Despite a crypto bearish market,old-school venture capitalists’ interest in the blockchain space seems to show no immediate signs of slowing down, and both deal and dollar volume in the field are up globally in the third quarter of 2018. But the number fell off a cliff in September. Q3 ...
In the recent Bytom Global Dev Competition, some stablecoin projects have been seen. It is no surprise as stablecoin has been really a buzzword in the recent crypto market, and these projects are mulling over stablecoins based on Bytom Blockchain. Stablecoins have been embroiled in contr...
Blockchain talents are severely needed in China this year as the demand for such professionals far exceeds the supply, according to a recent report entitled Report on the Supply and Demand of Blockchain Talents 2018 released by Zhaopin.com, a Chinese online recruitment services provider. ...
October 10, the Internet Finance Payment Security Alliance Risk Information Sharing (Distributed Query) Platform jointly launched by China UnionPay and JD Finance has won the 2018 Financial Blockchain Innovation Application Excellence Award, that awarded by Payment & Cl...
First, it was the news of an anticipated sidechain with a smart contract feature finally coming to the Bitcoin network. The RSK sidechain is expected to make initial coin offerings (ICOs) possible on the Bitcoin blockchain before the end of the year. Now, the Liquid Network is live as t...
Jack Ma, the chairman of E-commerce giant Alibaba and China’s leading digital payments platform Ant Financial has demonstrated his interest in Bitcoin and blockchain technology as well as the potential of establishing a cashless society. Although Ma used to hold a doubtful attitude tow...
As the rapid rise of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, crypto giants in China are particularly eye-catching. According to the Hurun China Rich List 2018 released on October 10, big names in the crypto space have been seen on the list for the first time. Bitmain’s founders Micr...
The China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI), the major think tank directly under the the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for standardization in electronics and IT industry, is getting ready to release three blockchain standards on smart contract, ...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has filed a patent for a blockchain system which allows government agencies or other third-party trustworthy institutions to halt a smart contract or freeze an account in case of illegal activities. According to the patent application published by the Un...
“The rise of digital currency and blockchain technology is an opportunity for Taiwan,” said Taiwan legislator and Congressman Jason Hsu. Given the nickname of “Crypto Congressman” by Vitalik Buterin, Hsu is active in pushing cryptocurrency and blockchain in Taiwan. Taiwan, a has-b...
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