artificial intelligence. There’s a lot to unpack here, and most of it is bad. дальше »

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Regulatory News Have Biggest Impact On Crypto Prices: Report

When media outlets report regulatory news such as bans on crypto (think China, Venezuela and South Korea) and treatment of initial coin offerings (ICOs) under securities laws (think U. S. ), these have the greatest negative effect on valuations, according to Sept. дальше »

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China VC Says Bear Market Over for Bitcoin, but Altcoins Have 200 Days Left

Monday’s segment of CNBC Cryptotrader entitled ‘The Future of the Utility Token,” one of the guests made a bold prediction on the crypto market. Kira Sun, an investment manager at China-based blockchain investment firm Block VC, stated that he believes the bear market on Bitcoin to be at an end, but that altcoins will take […] The post China VC Says Bear Market Over for Bitcoin, but Altcoins Have 200 Days Left appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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NBA’s Houston Rockets Land Sponsorship Deal with Bitcoin Mining Subsidiary AntPool

Bitcoin mining company AntPool, owned by Bitmain, one of the largest manufacturers of mining rigs in the world, landed a sponsorship deal with professional U. S. basketball team the Houston Rockets, The South China Morning Post reported on September 24, 2018. дальше »

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After XRP Went Crazy, Is Stellar Next?

XRP just wrecked the crypto china shop, but there may be another bull right behind the Ripple run.  As the market sweeps up the wreckage and fragments, one question is still looming: is Stellar lumens next? Although Ripple predates Stellar by several years, the tokens of the two protocols act more more like twins than ordinary […] The post After XRP Went Crazy, Is Stellar Next? appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

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Ex-Google CEO: Competition between US and China will split the internet

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes that in next 10-15 years, the internet will split into two with one part will be led by China and other by the US. Schmidt said in reply to economist Terry Cowen’s question on the possibility of having three to four separate internets a decade from now: I think the most likely scenario now is not a splintering, but rather a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America. дальше »

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Bitmain Rolls Out New ASIC Chip for Crypto Mining

China's Bitmain, which runs some of the largest crypto mining pools in the world, has unveiled a next-generation ASIC chip said to further enhance mining equipment performance.

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Ethereum 2.0, Getting to a Billion Transactions a Day

“The ethereum killer is ethereum, the ethereum of China is ethereum, the ethereum of Taiwan is ethereum… 2. 0. ” So said Vitalik Buterin, ethereum’s co-founder, in November 2017. Since then, developers. дальше »

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World Credit Diamond Coin: Facilitating China and South Korea partnership using Blockchain

Think of living a completely cashless life

The post World Credit Diamond Coin: Facilitating China and South Korea partnership using Blockchain appeared first on CoinSpeaker.

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China During Crypto Ban: One Woman Tries to Live on Bitcoin

Close to being yet another annoyingly false media piece on how ‘hard’ it is to live on cryptocurrency, the Netflix of China, Iqiyi, followed a woman attempting just that for 21 days. Bitcoiners have been doing so for years through various service providers, exchanges, and, yes, even peer-to-peer, yet the clearly untrue ‘hard’ narrative is […] The post China During Crypto Ban: One Woman Tries to Live on Bitcoin appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

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China, Russia, USA in Race to Use Blockchain for Military Operations

A number of defense officials and armed forces across the globe are starting to look into blockchain’s potential in areas related to military activity. Militaries across the world are always looking for cutting-edge technologies to get a leg up on the competition. дальше »

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Ant Financial запускает блокчейн платформу BaaS

Аффилированная компания китайского гиганта Alibaba, Ant Financial, запускает блокчейн-платформу бекенд-как-услуга (BaaS), сообщило местное издание China Money Network 21-го сентября. Вице-президент Ant Financial Цзянг Гофэй анонсировал запуск платформы BaaS на конференции Ant Technology Exploration Conference (ATEC) в Ханчжоу. дальше »

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China Updates Crypto Rankings, Downgrades Bitcoin

The China Center for Information Industry Development has updated its crypto rankings. The list contains 33 crypto projects, ranked overall and in three separate categories. High up in the overall ranking are EOS, Ethereum, and Bitshares. дальше »

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Alibaba’s Ant Financial to Open a Blockchain Backend-as-a-Service Platform

Alibaba's Ant Financial are Launching a Blockchain Backend-as-a-Service Platform One of the affiliate companies of the Chinese e-commerce behemoth, Alibaba, Ant Financial, is getting set to launch a Bockchain-based Backend as a Service (BaaS) platform. дальше »

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Twitch confirms it’s been blocked in China

Gaming-focused live streaming platform Twitch has been blocked in China, the company confirmed. A report by Abacus suggests that Twitch’s iOS app has vanished from the App Store and its website is inaccessible across the country. дальше »

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Chinese Central Bank Issues Another Notice Against ICOs and Crypto Trading

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday issued another notice to the citizens, urging them to beware of the risks in investing in cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). The latest public notice comes from the Shanghai branch of the PBOC, which sought to “remind” consumers and investors to be aware of the risks of […] Chinese Central Bank Issues Another Notice Against ICOs and Crypto Trading was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News. дальше »

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China’s JD.com Launches the Country’s First Blockchain-Based Business License Tool

JD.com launched China’s first blockchain-powered business licenses based on a deal with the Administration for Industry and Commerce of Suqian.

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Why NEO (NEO) Is A Strong Buy Below $50

Chart for NEO/USD (1D) Neo (NEO) is a bargain below $50. Many in the crypto community may not see this yet but when China takes a 180 degree turn on cryptocurrencies, the effects will start to appear. дальше »

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China’s ‘Bitcoin Girl’ Documentary Shows Challenges Of Bitcoin Use

It’s been a year since China banned Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchanges as well as initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the populous country of 1. 4 billion. The government isn’t relenting in its anti-crypto drive, either. дальше »

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Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Says Blockchain Will Have to Go Green

Alibaba founder and billionaire Jack Ma is one of technology’s most influential personalities. Speaking at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in China on Monday, Sept. 17, Ma talked about using blockchain and other advanced technologies to lead society in a greener direction. дальше »

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World’s Largest Blockchain Hub Hosts Neo (NEO) Amongst 40 Other Start-Ups

Often known as China’s Ethereum due to its similitude to the world’s second most popular coin, Neo (NEO) blockchain technology has stepped up its game in the crypto globe by securing a space for itself at the world’s largest blockchain Hub, Trust Square. дальше »

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