Chinese Blockchain Service Network set to onboard ConsenSys' Quorum
Ethereum studio ConsenSys has announced that it is integrating its Quorum network into the Chinese Blockchain-based Service Network.
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Chengdu is said to give away ~$8 million digital yuan in latest CBDC test
Chengdu is said to be the next place in rolling out a city-wide test of China's central bank digital currency.
Hut8 borrows ~$12M from DCG’s Foundry to order new bitcoin miners
The Canada-listed firm said it's using the loans to order 5,400 units of MicroBT's WhatsMiner M30S with the first batch set to go online by end of January.
Real-world tests of the digital yuan show how it could disrupt China’s mobile payment giants
Tests of China's digital currency and increasing regulatory scrutiny help paint an uncertain picture of the future for AliPay and WeChat Pay.
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Shenzhen's latest $3m digital yuan test sees nearly 140k transactions
Residents in Shenzhen have proceeded nearly 140,000 transactions in digital yuan during the latest test of China's CBDC.
Offline mapping app Maps.me raises $50m led by Alameda Research to enter DeFi
Offline mapping app Maps.me, which boasts 140 million users, has raised $50 million to build a DeFi ecosystem inside the map app.
Ant Financial quietly conducted a digital yuan test in Shanghai via AliPay
Alibaba's payment affiliate Ant Financial has quietly conducted a small-scale test of digital yuan via its mobile payment app AliPay.
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DCG's Foundry will colocate 14,000 bitcoin mining machines in U.S. with focus on institutional buyers
Digital Currency Group's mining subsidiary Foundry is colocating 14,000 bitcoin miners at U.S. mining farm Compute North.
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Crypto exchange OSL operator completes stock top-up to raise $90 million
BC Group, the Hong Kong listed company that operates the crypto exchange OSL, has completed the issuance of new stocks.
Poolin rolls out 'hash rate token' to bridge bitcoin mining and DeFi
The world's second-largest bitcoin mining pool has launched a bitcoin hashrate token in an effort to bridge pow mining and yield farming.
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Chinese state-owned bank tests digital yuan ATMs in Shenzhen
The Agricultural Bank of China has rolled out ATMs in some Shenzhen branches that allow users to convert cash into digital yuan.
Bitcoin mining difficulty adjusts to a new record high above 20 trillion
Bitcoin's mining difficulty sets a new record high in 2021's first adjustment, following mining revenue highs not seen since September 2019.
Latest Shanghai test gives preview of card-based hardware wallets for the digital yuan
Images that have emerged from a recent test of China's central bank digital currency reveal hardware wallets that resemble bank payment cards.
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Bitcoin's sky-high price has sparked a profitability renaissance for older mining hardware
Bitmain's AntMiner S9 is old, but not yet obsolete – thanks to the market surge pushing bitcoin miner's revenue per TH/s to yearly highs.
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NASDAQ gaming firm stock soared 87% on news of entering crypto mining
The pivot comes less than two months after the firm received a market cap deficiency notice from NASDAQ, which warns of delisting risks.
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Shenzhen gives away $3 million worth-of digital yuan in third CBDC test
The city of Shenzhen is giving away 20 million digital yuan as part of the ongoing test of China's central bank digital currency.
Bitcoin price sets new all-time highs above $30,000
Bitcoin's price has jumped above $30,000 for the first time, setting new all-time highs and pushing market capitalization to $557 billion.
Executives central to the Findora mystery hit with lawsuit alleging fraud and embezzlement
A newly filed lawsuit has shed some light on one of the more bizarre storylines to bubble up from the world of cryptocurrency.
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The mystery of Findora: The DeFi project suddenly disowned by its founders
Whatever is going on behind the scenes at Findora, most of the DeFi project’s founding team now wants nothing to do with it.
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Bitcoin breaks above $25,000 to set new record highs
Bitcoin's price has jumped above $25,000, setting new record highs. Bitcoin's market capitalization now sits above $464 billion.