China’s Hunan province, a major blockchain hub in the country, is now establishing its first provincial blockchain zone in the city of Loudi. The central Chinese province of Hunan has approved the establishment of the Wanbao blockchain zone in the city of Loudi. It is the first provincial blockchain zone in Hunan province, according to […]
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Walmart joins Hyperledger to have a larger role in the open-source community, discusses further plans for the future. Speaking at the Hyperledger Global Forum 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona on March 3, Walmart’s director of software engineering for blockchain platforms, Archana Sristy, briefly discussed why the company joined Hyperledger. During a panel entitled “Blockchain in Action: […]
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China has just approved a tech university’s application to open China’s first undergraduate Blockchain engineering major. The Ministry of Education of China has just granted Chengdu University of Information Technology (CUIT) approval to open the country’s first undergraduate blockchain engineering major. Admission and enrollment will start this year, according to a Chinanews agency report from […]
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Cointelegraph Consulting examines the blockchain world’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. COVID-19 — more commonly known as the coronavirus — has unleashed massive shock waves among the worldwide health, science, government and business communities as societies are trying to contain the virus. At the moment, the scale and velocity at which the coronavirus is spreading […]
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A Duke University professor believes crypto has not acted as safe haven amid the challenges to the global economy. Cryptocurrencies have not been used as a safe haven amid challenges the global economy has faced at the beginning of the year, one expert says. The world has already seen a slew of market-shaking events this […]
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Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of major crypto exchange Binance, did not appreciate the public help offer of the CEO of competing exchange OKEx, Jay Hao. Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of major crypto exchange Binance, did not appreciate the public help offer of the CEO of competing exchange OKEx, Jay Hao in […]
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After launching Nigerian Naira deposits in October 2019, Binance adds support of NGN as its first African currency for P2P trading. As part of ongoing fiat-to-crypto expansion, major cryptocurrency Binance is adding support for the Nigerian Naira (NGN) on its peer-to-peer (P2P) platform. Binance P2P, a consumer-to-consumer business arm of Binance exchange, is rolling out […]
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A Protocol Labs General Council member bashed the current crypto tax scene at a recent congressional hearing on blockchain tech. In a United States congressional meeting titled “Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses,” one of the testifying witnesses called out current cryptocurrency taxation expectations for their overbearing complexity. “Doing […]
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Over 15% of existing Bitcoins have not moved in 12 to 18 months, showing that the whales who accumulated during the 2018 bear trend are hodling. More than 15% of the existing Bitcoin (BTC) supply has not moved in 12 to 18 months. This confirms that the second half of 2018 was an accumulation season, […]
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An Argentinean lawmaker has been studying the possibility of bringing a government-backed cryptocurrency for Mendoza. Josefina Canale, Argentina’s lawmaker, has declared through her personal Twitter account that she is in favor of creating an exclusive cryptocurrency for the city of Mendoza, which would be backed and monitored by the local government. The lawmaker adds that […]
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