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Despite ICO and crypto exchange bans, Chinese public support for blockchain applications persists. According to Bloomberg, starting May 11, Huawei Technologies will be offering Chinese users access to a Bitcoin wallet through their native AppGallery. Huawei Partners with BTC.com BTC.com, owner of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool and subsidiary of Bitmain, has partnered with Huawei […]

One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea has recently announced it intends to implement Ripple technology in a new cross-border payments solution. The exchanged has Joined RippleNet and aims to incorporate Ripple’s xCurrent solution in a new cross-border payment and settlement system. With the launch of the new payments system, Coinone will become […]

A legislative body within South Korea is moving to lift the government’s ban on initial coin offerings as a group of lawmakers led by Rep. Hong Eui-rak is drafting a bill to legalize ICOs under government supervision. During a speech brought before the National Assembly on the topic of cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technologies, Hong affirmed […]

It’s 2018 and Bitcoin is a household name – savvy investors and newcomers alike have come to accept the new cryptocurrency as something that is widely prevalent and here to stay. However, it’s still uncommon to expect someone to know how to access cryptocurrency or use it to make a payment. Tangem, a Switzerland-based startup, has […]

Since 1953, North and South Korea have been divided along the 38th parallel – creating what is now known as the famed Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). On April 27, Korean leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un signed the Panmunjom Declaration in an effort to end the temporary armistice and call for a new era of peace between the […]

Qtum has experienced a bullish past month of growth. The young project has exhibited a series of healthy leaps after the launch of its first-of-a-kind “cryptogame,” Heroes. Sitting just shy of a $2 billion market cap, Qtum has done remarkably well to slink under the radar of most — yet its recent performance would suggest this […]

While China boasts the largest population in the world, its neighbor, India, comes a close second, totaling more than 1.35 billion people. And, if one considers that each of these nations is four times larger than, for instance, the US, which represents the world’s largest economy; then, it’s not hard to comprehend the sheer magnitude […]

Can China’s Mother of All Chains (MOAC) outperform the world’s second largest cryptocurrency? As one of the first cryptocurrencies to launch, Ethereum has since revolutionized the blockchain industry through its introduction of dApps and smart contracts – which have been used to launch countless ICOs worldwide. But recently, Ethereum has dealt with issues in efficiency […]

In the midst of Venezuela’s ongoing economic crisis, President Nicolas Maduro has taken yet another controversial step to promote the nation’s very own blockchain-based cryptocurrency, Petro, by offering the Indian government a 30% discount on crude oil prices ‘if’ the Southeast Asian nation agrees to make the exchange via Petro tokens. What is being viewed […]

OmiseGo’s impressive recovery has once again proven its worthiness amongst the coveted top 20 coins by market cap. A few glancing blows of controversy have not been enough to derail the coin’s recent performance, with a series of exchange listings and partnerships seeing it erupt to a two-month high. What is OmiseGo? The prodigious child […]

Love it or hate it, TRON is one of the fastest moving projects in the cryptocurrency market lately. The controversial project has captured significant gains over the last week, rising from just over $0.04 to $0.072 due to the launch of the TRON testnet combined with an impending 30 Million TRX airdrop worth $1.7 million, […]

Formerly known as Antshares, NEO is reinventing commerce with blockchain technology by creating a smart economy in which businesses and governments will be able to digitize assets and automate their management. Often referred to as the “Chinese Ethereum,” NEO is a distributed network that combines digital assets, digital identities, and smart contracts. This Chinese cryptocurrency has […]

Alibaba Group, the conglomerate responsible for China’s largest e-commerce platform, has seen rapid expansion into neighboring markets growing at an incredible rate. As part of a recent forward-leaning development strategy, Alibaba has formed The IoT Connectivity Alliance, which now includes logistics-based blockchain project Waltonchain. Since the release of its first online marketplace in 1999, Alibaba […]

Interoperability is the focus of many projects within the blockchain ecosystem at the moment, with several platforms developing solutions that will facilitate communication and the transfer of assets between disparate blockchains. The Bytom project, however, isn’t aiming for mere cross-chain interoperability — instead, Bytom aims to connect the digital and “atomic” worlds, bringing off-chain assets […]

2018’s bearish bloodbath took a heavy toll on the market cap of many tokens, but the defiant Ontology project has bucked the trend. Married to the success of its big brother NEO, ONT’s show-stopping growth has turned heads market-wide. Having premiered in early March, ONT has screamed its way into the hall of fame, with […]

The Chinese search engine Baidu launched its blockchain stock photo service to help protect intellectual property in China. The stock photo service is named Totem and went live earlier this week. Totem uses a blockchain network to timestamp and verify submissions for each photograph. The originator’s name is stored and associated with each image using […]

In what can only be considered to be an excellent business decision, the IOTA Foundation has just brought on-board Fujitsu’s Dr. Rolf Werner who currently oversees the company’s activities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Before his work at Fujitsu, Wener served as a board member for T-Systems Multimedia Solutions as well headed the company’s French […]

During the week, news broke of India’s changing stance on cryptocurrency with headlines from several news sources hinting at a potential Indian crypto ban, sending markets into a panicked whirlwind and causing a Bitcoin price drop to $6,600. With common sense returning as the dust settles and prices recover accordingly, a more measured dissection of […]