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Grayscale: Central Bank Digital Currencies Will ‘Neither Replace nor Harm Scarce, Uncompromising Bitcoin’

28.5.2020
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) pose no threat to Bitcoin’s value proposition, instead, they will spur its growth toward mass adoption. In a new report, Grayscale Investments said CBDCs will never replace BTC because unlike the top cryptocurrency, they can be inflationary and are open...

Bitcoin News Roundup for May 27, 2020

27.5.2020
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It's another episode of CoinDesk's the Markets Daily podcast

Ripple CEO Says US Regulators Must Embrace Crypto or Fall Behind China

27.5.2020
Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, has taken to Twitter urging U.S. regulators to get on board with cryptocurrencies, or risk losing global financial dominance to China

WeChat Invests $70 Billion in Fintech, Including Blockchain and AI

27.5.2020
Tencent Holdings aims to bolster blockchain technology development across China as part of a $70 billion investment in fintech

Digital Yuan Has No Launch Date, Bank of China Stresses Amid Rumors of Looming Rollout

26.5.2020
People’s Bank of China clarified that there is still “no timetable” on a formal digital yuan launch, despite the ongoing pilot project

Tencent Is Pouring $70B Into New Tech Including Blockchain

26.5.2020
The web giant is earmarking funding for emerging technologies as it seeks to grow after the COVID-19 epidemic

China’s Congress Proposes Blockchain Development Fund

24.5.2020
NPC, China’s parliament suggests a government backed blockchain development fund to build a better governance system

Bitcoin Miners Will Use Derivatives Like Traditional Commodity Producers

23.5.2020
Miners need traditional financial products in order to hedge against the risk of increasing hash rate and difficulty

Sleepy Bridges, Reentered China, Reopened Probes and 20 Crypto Jokes

23.5.2020
This week in crypto news: Bitcoin shortly neared USD 10K with altcoins gaining bullish momentum too, while BTC was still leaving exchanges rapidly, and Bitcoin-Ethereum bridge, tBTC, was put to sleep two days post-launch. As the threat of inflation looms, investors turn to gold, and maybe...

Ontology Partners With German Startup to Accelerate Supply Chain Identity Solutions

23.5.2020
The blockchain firms are hoping to forge greater collaboration between DLT platforms based in the East and West

China Strikes Down 10% of Global BTC Hashrate, Who Will Pick Up The Slack?

22.5.2020
Citing the increase in illicit crypto-related activities, the provincial government of Sichuan moves to stamp out 10% of the global Bitcoin hashrate

Layer1 Stabilizes Texas Grids With 'Bitcoin Batteries'

22.5.2020
Layer1 will release electricity in response to spikes in consumer demand that may threaten local power grids, such as during heatwaves

Plus Token Leadership Faces Criminal Prosecution in China

22.5.2020
PlusToken main criminal suspect got caught and is now facing local court prosecution

Crypto Exchanges Speak Out as Binance Takes CoinMarketCap’s Top Spot

22.5.2020
OKEx, Huobi and Bitfinex speak out on Binance’s buyout of CMC: “A partnership with a clear conflict of interest”

Bitcoin Hashrate Slides 33% Since Halving – Difficulty Drops, Issues in Sichuan China

22.5.2020
It’s been 11 days since the third bitcoin block reward halving. Data now shows that the overall SHA256 hashrate lost around 47 exahash per second (EH/s), since the all-time high of 140 EH/s on May 3. With more than 33% of the hashrate lost, reports stemming from Sichuan China indicate that...