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Major Youtuber PewDiePie Leaves Decentralized Platform and 800K Followers
6.5.2020
Felix Kjellberg, a.k.a. PewDiePie. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, PewDiePie
After a year of livestreaming exclusively on DLive, a decentralized blockchain-based streaming platform, PewDiePie went back to YouTube.
The presumably world’s biggest independent video content creator, whose real...
Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets ‘Harder’ and Buffett’s Not ‘Halving’ It
5.5.2020
Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed
BlockFi Snaps up Execs From AmEx & Credit Suisse; Tokenized Pet Care + More News
5.5.2020
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BlockFi Snaps up Execs From AmEx & Credit Suisse; Tokenized pet care
Major US-based...
Business Giants New Consortium To Help Firms ‘Manage Digital Assets’
5.5.2020
Some of the biggest names in IT, conventional finance and blockchain technology have joined an open-source digital standards consortium that they claim will help overcome the hurdles involved with “managing digital assets” and the “adoption of digital identity” – making use of “interoperable...
Supply Chain Professionals Are Already Keen on Blockchain Technology
5.5.2020
The links between blockchain technology and the supply chain industry are strengthening fast, with
37% of surveyed firms either now using live blockchain solutions or developing or piloting platforms, per the findings of a new survey of 86 supply chain professionals from around the world.
The...
Nuclear Power and Blockchain, Crypto Exchanges Boost Hiring + More News
1.5.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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The Chinese nuclear industry is tentatively looking at blockchain technology adoption proposals, reports media...
USD 515M Crypto Fund, Blockchain-Powered Remittance Pilot + More News
30.4.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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a16z crypto, the crypto arm of venture capital giant Andreesen Horowitz, has raised USD 515 million for its second...
Blockchain Touted As a Supply Chain Fix Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
28.4.2020
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed significant weaknesses in the supply chains - the information is not being gathered and shared fast enough, including the data necessary for decision-making, nor are the resources deployed where needed. Blockchain is a solution for this, experts believe,...
Operators Call Chinese Blockchain-powered Copyright Platform a Success
27.4.2020
A Chinese blockchain platform is helping to protect copyrights, and reduce costs for people trying to resolve IP-related issues, per state authorities, who are claiming the new system is proving to be a hit.
The platform was announced late last year, per Xinhua, following up on a successful model...
Chinese Companies Lead Blockchain Patent Race + More News
24.4.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Chinese companies have topped new global blockchain patent tables, reports media outlet East Money, quoting data...
Zilliqa To Work On Modular Network, Launch DEX in 2020
24.4.2020
Singapore-based blockchain project Zilliqa (ZIL) is starting its work on a modular network in 2020, while by the end of the year, they plan to open trading on their new Zilliqa DEX exchange.
"In 2020, our plan is to begin creating a modular network and open-sourced platform of financial...
Chinese Blockchain-powered Trade Pilot Claims Int’l Success
22.4.2020
Qingdao. Companies involved in the Chinese city of Qingdao’s blockchain-powered cross border financing platform pilot are claiming that they are enjoying great success – and have conducted blockchain-powered trades with partners based as far afield as North America and Southern Asia.
Per...
Central Bank of Argentina Tests Blockchain-powered System + More News
21.4.2020
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The Central Bank of Argentina has started promoting a proof of concept based on blockchain. According to the emailed...
Int’l Consortium Uses Blockchain to Conduct USD12m Wheat Trade Deal
21.4.2020
American agriculture giant Cargill says it has teamed up with Singaporean and Dutch companies to conduct a pioneering, cross-continental wheat trade transaction worth USD 12 million – from North America to Southeast Asia on a blockchain platform.
The deal involved Singapore-based agriculture...
Beijing District to Use Blockchain-powered ID Solution + More News
20.4.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Beijing’s Haidian District says it will use a blockchain-powered ID solution that will allow authorities to process...
Blockchain.com's 'Best Quarter', Parallel Binance Chain + More News
17.4.2020
Peter Smith, CEO of Blockchain.com. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Bloomberg
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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CEO at major crypto company...
Seoul to Blockchain Firms: Take ‘Golden’ Chance to Gain Ground on US, EU
17.4.2020
The South Korean government has called on the nation’s private sector to seize a “golden” opportunity to take the lead in the global blockchain market – and plans to fund a new spate of blockchain-related projects in its next budget.
Per Fn News, Seoul’s Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance...
NEO Bets On Post-Pandemic Blockchain Boom: 'May The Fittest Survive'
16.4.2020
NEO founder forecasts post-pandemic blockchain boom, and NEO, regularly titled as “Chinese Ethereum,” is going to capitalize on it.
Da Hongfei, the founder of China-headquartered NEO, a blockchain platform for distributed apps, and of Onchain, a blockchain development company for enterprise...
SBI to Use Corda Blockchain for Forex Trading
16.4.2020
Ripple’s Japanese partner SBI Holdings says it will use Corda blockchain technology to power forex trading on its platform.
Per a Nikkei report and a joint press release, SBI – a securities giant that also operates banking and crypto exchange services – says that the deal will involve Corda’s...
Huawey, Alipay, Tencent Join China's Latest Push in Blockchain Development
15.4.2020
In its push for fast development and utilization of blockchain, China has formed a national committee tasked with creating standards for this technology, the members of which include a number of tech giants.
China seems to be serious about its blockchain plans. As the country's next step in...