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Bitspark Shuts Down Amid Restructuring, Coronavirus and Protests
4.2.2020
Hong Kong-based blockchain startup Bitspark closes down, citing internal restructuring issues exacerbated by a coronavirus outbreak and local protests
Bitcoin SV Genesis Upgrade Results in Chain Split
4.2.2020
A Bitcoin SV network upgrade has not gone flawlessly, with a minor chain split being observed
14 Major Japanese Finance Firms to Begin Blockchain Inheritance Pilot
4.2.2020
Fourteen of Japan’s biggest banks and securities companies will begin running a pilot for a blockchain-powered inheritance platform. The pilot, which is being spearheaded by the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, will begin in mid-February. If successful, financial institutions in the country could aim...
Politician to Form Blockchain-powered Party + More News
3.2.2020
National Assembly Building in Seoul. 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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Former presidential candidate, tech entrepreneur and leading South Korean...
New Blockchain Scalability Ideas: Packets and Zones
31.1.2020
Scalability is a long-standing and oft-discussed blockchain issue, for which many Cryptoverse residents have been searching a solution. Today we look into two of the latest ideas that aim to solve the problem and make transactions faster and more efficient.
Independent Zones
Asensys, a blockchain...
Cambodia Launches Blockchain-Based National Payment Gateway
31.1.2020
In a few months, Cambodians might be able to start using a blockchain-based "national payment gateway."
Chea Serey, the director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia, told The Phnom Penh Post that peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform dubbed ‘Project Bakong’ was launched on a trial...
DeFi Challenge: Organic User Adoption
30.1.2020
DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols to face the same challenge as all cryptos on their path in 2020, and it’s organic user adoption.
The growing trend of DeFi, which marked 2019, has in fact been highlighted by a large increase in the number of assets being locked up in different DeFi protocols....
Blockchain Spending Plummets at Russian Giant Rostec as Hype Wanes
28.1.2020
The state-sponsored Russian technology firm Rostec aims to halve its blockchain research and development fund and now estimates smaller effects on the economy.
The company stated that it plans to spend RUB 28.4 billion (USD 453.2 million) on blockchain technology by 2024, Kommersant reported...
Dfinty Launches Open Version of LinkedIn + More News
23.1.2020
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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Dfinity, a blockchain-based cloud computing company, unveiled an open version of LinkedIn, dubbed LinkedUp....
Davos Experts Say Regulation Is the Key to Unlocking Tokenization
22.1.2020
Blockchain industry participants in Davos believe that digital tokens could transform the world of business and art – providing the capacity to “break down an Andy Warhol painting into a million different tokens.”
The industry professionals were speaking at a session entitled “From Token Assets...
South Korean Army to Use Blockchain-powered ID Solution + More News
22.1.2020
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 South Korean blockchain authentication solution developed by a private company will be adopted by...
Davos Experts: Fintech Unopposed in Sweep Through Developing World
21.1.2020
Jin Keyu, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, speaking in the Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems session at the World Economic Forum. Digital finance, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology-powered economics are sweeping...
Digital Chamber of Commerce Weighs In on Telegram Legal Battle With SEC
21.1.2020
The Chamber of Digital Commerce filed an amicus brief in the Telegram vs SEC case, asking the Court to affirm that a digital asset should not be considered a security just because it is based on blockchain
Block.one Not Sure About Giving EOS Voice; Market Unmoved
20.1.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram, eosio_official
As the community is learning about Block.one’s change of plans about blockchain on which their anticipated decentralized social media platform, Voice is to be launched, the price of EOS doesn’t seem to be affected.
The announcement in June 2019...
Tron to Include Zcash-Based Privacy Features, Announces Trusted Setup Ceremony
17.1.2020
Tron announces trusted setup for zero knowledge privacy features with forked Zcash code
Terra Reaches '1 Million User Accounts' + More News
15.1.2020
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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Terra, the blockchain payment network powering the mobile payment app CHAI, said it has hit a milestone with...
Bitcoin Breakout Hopes, Telegram Trial, Binance Donation: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 6–12
12.1.2020
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, good news for Telegram in its battle against the SEC, Bitcoin on the verge of breaking out, and a warning about new scam adverts
MUFG Bank Issues First Blockchain-powered Letter of Credit + More News
10.1.2020
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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Japanese financial behemoth Mitsubishi UFG (MUFG)’s banking arm has announced that it has issued its first...
Will Google’s Quantum Supremacy Break Bitcoin in 2020?
9.1.2020
The crypto space would not be the same with the invention of quantum computing in the tech industry
Blockchain and Crypto: Will Security Issues Finally Be Dealt With in 2020?
9.1.2020
There are some possibilities that the crypto space would become more secure in 2020: What should we expect?