Despite the interest currently surrounding the digital yuan, some are not yet sure of the project’s overall scope and mainstream viability. With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to wreak economic havoc all over the world, China’s commitment to releasing its much-hyped digital yuan project — referred to as the Digital Currency Electronic Payment, or DCEP — […]
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The race for blockchain adoption is on in South Korea. South Korea’s well-known chat application, Kakao, bolsters its presence in blockchain and crypto with its partnership with a non-fungible token-powered trading platform and its new crypto wallet Klip. According to Hanguk Kyungjae, the trading company Angel League will receive support from Kakao’s Klip platform for […]
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Two more South Korean banks are looking at crypto custody options. South Korea’s Woori and Shinhan banks have just announced their intention to introduce “crypto-asset services”. That means that four of the country’s top five banks, holding a combined value of more than $1.2 trillion in assets, are now poised to introduce crypto services. Each […]
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Blockchain company Apollo Fintech touts its new system as tonic for national digital currency headaches. Blockchain firm Apollo Fintech has announced the completion of its National Payment Platform, or NPP on August 12. This new blockchain platform is a cashless system that supposedly enables a central bank to issue central bank digital currency for national […]
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The program was only launched in May but already one million South Koreans have opted for a blockchain based license. One million South Koreans have foregone their physical drivers license in favour of a blockchain-powered digital alternative used in conjunction with the PASS smartphone app. This represents more than 3% of the entire driving population […]
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As the world becomes more and more digital, the solution to the question of ownership is already here in the form of NFTs. In early July 2020, the total sales of nonfungible tokens, or NFT, hit $100 million. And that is just the start. As the DeFi market reached $4 billion in locked value and […]
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South Korea’s “Silicon Valley” continues its love affair with Blockchain technology. A major satellite city in South Korea, Seongnam, is preparing to expand its existing blockchain-powered payment program by issuing new digital gift certificates. According to Kyunghyang Shinmun, the city’s Blockchain infrastructure will rely on a mobile app named Chak app. This app will be […]
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The BAND native token will be supported for trading on Huobi Global beginning August 10. Band Protocol, the cross-chain data oracle platform, said that its token BAND has been listed on Huobi Global exchange. The company clarified in a press release on its blog that trading on BAND token will start on August 10. Huobi […]
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How Bitcoin’s third halving, Ethereum 2.0’s launch and the COVID-19 pandemic are affecting the crypto mining industry. Although over two months have passed since the halving happened on the Bitcoin network, the crypto mining industry is still heaving from the frantic pace of events that have followed suit. The rollercoaster of hash rates has left […]
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One of the biggest commercial banks in South Korea has partnered with the Korea Expressway Corporation for a blockchain-based toll system. KEB Hana Bank, one of the biggest commercial banks in South Korea, reached an agreement with the state-backed highway operator, the Korea Expressway Corporation, to bring blockchain-based toll payments system across the nation’s highways. […]
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