Regulation
Bittrex in SEC’s crosshairs as compliance lawsuits keep coming
Top blockchain and crypto news: Bittrex in SEC line of fire. Bored Apes fall after whale sale. Chinese banks court crypto clients.
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China Crypto Ban
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Regulation
China should reconsider its ban on cryptocurrencies, says former central bank official
China's blanket ban on cryptocurrency trading can have the country miss critical opportunities for technological development, says former PBOC official.
Tom Zuo
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Bitcoin News
Tianjin boosts electricity rates to further punish underground crypto mining
Tianjin is the latest Chinese city to announce higher differential electricity rates in an effort to further discourage energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining, which the country banned in September 2021 but continues to exist in some pockets. See related article: Beijing banned crypto mining, so China miners went underground Fast facts See related article: China takes aim […]
Ningwei Qin
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Regulation
China shuts 13 underground crypto trading apps, a year after ban
Regulators also targeted 23 crypto media websites and 440 bloggers.
Ningwei Qin
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Regulation
Gansu Province warns no crypto mining within national data centers
The Chinese province of Gansu says that it will “strictly prohibit crypto mining” in the server rooms for China’s mega digital Eastern Data and Western Computing infrastructure project, according to a policy document. See related article: GBA among regions for China’s blockchain-powered data hubs Fast facts See related article: China’s Zhejiang busts state-owned entities on […]
Ningwei Qin
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Advanced Blockchain Technologies
China says blockchain patent applications make up 84% of world’s total
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) claimed on Tuesday in a news conference that the country accounted for more than 84 percent of the world’s blockchain patent applications, despite the country’s ban on cryptocurrencies. See related article: Ant Group and Tencent obtain the most blockchain patents in China: report Fast facts See related […]
Ningwei Qin
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Regulation
China’s two systems for crypto: Trading is banned, but virtual assets can be protected
In a decision involving Litecoin, a Chinese court says there are no rules ‘that negate the protectability of cryptocurrency itself as virtual property.’
Ningwei Qin
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Regulation
Chinese central bank should issue RMB stablecoin for metaverse: academic
China should issue a digital yuan-collateral stablecoin to establish an on-chain payment system for China’s metaverse, as the infrastructure developed by China itself is the key to ensuring national security, said influential academic Zhang Ping of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, an institution providing policy consultation to the Chinese State Council. See related article: Naver’s […]
Ningwei Qin
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Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Director at China’s Securities Regulatory Commission deep-dives into Web 3.0 in new book, a year after China’s crypto ban
Nearly a year after China banned crypto trading and mining, the director of the Technology Supervision Bureau at Chinaøs Securities Regulatory Commission has published a book discussing Web 3.0 and blockchain technology. See related article: Shanghai turns to metaverse, NFTs to counter lockdown economic fallout Fast facts Yao Qian’s book “Web 3.0: Changes and Challenges […]
Ningwei Qin
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NFT Marketplaces
Huobi-incubated Chinese NFT platform iBox ends international operations
Its operations in mainland China are continuing as normal.
Ningwei Qin
