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Chinese Bank Employees Told to Entice 300 Customers to Use the Digital Yuan
7.7.2021
In mid-May, a report stemming from residents in Shenzhen, China explained that the digital yuan wasn’t seeing widespread participation, which the Chinese government has alluded to in many press releases. Now a handful of China’s state-owned banks have asked staff to recruit 200 to...
Chinese banks tell staff to recruit up to 300 new digital yuan users each
7.7.2021
Six of China’s top banks have tasked their employees with promoting digital yuan wallets to between 200 to 300 people a year
Shanghai to Hand Out $3 Million in Digital Yuan Lottery
6.6.2021
As part of government efforts to get the digital yuan going, authorities in Shanghai will distribute $3 million worth of the central bank-issued currency among residents of Shanghai. The digital money will be dispersed through a lottery, a method that has already been implemented elsewhere...
Top Chinese banks promote CBDC over local payment firms for shopping festival
26.4.2021
Leading Chinese banks are promoting the digital yuan over Alipay and WeChat Pay for an upcoming shopping festival in China
Our Man in Shanghai: Filecoin the talk of the town, Polkadot and NFTs gain attention
2.4.2021
Retail investors are flocking to buy Filecoin on exchanges with predominately Chinese user bases and the head of the PBOC thinks the digital yuan has an uphill battle to take on Alipay and WeChat Pay
China’s digital yuan os backup to AliPay and WeChat Pay, says official
26.3.2021
Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay reportedly account for 98% of the mobile payment market in China
Our Man in Shanghai: Digital yuan tests, ‘bear market’ and ‘NFT’ searches spike
26.3.2021
Digital RMB testing for cross border payments and electric vehicles continues, sentiment takes a dive and blockchain events return to meatspace
China’s CBDC is about domestic dominance, not beating the dollar
26.2.2021
The notion of China racing to launch a CBDC that will end U.S. monetary supremacy doesn't hold up if you look at the facts on the ground
Red Envelopes and BCH: Prominent Mining Execs Jiang Zhuoer and Jihan Wu Bolster Bitcoin Cash
14.2.2021
In recent days, bitcoin cash has seen significant gains, and supporters of the digital currency have been positive about specific developments, like the internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom’s current support. On February 11, the Chinese New Year, the prominent bitcoin mining executives, Jiang...
Privacy-Centric Messaging App Signal Experiments With Stellar-Based Mobilecoin Project
28.1.2021
One of the most popular privacy-centric messaging applications Signal has seen explosive growth during the last two months over things like the Whatsapp acquisition and the recent Big Tech censorship. According to a number of reports, the company has been experimenting with monetization and more...
Trump Bans Chinese Payment App Giants Alipay and Wechat- Order Could Steer Billions of Dollars Toward Bitcoin
7.1.2021
Cryptocurrencies may see a boost between China and the U.S., as the American president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning financial transactions with eight China-based payment applications. Following the signing of Trump’s new executive order, popular payment apps including...
Shanghai’s Jing'an District issues blockchain-based discount coupons
1.9.2020
Jing’an Culture and Tourism Bureau is issuing blockchain-based discount coupons using its WeChat mini-program
A WeChat Ban Should Be the Moment for Decentralized Tech. But It’s Not.
14.8.2020
President Trump’s threat to ban WeChat could disrupt the communication of millions of people. Decentralized technology is one solution, but will people really use it? Not necessarily, industry watchers say
China’s Digital Yuan to Reportedly Target Dominance of Alibaba and Tencent
4.8.2020
China’s central bank may be planning to use its digital currency to curb the dominance of Alibaba and Tencent in the digital payments sector
New Tipbot Uses Cryptocurrency to Incentivize People to Answer Questions
26.5.2020
It’s designed to capture attention from high-profile people that others want to hear from
Payment Giant Alipay Steps Up Game to Expand Beyond Payments
10.3.2020
Payment giant Alipay looks to lure 44 million merchants to expand beyond payments
China Tracks Victims of Coronavirus with WeChat and Alipay
18.2.2020
Chinese province tracks victims of coronavirus with WeChat and Alipay, does crypto solve this?
Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Chinese Crypto ASIC Manufacturers to Delay Orders
3.2.2020
Bitcoin mining rig deliveries from China are delayed due to the coronavirus according to a few Chinese manufacturers. Microbt and Ebang sent notices to customers via the firm’s Wechat channels. Sources say Bitmain and Innosilicon are delaying mining device shipments as well. Also read: How...
Meet the Multi-Cryptocurrency PoS Device Eletropay
7.1.2020
On January 5, Bitcoin.com’s Executive Chairman Roger Ver introduced a bitcoin cash (BCH) point-of-sale (PoS) merchant solution created by the startup Eletropay. The crypto PoS device manufacturer aims to make cryptocurrency payments simple and secure “without the need to use mobile...
Alrosa, Tencent, Everledger Bring Diamonds on the Blockchain to WeChat
19.12.2019
Russian diamond giant Alrosa, Tencent and Everledger partnered on a new blockchain-based e-commerce project for WeChat users