Chinese multinational tech group ByteDance is seeking a virtual banking license in Singapore as a means of entering digital finance. ByteDance, the Beijing-based multinational tech group behind Tiktok, is looking into adding banking to its line of products and services. It is currently bidding for a digital bank licence in Singapore, according to the Financial…
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Ledger’s Glen Woo believes that China’s central bank digital currency could be deployed using existing payment rails without citizens noticing the change. China has emerged as the world’s leader in central bank digital currency, or CBDC, development, driving speculation surrounding the country’s domestic and international ambitions for its CBDC. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Glenn Woo, Ledger…
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Chinese banks are clarifying that they are not shutting down any legal crypto accounts. Rumor has it that Chinese banks are freezing client accounts that have a history of buying and selling cryptocurrencies. According to a Chinatimes report on June 13, banks in China have clarified that they are not shutting down any legit fiat…
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350 Chinese companies surveyed still believe in the higher potential that blockchain technology could offer to their businesses. A survey of 350 Chinese companies revealed that Blockchan’s pre-COVID-19 corporate bullishness remains alive in the region. According to Xinhua, the study, called “Blockchain in the Post-epidemic Age,” showed that 70% of the companies surveyed before the…
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Father of the JOBS Act does not believe there will be any demand for the Chinese digital currency. David Weild IV, who is known as the father of the JOBS Act, believes that the issuance of the digital dollar is imminent and that the U.S. government should hurry up with it. In addition to garnishing…
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As the monetary impacts of the coronavirus drive discussions surrounding central bank digital currencies, a U.K. blockchain firm has proposed a CDBD system to the Bank of England. United Kingdom-based blockchain firm L3COS has submitted a proposal to the Bank of England, or BoE, for a blockchain-based operating system to power a central bank-issued digital…
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Peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading in the United States has surged to post its strongest weekly volume on record, with almost $29 million trading on Localbitcoins and Paxful. Peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) trading activity in the United States surged to a new all-time high during the week of June 7, according to data published by UsefulTulips. Over the…
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Chinese local governments hit a bump in the road with implementing blockchain applications because stakeholders don’t want to share their data. Chinese local governments are facing difficulties when implementing blockchain applications due to stakeholders unwillingness to share privately owned data, according to a local report on June 10. Data is king According to the investigation,…
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An article published by Yonhap suggests that South Korean merchants are open to accepting digital yuan as a payment method in the near future. South Korean media outlets suggest that local merchants could accept the upcoming digital yuan as a payment method once the COVID-19 pandemic passes and Chinese tourist flow increases in the country. According…
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About 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of over-the-counter cryptocurrency traders were allegedly frozen by law enforcement. Around 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of cryptocurrency traders have reportedly been frozen by local law enforcement. According to a June 8 report by 8BTC, police froze the bank accounts of thousands of over-the-counter (OTC) traders from the Chinese province of…
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