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Michael Burry Bets $1.6 Billion Against Market: ‘Big Short’ Investor Takes Bearish Stance on S&P 500 and Nasdaq
15.8.2023
In filings with securities authorities released on Monday, renowned hedge fund manager Michael Burry, whose exploits were famously captured in the film “The Big Short,” took a bearish stance on the market. Burry’s Scion Asset Management shorted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100...
Singapore Mulls New Crypto Rules, KuCoin Denies Rumors, Meta Closes Novi + More News
4.7.2022
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Chinese Tech Giants Ready Metaverse, NFT Moves Despite Regulatory Scrutiny
21.12.2021
China’s tech giants are hopeful of launching metaverse and non-fungible token (NFT) businesses despite suffering a torrid year at the hands of the country’s vehemently anti-crypto government. Heavy-hitters including JD.com and Alibaba have laid out plans that involve metaverse and NFTs, although...
Nifty News: Playboy unveils 11,953 bunny avatars, Martha Stewart cooks up NFTs...
21.10.2021
Martha Stewart has entered the NFT sector by cooking up some Halloween-themed collectibles, Coinbase announced its first four partnered NFT creators, and Playboy is dropping 11,953 unique bunny NFTs
Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com drops NFT series on its own blockchain
20.10.2021
JD.com implements its own blockchain to issue free NFTs to attendees of its annual JD Discovery conference
Chinese Bank Employees Told to Entice 300 Customers to Use the Digital Yuan
7.7.2021
In mid-May, a report stemming from residents in Shenzhen, China explained that the digital yuan wasn’t seeing widespread participation, which the Chinese government has alluded to in many press releases. Now a handful of China’s state-owned banks have asked staff to recruit 200 to...
Chinese Mining Exodus Leads to ASIC and GPU Second-Market Surplus and Lower Prices
24.6.2021
While bitcoin miners in China have been scrambling, second-hand markets offering cryptocurrency mining rigs from ASICs to GPUs have been exploding with an excess surplus. Additionally, the ASIC manufacturer Bitmain suspended machine sales on Wednesday, ceasing international spot deliveries....
Beijing to Disperse $6 Million in Digital Yuan in a Red Envelope Lottery
3.6.2021
China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) continues to gain further ground as the Beijing Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau revealed 40 million worth of the country’s digital yuan ($6.3 million) will be distributed to Chinese citizens. Beijing and China’s...
Digital Yuan Launch Draws Near: JD.com Employees Paid in e-CNY, Tencent, Ant, Mastercard Engage With PBoC
4.5.2021
China, the world’s most populous country, has jumped leaps and bounds in comparison to a great number of other countries when it comes to the creation of a central bank digital currency. As each day passes, China’s digital yuan is seemingly getting closer to large-scale adoption,...
Chinese online retail giant JD.com adopts digital yuan for salary payments
26.4.2021
Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has upped its support for the country’s central bank digital currency
JD.Com Says It’s Accepting China’s Digital Yuan for Latest Lottery
5.12.2020
Chinese e-commerce firm JD.Com says it's become the first online platform to accept the nation's central bank digital currency
JD.com to Build Apps for China’s Digital Yuan Project: Report
22.9.2020
The Chinese e-commerce giant has reportedly agreed to help the nation's central bank develop infrastructure including a wallet for its cash-equivalent digital currency
JD.com's fintech wing partners with PBoC on digital currency projects
21.9.2020
China's e-commerce giant will reportedly help develop apps that support the forthcoming digital renminbi
JD.com Subsidiary Rolling Out Privacy Tech From Blockchain Firm ARPA
17.6.2020
JD Digits is teaming up with blockchain-based privacy platform ARPA protect the financial data of major clients
Chinese City Offers Rent Subsidies, Cash Rewards to Blockchain Businesses
11.6.2019
Fuzhou, China is offering rent subsidies to blockchain businesses in a bid to accelerate the industry’s growth
Report: Chinese E-Commerce Giant JD.com Has Applied for Over 200 Blockchain Patents
21.5.2019
Chinese e-commerce giant JD has reportedly filed for approximately 200 blockchain patents