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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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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A theory has emerged that miners tend to sell before the halving to accumulate enough Bitcoin to finance their operations. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped right before and after the two previous block-reward halving events in 2012 and 2016. BTC is demonstrating a similar trend approaching the May 2020 halving. A theory has […]
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Why art needs blockchain. Following its inception, blockchain technology quickly found an application in the art sector, making art objects more accessible while changing methods and approaches to their creation and perception. This gave new opportunities for collectors, art galleries, museums, art brokers and artists. Brief introduction to the history of blockchain technology in the […]
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