China’s cyberspace commission has issued approvals for 224 blockchain projects, including ventures from the country’s major tech companies. China’s Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission (OCCAC) has announced its third round of blockchain projects to receive approval from the country’s regulators. 224 distributed ledger technology (DLT) ventures have been added to the commission’s registry,…
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The Telegram Open Network’s operating system will reportedly be available on major app stores in the near future. Google Play market and Apple’s AppStore will reportedly soon feature the Telegram Open Network (TON) operating system (OS), an end-to-end open-source infrastructure that allows developers and users to work with the TON blockchain. The TON OS will…
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The Nxt and Ardor blockchains see drastic increases in the number of network nodes after rolling out an incentives program. The Nxt (NXT) and Ardor (ARDR) blockchains have seen a spike in the number of network’s nodes after rolling out an incentives program. Jerulidia — the company behind both blockchains — told Cointelegraph on April…
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An exclusive report shared with Cointelegraph highlights the positive impact that blockchain could have on the music industry. The transition of royalty payments into the blockchain should empower artists in the music industry by increasing their bargaining power for asking higher payouts, claims a report that blockchain-based digital music platform, OPUS has shared with Cointelegraph.…
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Blockchain is being leveraged to connect buyers with non-traditional suppliers producing masks and other PPT needed to combat COVID-19. Shortages of personal protective equipment, or PPE, used by health care professionals are posing a tremendous challenge to the United States health care system as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Centers for…
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Losses in traditional finance during the COVID-19 pandemic could underline the benefits of cryptocurrencies to the world. In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former Wall Street trader turned professor, described the idea of a “black swan” event. Black swans are defined as being rare, of major consequence and impossible to predict, though he tempered their…
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Matrixport’s platform now allows users to buy crypto currencies directly through Visa and Mastercard. Bitmain-affiliated financial service platform Matrixport has teamed up with Simplex, an EU-licensed payments processing firm, to allow users to purchase select cryptocurrencies using their credit and debit cards. Matrixport users can buy seven cryptocurrencies with most popular fiat currencies As part…
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A collectible Cointelegraph NFT is just one tiny reason. Cointelegraph is co-presenting and covering Virtual Blockchain Week, a series of talks from blockchain luminaries over the next five days. Speakers include well-known figures in the industry such as Changpeng Zhao, Caitlin Long and Anthony Pompliano alongside opinion-makers like Brittany Kaiser, Alyze Sam and Charlie Shrem.…
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The US token issuance platform cited automation, regulatory compliance, and properly utilizing blockchain technology as reasons for the move. Security tokens platform TokenSoft has joined the U.S.-based crypto lobbying group Blockchain Association (BA). The San Francisco-based token issuance platform said in an official announcement on April 27 that it would be entering the D.C.-based organization…
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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan’s 2nd-largest lender by assets, will sign an agreement with SBI Holdings for new smartphone services. The second largest bank in Japan will sign a deal with SBI Holdings to offer digital banking services available on smartphones. According to an April 27 article in the Nikkei newspaper, the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial…
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