Chinese companies are angling to overtake the United States in blockchain adoption. Recent figures published by Chinese media outlets show that companies in China have filed for over half of all global blockchain patents. According to a report titled “2020 Blockchain Industry Development”, Chinese companies have applied for 4,435 blockchain patents following Chinese president Xi…
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DeFi is the word on everybody’s lips. The hype around DeFi is not fading away and is only just beginning, said Neo founder Da Hongfei, during a live stream on China’s Hub on Sept. 25. Da said DeFi created a process in just a few years that traditional finance took hundreds of years to perfect.…
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Global developers can now start building projects on top of Tezos through China’s BSN. China’s government-backed blockchain project, the Blockchain Service Network, has announced the integration of the Tezos blockchain onto its international portal. According to an official announcement on Sept. 24, Tezos has been selected as the “one of the first batch of blockchains”…
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As the world continues to warm and face the effects of climate change, what does this mean for Bitcoin, blockchain and the world of crypto? In October 2018, the journal Nature Climate Change made headlines both within the crypto world and beyond after it published a study claiming that within three decades, the carbon emissions…
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China’s e-commerce giant will reportedly help develop apps that support the forthcoming digital renminbi. The tech and payments-focused subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has entered into a partnership with the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China. Local media reported on Sept. 21 that JD Digital Technology and the Digital Currency…
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China’s central bank aims to challenge the global financial status quo. The People’s Bank of China is placing a strong emphasis on the geopolitical stakes of the country’s central bank digital currency development. An article published in the PBoC-run magazine China Finance this weekend argued that Beijing should “accelerate the pace [of CBDC development] to…
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But the company with the most patents isn’t even American. Despite Chinese firm Alibaba filing the most patents so far this year, the United States still takes the lead as the country with the most blockchain patents, a Sept. 17 report from intellectual property consultancy KISSPatent said. IBM and Alibaba hold the most blockchain patents.…
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The platform plans to assist in “building a from-farm-to-table traceability system” across China. The VeChain Foundation has joined the China Animal Health And Food Safety Alliance as a council member. According to a Sept. 17 announcement, VeChain is “the sole public blockchain technology provider in the alliance” and will offer technical and infrastructure support. There…
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They’re entering the enterprise blockchain arena as part of a push towards empowering commercial applications. Huawei announced an update for it’s blockchain-based cloud service, known as Blockchain Service 2.0, or BCS 2.0, during a recent industry summit. It appears that the platform’s upcoming enhancement will serve as its first major update since 2018. According to…
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North America now has its own Bitmain repair center. Crypto mining operator Core Scientific is set to become the first North American cooperative repair center for major crypto mining hardware manufacturer, Bitmain. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the company will offer repair services for Bitmain’s machines. The company says that this will reduce…
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