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China to Build Another Blockchain Special Zone + More News
5.3.2020
A long-span suspension bridge, Hunan, China. 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 government of Hunan Province, China, will create a blockchain...
Chinese University to Offer Undergrad Blockchain Degree + More News
4.3.2020
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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A university in Chengdu, China, will launch the nation’s first Blockchain Engineering department, offering China’s...
Beijing Pilots Blockchain-based Invoicing
4.3.2020
Beijing, China’s capital, has started piloting blockchain-based electronic invoicing in an attempt to reduce costs, Beijing Municipal Tax Service announced.
A parking service operator already issued the municipality’s first blockchain invoice on Tuesday. Now in Beijing, all parking lots have...
Xiaomi Makes Another Move Into Blockchain With New Joint Venture
3.3.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/xiaomi.global
It looks like the Chinese smartphone and electronics giant Xiaomi is taking its blockchain plans more seriously. Recently, the company set up a joint venture to focus on new business areas such as blockchain, big data, and artificial intelligence...
Kaspersky Launches Blockchain-powered Voting Platform
28.2.2020
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has launched a prototype for its Polys voting machine, a device that it says will enable people to cast votes on an online blockchain-based voting platform.
The development could pave the way for the platform’s use in public and private organizations....
Here Is How China Uses Blockchain Technology to Fight the Coronavirus
28.2.2020
Source: iStock/Ivan-balvan
Chinese organizations are looking to implement blockchain solutions in a range of industries as part of a concerted attempt to fight the coronavirus and reduce its economic effect on the country.
Per ZDNet, which quotes news reports in China, as well as the Shandong...
Decentralized Browser Brave Adds 404 Detection System and Wayback Machine
27.2.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram / bravebrowser
Is there anything more annoying than a “404 page not found” message? In a bid to make the web more reliable, blockchain-based decentralized browser Brave has added a tool that it says could make messages like this a thing of the past.
The latest...
Ripple ‘Enters’ S Korean Blockchain Biz with Remittance Startup Deals
26.2.2020
Ripple (XRP) says that it has arrived on the South Korean blockchain scene in earnest after penning deals with a number of startups in the country.
The American company has inked agreements with Sentbe, Hanpass and WireBarley, three South Korean companies that work on overseas remittance...
Bank Issues Blockchain-powered Employee ID + More News
25.2.2020
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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NongHyup (NH) Bank has become the first company in South Korea to issue blockchain-powered employee ID cards, reports...
Spanish Crypto, Blockchain Testbed to Open this Year + More News
20.2.2020
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 Spanish government has approved a fintech sandbox plan that will allow blockchain and cryptocurrency-related...
What are These Flash Loans that Caused an Uproar in Cryptoverse?
20.2.2020
Two recent attacks on decentralized finance (DeFi) platform bZx prompted a number of discussions about flash loans. But what are these and how are they useful to a hacker - or rather, an "exploiter"?
DeFi lending usually requires a collateral, and given the volatility of the market, most lenders...
T-Mobile, Orange and Other Giants to Test Blockchain-powered Platform
18.2.2020
Four of the world’s biggest telecoms providers will cooperate on a joint pilot that could see blockchain technology applied to inter-operator roaming agreements.
Per Mobile Europe, Deutsche Telekom and its United States-based mobile and wireless network operator T-Mobile US will team up with...
A DeFi Hack Fuels Debate, Litecoin's Lee Bashes 'Decentralized Fiatre'
17.2.2020
Alibaba Launches Blockchain-powered Initiative Amid Coronavirus Fears
17.2.2020
A number of Alibaba subsidiaries have begun offering solutions that operators hope will help companies trying to do business while the nation battles the coronavirus – including blockchain-powered online "contactless bidding” features.
Per media outlet Crypto Watch, Chinese financial media outlets...
Another Crypto Startup Targets the Public With New Fear-busting Mascot
14.2.2020
Blockchain by Figure. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Figure
Silicon Valley-based financial services startup Figure has launched a bid to make distributed ledger technology more approachable – by creating a crypto-themed mascot that its masterminds hope will dispel public fears about...
Cosmetics Giant AmorePacific Takes the Blockchain Plunge + More News
13.2.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/amorepacific_us
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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South Korean cosmetics behemoth AmorePacific has joined the Kakao...
Beta Voice of EOS Developer Block.one Is Not for Everyone Yet
13.2.2020
Block.one CTO Dan Larimer during the announcement of Voice in June 2019. Tomorrow, Block.one, the company behind the EOS blockchain platform, will be launching the beta version of their decentralized social media platform, Voice. It comes with limitations though.
As promised back in December, Voice...
Maybe Blockchain Engineering Is Not a Golden Ticket after All
12.2.2020
Are international companies slowing down their once-relentless spate of blockchain hires?
A recent report from jobsearch website Hired suggests that new augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) engineering jobs are coming up faster than blockchain engineering posts. The firm claims...
Major Food Safety Firm Neogen to Test a Use Case For Blockchain
11.2.2020
U.S.-based food and animal safety Neogen Corporation has partnered with blockchain firm Ripe Technology for tracking food and animal sources.
The connection will allow Neogen to use the Ripe blockchain to track sources for products, as well as resolve issues such as recalls.
Neogen is hoping that...
JPMorgan Might Merge Quorum With ConsenSys - Report
11.2.2020
Within the next six months, U.S.-based investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase is likely to announce that its blockchain unit Quorum is merging with major bockchain company ConsenSys, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the plans.
Both companies are already in talks over this potential...