Alibaba’s import e-commerce platform embraces ant blockchain traceability system to make consumer goods transparent and trackable. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced its import e-commerce platform Koala has updated its products to include a full-link traceability blockchain system on March 16, according to a Sina Finance report from March 17. Blockchain increases logistic transparency The report…
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A Baidu senior engineer has been jailed for three years for mining $14,000 worth of Monero on company servers. An engineer at Baidu, China’s equivalent to Google, has been jailed for mining Monero on around 200 of the company’s servers. According to a March 16 report by local media outlet, Abacus News, the employee eventually…
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Chinese mining giant Canaan has to deal with some extra difficulties over its IPO amid bearish markets. While the current climate seems uneasy for all cryptocurrency businesses, some of them have to deal with extra difficulties. Earlier this month, investors filed a class-action lawsuit against Canaan, a Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency mining hardware producer. The case is…
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Chinese banks have successfully used a trade finance blockchain platform to process over $56 million in international trade payments. Over 20 banks in Chongqing China have used a trade finance platform powered by blockchain to process over $56 million in foreign trade transactions. It has completed a total $460 million in export trade financing after…
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Alipay is seeking to lure 44 million merchants with mini programs to expand services for the firm’s 900 million users. Billionaire Jack Ma, owner of payment app Alipay, seeks to lure 44 million merchants to expand services for the app’s 900 million users in everything from real estate purchases to restaurant and cinema bookings, according…
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Following a successful rollout in the south of the country, China’s blockchain invoicing system is being introduced to the capital. Following a successful rollout in Shenzhen last year, China’s blockchain invoicing system is being introduced to the capital. On March 2, the Beijing Municipal Office of the State Administration of Taxation announced its decision to…
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The crypto community continues to help fight the coronavirus, with Binance Charity donating new batches of medical supplies to medical institutions. The crypto community continues to help fight the coronavirus outbreak, with Binance Charity donating new batches of medical supplies to hospitals and disease control command centers. On March 9, Binance Charity announced the completion…
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China’s central bank has secured $4.7 million in funding for its blockchain trade platform over the next three years. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has secured $4.7 million in funding from China’s central government for its blockchain trade finance platform. The funding will be administered over three years and has been designated for research…
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Coronavirus anxiety continues to overshadow second day of London Blockchain Week. The second day of Fintech Worldwide’s Blockchain Summit kicked off to unusually glorious sunshine. But you’d be hard pressed to notice that in the venue because there was no natural light filtering through to the handful of attendees that braved the ongoing coronavirus scare.…
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CBDC’s and currencies such as Facebook’s Libra could force the U.S. to adapt to save its spot as the world’s leading currency, ING economist Carlo Cocuzzo explained. As multiple countries and entities weigh the validity of a central bank digital currency the physical United States dollar still sits in a place of dominance — but…
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