Friday News Roundup

Friday News Roundup

Top News from Tuesday to Today

A look inside the world’s 2nd largest Ethereum mining pool – SparkPool. https://bit.ly/2ZZ1wJb

What Ant Group’s massive IPO might mean for digital currency and blockchains. https://bit.ly/2OPMFub

Expert insights on the Asian crypto market amidst Pandemic. https://bit.ly/3eZgkvo

China’s Blockchain infrastructure to extend global reach with six public chains. https://bit.ly/2WPbn25

Chinese Blockchain-powered Cross-border Trade Pilot Handles USD 4.4bn. https://bit.ly/32NWmkJ

Japan’s COVID-19 stimulus payments didn’t flow into crypto. https://bit.ly/3hx6wdS

Exchange News

South Korea will air a Crypto-Themed TV series in October. “Romantic Hacker” will feature a K-pop star whose story is based on the hack of a fictitious crypto exchange. https://bit.ly/2BqllQ1

Japan’s Financial Watchdog Whitelists OMG Network Token. The addition of the OMG Network token on Japanese crypto exchange GMO Coin indicates that the digital asset has been approved by regulators. https://bit.ly/2Cy9U9C

Japanese liquid exchange to delist Zcash to get licensed in Singapore. https://bit.ly/2WPRibU

Investment

CrossAngle, the South Korean operator of global crypto-asset disclosure platform Xangle, raises $3.3M in Hanwha-led round. https://bit.ly/2ZRuMBg

Thinking of trading in tether USDT? Here’s what to know. https://bit.ly/3hqlmCE

Mining

Bitmain struggle heats up as the two battling for control of mining farms and ant miners inside. https://bit.ly/2WSogbw

Business

Korea’s largest Blockchain project ICON to integrate band protocol Oracles. https://bit.ly/2ZSqo5a

Bank of Korea is launching a digital innovation department that will leverage blockchain and AI to improve business efficiency. https://bit.ly/3g7o6oc

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group launches new blockchain brand ‘AntChain’. https://bit.ly/2CY0Jiy

Crypto.com announces support for Elrond Network’s ERD token transfers. https://yhoo.it/3eXBASh

Integrating Ethereum, other Blockchains a test for BSN’s trust issues. https://bit.ly/3hwYRME

RippleNet to use open network and blockchain to enable financial services. https://bit.ly/3hHIJIn

AMA with Bancor: V2’s solutions to improve AMMs. https://bit.ly/3jxVhDN

CoolBitX partnering with Elliptic to address FATF’s travel rule. https://bit.ly/32Qbpuu

Chinese Blockchain projects unite to push mainstream adoption forward. https://bit.ly/2CKAyfp

Alibaba’s payments arm Ant Group has launched a new blockchain solution, AntChain, for increased trust and transparency in industrial processes. https://bit.ly/2CHjWFk

Bitcoin SV will provide education for up to 31 million people through a partnership with China’s largest developer network. https://bit.ly/2CHk5Zo

The IOHK and BeefChain partnership will trace beef from ranch to consumer, fighting beef fraud and improving food security. https://bit.ly/3jt2B3o

Board Secretary of Xnmatrix, Cecilia Ma, delivered keynote on xecentralized cloud computing during ABS2020. https://prn.to/39pnOa4

Journeys in Blockchain: Charlie Lee of Litecoin Foundation. https://bit.ly/3jtnSKt

Binance CEO CZ says that having their own bank would unlock one more channel for interacting with global regulators. https://bit.ly/39pkPOL

Maxonrow organizes hackathon to reimagine Blockchain for healthcare solutions. https://prn.to/2OSXCuJ 

Regulation

The Philippines has launched a blockchain-enabled mobile application for the distribution of government-issued bonds. https://bit.ly/2CGLhaE

Global banks are scanning clients in Hong Kong on potential political ties amid protests over China-initiated national security law. https://bit.ly/2D5GXBq

As Hong Kong banks censor millionaires for pro-democracy ties, Coinbase CEO calls for open finance. https://bit.ly/2CFD9XO

Circle CEO: USDC gives the holders more confidence in transparency and regulatory compliance. https://bit.ly/32NPwfb

Shanghai Stock Exchange gets green light from the CSRC to carry out Blockchain pilots. https://bit.ly/3huXDkP

China’s Central Bank issues standard for Blockchain to promote its financial application. https://bit.ly/331pXHR

China to strengthen protection of Bitcoin-like Cryptocurrencies. https://bit.ly/32NeVWh

Fuzhou’s New City Infrastructure Plan will include creating a Blockchain demonstration zone. https://bit.ly/30Kupbb

South Korea has finalized a new 20% tax rate for income generated from crypto trading. https://bit.ly/3fVfYr9

Chinese Supreme Court favors strengthening cryptocurrency property rights. https://bit.ly/32OMabZ

China considers implementing Blockchain tech in equity trading centers. https://bit.ly/2EeNCKp

China’s Blockchain Network splits over disagreement about public chains. https://bit.ly/32N2gmb 

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