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Advanced Blockchain Technologies
A department director of the Shanghai Environment Energy Exchange (SEEE) said that blockchain will play an important role in the Chinese carbon cap-and-trade system for confirming, trading, and circulating carbon emission data. The statement comes at a time when China is intensively issuing top-down documents on reducing carbon emission heading into the 26th United Nations […]
Ningwei Qin
Altcoins
Central Retail Corp., one of Thailand’s biggest department store chains, has developed a blockchain-based digital currency called C-Coin and is now testing it among employees, Bloomberg reported yesterday. Fast facts The company is currently distributing C-Coin to its 80,000 employees as bonus to their usual salary. Employees can use the crypto coin to shop at […]
Monika Ghosh
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
China’s first national standard for blockchain could be released next year and a draft is now in the process of being submitted for approval, an official said earlier this week at an event in the western province of Sichuan, according to a report from local media Chuanguan, run by state-owned Sichuan Daily. Fast facts Li […]
Timmy Shen
Bitcoin News
Bitcoin is growing up in ways not imagined in Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 writings that gave birth to it. How will Bitcoin's future unfold?
Ben Caselin
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
A new data report shows there were about 55,000 blockchain-relate patents applications filed by 7,800 companies from 47 countries and regions during the period between the beginning of 2015 to June 2021, and China has seen the largest share of these applications, as the country has been boosting the development of blockchain technology over the […]
Timmy Shen
Blockchain Security
The nation's elections commission wants to upgrade its voting technology to improve voter turnout and public trust. Does blockchain check the boxes?
Regina Lay
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
The Australian government sees blockchain’s enormous benefits and is now actively developing the technology, writes Chami Akmeemana. What can other countries learn from this?
Chami Akmeemana
Regulatory News
Conglomerates including Samsung continue to invest in blockchain and crypto startups despite a government crackdown on the industry.
Danny Park
Regulatory News
Authorities encourage new ways to apply blockchain across various industries, although there's no room for crypto
Timmy Shen
NFTs and Gaming
Two of the largest PC video game stores, Steam and Epic Games, have adopted different approaches to blockchain and non-fungible token (NFT)-based games — Steam has shunned them while Epic is open to it. Fast facts As NFT games like Axie Infinity are soaring in popularity, Valve, which operates Steam, has added games “built on […]
Monika Ghosh
