Alibaba Cloud is expanding its enterprise-level Blockchain-as-a-Service outside China. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, is enhancing its Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering outside China, the company announced in a press release on Oct. 24. Following the roll out of its BaaS platform in China, Alibaba Cloud will expand its enterprise-level […]
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A New York judge has ruled in favor of Chinese giant Alibaba in its trademark infringement case against Alibabacoin. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has won a preliminary injunction against Dubai-based Alibabacoin Foundation in a lawsuit over the misleading use of Alibaba in their name, financial website MarketWatch reports Wednesday, Oct. 24. The U.S. District Court […]
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After successfully listing their native currency ABBC on nine major exchanges around the world, Alibabacoin Foundation is excited to announce that they will be listing it on other popular exchanges called namely Bitforex and Bit-Z. Once they complete this listing, the users will be able to trade in ABBC through ten major exchanges worldwide. Alibabacoin Foundation recently […]
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Dubai and the United Arab Emirates are making concerted efforts to be global leaders in blockchain adoption. In some countries around the world, governments have had a stifling effect on the adoption of blockchain technology. Conversely, the government of the UAE and Dubai have been the driving force behind the promotion of blockchain use in […]
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The CFTC’s Brian Quintenz has addressed the question of accountability in an era of disintermediated finance and smart contracts. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s Brian Quintenz has addressed the question of accountability in an era of disintermediated finance and smart contracts. The commissioner made his remarks at the 38th Annual GITEX Technology Week […]
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Roger Ver wants Bitcoin.com to have its own crypto exchange, while CNBC’s Ran Neuner thinks Bitcoin’s price could soon “explode.” Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more […]
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Dubai’s state-backed digital currency emcash will soon have its own payment system for goods, services, and other transactions. Consumers in Dubai will soon be able to use digital currency to pay for goods, services, and utilities following a new government partnership, a press release confirms Tuesday, Oct. 9. The deal between emcredit, a subsidiary of […]
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The United Arab Emirates’ national securities regulator plans to introduce ICOs for capital markets in 2019, having approved their regulation under securities laws. The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s national securities regulator plans to introduce Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) for capital markets in 2019, Reuters reported Oct. 8. Reuters notes that the regulator has embraced the […]
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Source: Mark Jones, Blockchain Technology News The Dubai government’s department of finance has partnered with Smart Dubai to launch a blockchain-based payment system to handle transactions “accurately and in real time”. It forms part of the government’s mission to become the first “blockchain-powered” government by 2020. It’s currently working with IBM, Consensys and Smart Dubai’s […]
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