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Digital Yuan Trial Hotspot Not Seeing Wide Acceptance, Claims Report

11.5.2021
With digital yuan pilots underway in China, it seems the currency is not meeting government expectations. A recent report highlighted a series of interviews from people in the hotspot, reflecting a lackluster reception among the participants. Privacy Concerns Reported According to Bloomberg...

Palantir to Accept Bitcoin for Services, Considers Keeping BTC on Its Balance Sheet

11.5.2021
Palantir Technologies, the Peter Thiel-backed, American software company specializing in big data analytics, announced Tuesday that company plans to accept bitcoin for services. Further, like a variety of corporate entities that are accepting and holding bitcoin, Palantir is considering keeping...

Chia network not so green? CPU mining reportedly destroys SSD in weeks

11.5.2021
If you want to save the world, it's going to take a lot of hard drives

Report: China’s Bitcoin Hashrate Dominance Dives, ‘North America Could Steal the Lead’

10.5.2021
A newly published regional report shows that China’s hashrate has likely dropped to 55% while the U.S. has climbed to 11%. Another study predicts that it’s possible North America could overtake China in terms of hashrate by the end of 2021. Bitcoin Mining Farm Operator Says Mining...

Alipay set to allow users test China's digital yuan

10.5.2021
China’s e-payment giant will allow some users to link their accounts to the country’s digital yuan app

China’s Digital Yuan Smart Card to Feature Biometrics and Fingerprint Scanning

9.5.2021
The People’s Bank of China’s upcoming digital yuan card will feature IDEX Biometrics and fingerprint scanning, according to regional reports. China’s “Digital Currency Electronic Payment” or DCEP is getting closer toward launch by the day. Last week, smart card...

Signs the Bitcoin hashrate is starting to move away from China

6.5.2021
The U.S. is slowly increasing its share of the Bitcoin hashrate

Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world

5.5.2021

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,...

2021’s Largest Epoch Drop: Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Dips Over 12%, Hashrate Nears 200 Exahash

2.5.2021
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has seen a massive drop this week, as the metric slid 12.6% and was the largest difficulty drop in 2021. The mining difficulty decline follows the recent electrical outages in China which had affected the network’s hashrate to some degree. Following...

Rolling up the sleeves: China’s tech giants drive digital yuan adoption

1.5.2021
CBDC tests are proceeding toward deployment, as Chinese internet, fintech and e-commerce giants are leading the digital yuan vanguard

Beijing Is Collecting Data From Local Datacenters Involved in Cryptocurrency Mining Activities

1.5.2021
Authorities in Beijing have been conducting checks on cryptocurrency mining datacenters to assess and understand its energy consumption and thus the impact on the electric infrastructure. Although it was reported as a rumor by international media outlets, Chinese state media confirmed...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell Says Dogecoin and Gamestop Hype Highlights ‘Froth in Equity Markets’

30.4.2021
Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, discussed a number of topics this week such as inflation and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) following the multi-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. The central bank’s lead executive was asked about feverish stocks like Gamestop...

Giant Gundam Statue Finished In China

30.4.2021
A life-sized, one-to-one scale Freedom Gundam statue has been completed in Shanghai.Read more

Bitcoin mining in China set for 'stricter supervision' due to carbon concerns

30.4.2021
China is reportedly paying more attention to the crypto mining sector, amid concerns of its growing carbon footprint

Our Man in Shanghai: Huobi looks to become Grayscale of Asia, Yao Ming’s NFT wine, and Chinese crypto investors go to the dogs

30.4.2021
Huobi tackles the institutional market, you can now own an NFT of basketball star Yao Ming drinking red wine, and China’s digital yuan starts to target the private sector