Crypto Twitter has taken aim at the Twitter hack, suggest there is more to this attack than meets the eye. Earlier this morning, a large-scale Twitter attack took over some of the most powerful verified Twitter accounts including Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Warren Buffett, Mike Bloomberg, Barack […]
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Cypherium’s founder predicts that adoption of CBDCs for cross border payments will happen sooner than expected. Sky Guo, founder of the Cypherium blockchain, predicts that central bank digital currency cross-border payments will happen “in the next couple years” or “even sooner”. In an interview with Cointelegraph on July 13, Guo said that CBDC development among […]
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The Beijing government has released its first blockchain application blueprint for government services, claiming 140 applications already use the technology. The Beijing government will release its first blockchain application blueprint on government services in China today, according to the local news on July 15. According to the blueprint, 140 government service applications are already on […]
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Select altcoins are showing strength and if Bitcoin price perks up a fast paced, market-wide rally could occur. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is rumored to be working with food delivery giant Meituan Dianping and ride-hailing application DiDi to test the digital yuan. Currently, Meituan Dianping is estimated to have more than 435 million […]
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Gansu province is now connected to the state-run Energy Zone Blockchain public service platform. An energy supplier in China has successfully deployed its first blockchain node. This node went live through the government-backed network, the State Grid Corporation of China. According to The Paper, Gansu province becomes the second provincial power company outside the State […]
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Four macro indicators suggest a Bitcoin uptrend is near, following nearly two months of stagnation in a tight range. Since early May, the price of Bitcoin has been at a standstill in a tight range between $8,500 and $10,000. For most of the past month, BTC has remained between $9,000 and $9,500 as realized volatility […]
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China’s central bank may test digital yuan on Meituan Dianping’s food delivery platform with 435 million users. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is planning to add the Tencent-backed food delivery giant Meituan Dianping to its list of platforms that will test real-world use cases of the digital yuan. Meituan Dianping is a Beijing-based food […]
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The Japanese government is getting serious about a CBDC. The Japanese government is expected to include consideration of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in its official economic plan. The news comes 10 days after the Bank of Japan’s announcement that it will start experimenting with the digital yen to check its feasibility from a […]
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A former Chinese official says the development of a digital currency will lay the foundation for the birth of digital stocks. Xiao Gang, the former chair of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, says in his latest book on China capital market reforms that the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will pave the […]
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Chainlink price continues to surge to new highs but is it reaching bubble territory? On July 13 Chainlink (LINK) rallied more than 34% to reach a new all-time high at $8.48. Since then the price corrected back to the $7 range but at the time of writing the altcoin is making a renewed attempt at […]
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