China’s central bank relies on centralization and suppression of open technologies such as blockchain, with its next step being to issue a national stablecoin. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the country’s central bank, has announced that it is planning to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC), inspired in part by Facebook’s Libra project. […]
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The integration of DLT technology into messenger apps is expected to drive mainstream crypto adoption, but possibly at the expense of centralization. Many cryptocurrency analysts and industry representatives are predicting that the increasing integration of blockchain payments with messenger apps will comprise the catalyst for the next wave of mainstream distributed ledger technology (DLT) adoption. […]
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China’s central bank has refuted recent reports of its plans to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency in the coming months, state-owned media claims. The Global Times claims that China’s central bank has refuted recent reports of its plans to launch a state-backed cryptocurrency this November. The Global Times is China’s national English language tabloid, under the […]
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Eight institutions will reportedly receive the first installment of China’s upcoming central bank-issued digital currency, including Alibaba and Tencent. According to sources, the People’s Bank of China is giving its first round of central bank digital currency (CBDC) to online retail giant Alibaba, Internet giant Tencent, five banking organizations and one unknown entity. The first […]
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Binance launched its own stablecoin project, but faces stiff competition from Libra and the Chinese government in its quest… Within the past 12 months, stablecoins have transformed from a niche idea to tackle the issues of a volatile market into methods of payment championed by some of the world’s biggest and most powerful tech companies. […]
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As the People’s Bank of China reveals new details of its future cryptocurrency, more users are getting concerned about its partial decentralization. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has completed the development of a prototype for issuing a national cryptocurrency, as Cointelegraph reported on Aug. 11. As it turned out, it will be powered by a […]
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Alibaba has filed a patent for a proposed technology that names and identifies blockchain domains across chains. Chinese online retail giant Alibaba has applied for a United States patent entitled “Domain Name Management Scheme for Cross-Chain Interactions in Blockchain Systems.” Alibaba filed its latest application on Aug. 15 in a continuation of an application filed […]
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U.S.-China trade war escalates, China is stepping up national crypto development, anonymous PBoC source says crypto “brings both risks and opportunities.” After a short stay in the red zone, Bitcoin (BTC) has recovered toward $12,000, with traders turning bullish as ever. Experts call the United States-China trade war a key reason for the main cryptocurrency’s price […]
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Steve Bannon, former Chief Strategist to US President Donald Trump, thinks that Bitcoin will be part of a “global populist revolt,” with cryptocurrencies having a big future. Stephen Bannon, co-founder of Breitbart News and former Chief Strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, expressed his admiration for Bitcoin (BTC), seeing it as part of a […]
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China has the highest rate of “Facebook Libra” Google searches, while the U.S. is ranked 25th, according to Google Trends’ data. China is the global leader when it comes to searching for “Facebook Libra” on Google one month after the release of Libra’s white paper. China keeping a close eye on Facebook’s Libra As of […]
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