Crypto markets plunge as roof falls in on Evergrande
Top blockchain and crypto news: Evergrande end-game roils crypto markets. SEC takes aim at stablecoins. How close is China’s digital yuan to the finish line?
September 2021
Litecoin unloved at Walmart. Cardano’s Alonzo upgrade. China takes aim at NFTs.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Walmart dispels Litecoin hoax. Cardano’s real work begins. Beijing bears down on NFTs.
El Salvador’s big Bitcoin bet. Kim Kardashian, crypto flirt. Hong Kong’s crackdown warning.
Top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: El Salvador’s BTC experiment. EthereumMax and the power of celebrity. Hong Kong shores up regulatory oversight.
Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin bourse. Are NFTs in bubble trouble? China banks on e-CNY.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Does TBD stand for Twitter Boss Decision? NFTs’ ballooning interest. How billions in e-yuan are coursing through China.
August 2021
Bitcoin bulls brace. CryptoPunks’ pulling power. China’s crypto lawfare.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- ADA - Cardano
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Cryptocurrencies
- NFT - Non-Fungible Token
- Region
- SOL - Solana
- Visa
Top blockchain and crypto news: Is another Bitcoin bull run coming soon? Punks rocking NFTs. Why crypto contracts may not be enforceable in China.
Antinalysis hung out to dry. Solana eclipses Uniswap. Alibaba’s auction action.
Top blockchain and crypto news: A darkweb stain is scrubbed away. Solana’s moment in the sun. Alibaba huddles with Tencent.
NFT trade takes off. Tether’s bankable reserves. Tencent targeted in China.
Top blockchain and crypto news: NFT wave buoys OpenSea. Are dollars and sense a lifeline for Tether? Tencent gets a target on its back.
Taxing times for crypto. Ethereum hard fork takes knife to fees. Tencent bets on NFTs.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Is Ethereum’s price flatlining on eve of revolution? Uncle Sam wants pay to play. China’s Big Tech toes the line with NFTs.
July 2021
Amazon’s brush with Bitcoin. Robinhood IPO looms. Huobi backs out of Beijing.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Is Amazon taking up BTC? Robinhood’s share sale deserves scrutiny. Did Huobi jump or was it pushed?
FTX’s $900 million deal. Dogecoin in the doghouse. Digital yuan dragnet.
Top blockchain and crypto news: FTX swells to $18 billion valuation. Etherum and Dogecoin disowned by creators. US pols call for Olympics boycott of e-yuan.
Grayscale’s Bitcoin bounty. Circle’s SPAC listing controversy. NFTs for thieves.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Crypto markets await Bitcoin fund release. USDC issuer opts for the back door. In China, NFT copyrights and wrongs.
Ethereum: London calling. Will the SEC ever approve Bitcoin ETFs? Foreign miners reap rewards amid China crypto crackdown.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Ethereum upgrade, torque of the town. SEC in snafu over Bitcoin ETFs. Crypto miners flourish amid China fallout.
June 2021
Bye-bye, Binance. Elon Musk spawns Floki Shiba Inu craze. Tickets for tokens in China.
Top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Binance bounced out of Britain. Musk moves Shiba Inu prices again. China’s digital currency gets ready to roll.
Bitcoin: Follow the money. Titan goes Titan-ic. China’s footloose miners.
Top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin’s still winning. Titan’s troubles as a teachable moment. Beijing creates a crypto mining diaspora.
Bitcoin bounces back. Criminals choose crypto. Chinese mining redoubt faces scrutiny.
Top blockchain and crypto news: Bitcoin finds fresh favor in Global South. Why would hackers demand a Bitcoin ransom? Chinese miners eye Yunnan probe.
El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment. Ethereum’s steady rise. Free money in China.
Top blockchain and crypto news: El Salvador bets on Bitcoin as national currency. ETH gains ground on BTC. Beijing dishes out digital yuan in latest trials.
Is India’s central bank greenlighting crypto? Bitcoin fees fall to new lows. Cardano rolls out Alonzo upgrade for DeFi.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- Cardano
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- India
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
Other top blockchain and crypto news: Thailand’s SEC tries to rein in DeFi via regulation. Will China’s future DCEP digital yuan offer smart contracts?
May 2021
Can Elon Musk shrink Bitcoin mining’s carbon footprint? PancakeBunny’s $200 million hack. Ray Dalio admits to owning crypto.
Other top blockchain and crypto news: Australia signals progressive approach to crypto as Hong Kong moves closer to banning retail crypto trading.
What’s really behind the Bitcoin market crash? Tether USDT lifts veil on reserves. Facebook-backed Diem going to California.
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: BlockFi’s accidental BTC millionaires. China’s Inner Mongolia asks citizens to report illegal crypto mining.
ICP takes crypto world by storm. Will Ethereum be the next Bitcoin? Goldman Sachs launches crypto trading desk.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- DOGE - Dogecoin
- e-CNY
- ETH - Ethereum
- SHIB - Shiba Inu
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: How Dogecoin copycat SHIB coin vaulted into crypto’s top 20. China unveils fingerprint ID for digital yuan.
Ethereum and Dogecoin prices skyrocket. Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto talent search. Mastercard wants in on CBDCs.
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: S&P Dow Jones launches Bitcoin and Ethereum indices. Will China crack down on more crypto miners?
April 2021
Tesla earnings soar from Bitcoin. PancakeSwap eclipses Ethereum. Coinbase delays Tether USDT listing.
Other top blockchain and crypto news: China’s internet giants JD.com and Ant Group reveal extent of digital yuan support. Turkey rethinks crypto ban.
Is Dogecoin’s price boom over? Investors punish Bitcoin and crypto market. Edward Snowden’s $5 million NFT.
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Can China be warming up to digital assets and crypto investing? Ethereum ETFs roll out in Canada.
What is Coinbase really worth? XRP rallies with Ripple’s wins over SEC. HSBC bans MicroStrategy over Bitcoin embrace.
- Binance
- Coinbase
- FTX
- LTC - Litecoin
- NASDAQ
- Regulatory
- Ripple
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- SOL - Solana
Other top blockchain and crypto news: HSBC bans MicroStrategy over Bitcoin affair. Tokenized TSLA and Coinbase COIN now on several crypto exchanges.
Filecoin’s crypto top 10 stint. Coinbase wows with earnings for Nasdaq debut. Japan opens door to CBDC.
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- e-CNY
- FIL - Filecoin
- Japan
- Protocol Labs
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Hong Kong is new test bed for China’s e-CNY digital currency. Decentraland’s token bridge to Polygon.
March 2021
China opens digital currency door to all. NFTs go wild. Is Singapore’s Temasek buying virgin Bitcoin?
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- e-CNY
- Elon Musk
- ETH - Ethereum
- Mining
- NFT - Non-Fungible Token
- Temasek
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin prices rise as BTC and ETH options expire. DeFi market steps up as Elon Musk says, ‘Don’t defy DeFi.’
Bithumb, OKEx roiled by Korea’s new law. Why Thailand hates baht-pegged stablecoins. What’s behind Metakovan’s NFT art buys?
- Beeple
- Bithumb
- China
- Mining
- NFT - Non-Fungible Token
- OKEx
- SBI Crypto
- SBI Holdings
- SE Asia
- Stablecoin
- THT - Theta
Other top blockchain and crypto news: Japan’s SBI Crypto opens mining pool to public. In China, more companies turn to crypto to boost bottom line.
Are bitcoin ETFs coming soon to America? Korea’s Shinhan Bank joins CBDC pilot. Argo seeks greener crypto pastures in Texas.
- Argo Blockchain
- Beeple
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- ETH - Ethereum
- Grayscale
- Mining
- NFT - Non-Fungible Token
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: As China tightens vise on crypto, Beijing to host 60-artist crypto art exhibition featuring NFT superstar Beeple.
Jack Dorsey cashing in on NFT frenzy. Ripple turns to CBDCs amid XRP’s legal troubles. Is India rethinking a crypto ban?
- blockchain
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- India
- Jack Dorsey
- NFT - Non-Fungible Token
- Ripple
- XRP
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Ethereum takes up with Amazon, plans gas fee changes. China likely to increase blockchain spending.
Coinbase to go public on Nasdaq. Cardano upgrades amid ADA price rally. Beeple’s pop art riding high on NFT wave.
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Goldman Sachs, more big banks line up behind bitcoin. Short-sellers probe crypto miners in China.
February 2021
Bitfinex, Tether banned in New York. No end yet to Ripple XRP’s SEC lawsuit woes. CBDC bridge for Asia and Middle East.
- Bitfinex
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- Mining
- PoW - Proof of Work
- Ripple
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- Stablecoin
- XRP
Other top blockchain and crypto news: Bill Gates on bitcoin. Nvidia protects gamers from crypto miners with separate CMP and GeForce RTX graphics cards.
BNY Mellon, Jay-Z join bitcoin conga line. Will NFTs take over real world? Roadmap for Biden to take blockchain leadership.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- blockchain
- Blockchain Research Institute
- Cryptocurrency Assets
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- Don Tapscott
- Federal Reserve
- Hong Kong
- India
- NFT - Non-Fungible Token
- Regulatory
- Tokenization
Other top blockchain and crypto news: DeFi under Fed study. Andrew Yang, Wyoming vie for crypto attention. Hong Kong and India edge toward crypto bans.
Tesla drives bitcoin to the moon. Ripple XRP finds love in Japan. First Boulevard partners with Visa.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- e-CNY
- Elon Musk
- Hongbao
- Japan
- Ripple
- SBI Holdings
- Tesla
- Visa
- XRP
Other top blockchain and crypto news: ETH hits new high with CME Ethereum futures. DeFi yawns at YFI attack. China steps up DCEP digital yuan tests.
GameStop sinks as ETH hits all-time high. Ray Dalio weighs in on crypto. Elon Musk, bitcoin’s new warrior.
- Bitmain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- GME - GameStop
- India
- South Korea
- WallStreetBets
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: India pushes CBDC and proposes banning crypto. Korea’s DeFi future. How does Bitmain’s drama end?
January 2021
Tether prosecution delayed again. Bitcoin’s false ‘double-spend’ rumors. Brave sends 24 million users to Web 3.0 via IPFS.
- BIS - Bank for International Settlements
- Bitfinex
- blockchain
- BSN - Blockchain Service Network
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- Decentralization
- e-CNY
- Protocol Labs
- Stablecoin
- USDT - Tether
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: BIS touts digital currencies. China’s blockchain network to add CBDCs as payment option.
Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Crypto’s regulatory outlook in 2021. How not to lose your bitcoin password (don’t ask Stefan Thomas).
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- Conflux Network
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- Jack Dorsey
- Joe Biden
- Regulatory
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Twitter’s blue sky initiative. In China, Conflux Network wins another government deal.
Big waves at SEC: Chief enforcer v. Ripple XRP is out. Is Gary Gensler new SEC chair? Elon Musk’s bitcoin flirtations.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- Data
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- e-CNY
- Elon Musk
- Ripple
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- XRP
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: WhatsApp refugees swarm Signal. Bakkt to go public via SPAC. China tests out new DCEP digital yuan e-card.
Bitcoin and ethereum prices roar into new year. Ripple XRP fans petition White House for mercy from SEC charges.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- ETH - Ethereum
- Ripple
- Satoshi Nakamoto
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- XRP
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: China intensifies DCEP digital currency testing while Russia, Ukraine and Turkey join global CBDC race.
December 2020
Year in Review: 5 biggest blockchain and crypto stories of 2020
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- Coronavirus
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
Here are the hottest blockchain news and trends that dominated Forkast.News headlines over the past 12 months. Let the countdown to 2021 begin!
Bitcoin surges past $21,000 after more big investors buy in. Singapore’s DBS bank backs crypto exchange. Will Sweden switch to CBDC?
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Fine art goes digital with NFTs. Hong Kong in talks to pilot test China’s DCEP digital yuan.
Visa hops on USDC’s Eth2 wagon. China flexes DCEP digital currency in biggest test yet. Will US tighten Libra/Diem’s tether?
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- Diem
- e-CNY
- ETH - Ethereum
- Stablecoin
- USDC - USD Coin
- USDT - Tether
- Visa
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: S&P Dow Jones to launch crypto index. Walmart invests big in India’s PhonePe.
BlockFi and Visa launch bitcoin rewards credit card. Libra rebrands as Diem. Are investors like Guggenheim fueling BTC prices?
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bank of International Settlements considers stablecoins. China sends PlusToken scam ringleaders to prison.
November 2020
Ethereum 2.0 set for launch. Bitcoin hits record highs as Wall Street chief remains meh. Stellar hosts ARST and BRLT stablecoins.
- BitMEX
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- ETH - Ethereum
- JP Morgan
- OKEx
- Stablecoin
- USDC - USD Coin
- Vitalik Buterin
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: After BitMEX, are more CFTC crackdowns coming soon? China frees OKEx founder, exchange to resume services.
Bitcoin soars to new highs as Bitcoin Cash hard forks into two. Tron blows past Ethereum.
- BCH – Bitcoin Cash
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- ETH - Ethereum
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Ethereum 2.0’s pre-launch hits turbulence. China taps Lakala for DCEP digital yuan’s payment system.
Ep. 38 | What Biden’s victory means for crypto. Bitcoin rides new wave. Ethereum 2.0 revs for launch.
- BCH – Bitcoin Cash
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- Democracy
- ETH - Ethereum
- FinTech
- FTX
- Hong Kong
- Joe Biden
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- SFC - Securities and Futures Commission
- Vitalik Buterin
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Will TRUMP crypto losers get second chance? Hong Kong to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges.
Ep. 37 | JPMorgan’s JPM Coin goes live. ConsenSys fueling CBDCs worldwide. Is DBS Bank planning a cryptocurrency exchange?
- BCH – Bitcoin Cash
- BitMEX
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- ConsenSys
- Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- DBS Bank
- Healthcare
- JP Morgan
- Venture Capital
Other top blockchain and cryptocurrency news: Bitcoin paper’s 12th anniversary. New Huawei phone has DCEP wallet. FDA on blockchain and food safety.
October 2020
Ep. 36 | Bitcoin prices rise on PayPal cryptocurrency news. US wary of CBDC as China enacts digital currency law for DCEP rollout.
- BCH – Bitcoin Cash
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- Digital Dollar
- ETH - Ethereum
- Federal Reserve
- India
- PayPal
- SOL - Solana
- USDC - USD Coin
- Venture Capital
Other top crypto and blockchain news: USDC stablecoin coming to Solana blockchain. Investing in KYC/AML in India.
Ep. 35 | Filecoin launch hits miner turbulence. USDC adds Stellar to rely less on Ethereum. Associated Press to publish US elections data on blockchain.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- Democracy
- ETH - Ethereum
- FIL - Filecoin
- India
- OKEx
- Stellar
- USDC - USD Coin
- Venture Capital
Other top news: OKEx cryptocurrency exchange freezes services amid police investigation. Investors bet $100 million on ‘neobank’ Razorpay in India
Ep. 34 | Square buys $50 million worth of bitcoin. Google Cloud bets on EOS blockchain. CBDCs ramp up around the world.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- IBM
Other top news: China accelerates digital currency testing with 50,000 e-RMB ‘red packets.’ Hong Kong as DCEP’s future sandbox. VC in India.
Ep. 33 | BitMEX and John McAfee in legal hot water. Who is the cryptocurrency market betting on to be the next US president?
- BitMEX
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- China
- FIL - Filecoin
- Halving
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- Singapore
- Venture Capital
Other top news: Filecoin’s mainnet set to launch. Chinese banks help DCEP digital currency get market-ready. NetEase to preserve email forevermore.
September 2020
Ep. 32 | Bithumb on the block amid fraud probe. Wealthsimple debuts Canada’s first regulated crypto exchange. BitFlyer permits BTC buys via PayPal.
- Ant Group
- bitFlyer
- Bithumb
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- Crime
- Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- North America
- PayPal
- Venture Capital
Other top news: Ant Group launches blockchain platform for cross-border trade. China makes Beijing, Hunan and Anhui into special free trade zones.
Ep. 31 | FinCEN files tie big banks to $2 trillion in crimes. Tezos tapped to explore CBDC for France.
- blockchain
- BSN - Blockchain Service Network
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- FinCEN - Financial Crime Enforcement Network
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- Venture Capital
More top news: Wounded Unikr settles with SEC for $6.1 million. China’s nationwide blockchain service network launches ‘public permissioned’ chain.
Ep. 30 | DeFi gets fishier with Sashimiswap. MasterCard stages CBDC cosplay. IRS targets Monero and Bitcoin Lightning Network.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- Halving
- Mastercard
- MON - Monero
- Venture Capital
More top news: OKLink offers free cryptocurrency tracker. Trade fair in China introduces blockchain ideas to 20,000 companies.
Ep. 29 | DeFi surges to dizzying heights. Brazil jumps into CBDC race. Swiss ‘Crypto Valley’ tax collectors will soon accept bitcoin.
In other news: Public gets sneak peek at China’s digital currency DCEP in flash testing. US-China trade war threatens SMIC and bitcoin mining.
Ep. 28 | FTX buys Blockfolio in $150 million deal. What’s up with the 300 crypto-terror accounts? China forks BSN to retain control.
Also: Japan’s deputy PM Taro Aso urges greater blockchain cooperation. Inner Mongolia raises bitcoin mining costs. Fintech investments in S. Korea.
August 2020
Ep. 27 | YFI soars past bitcoin. ConsenSys acquires JPMorgan’s Quorum blockchain. OMG Network integrates Tether transfers.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- ConsenSys
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- JP Morgan
- Mining
- USDT - Tether
- Venture Capital
Other top news: $50 billion in cryptocurrency leaves China. Severe flooding in Sichuan destroys bitcoin mining farms. DeFi in India.
Ep. 26 | US Fed taps MIT for CBDC research as China intensifies DCEP testing. YAM protocol soars before crashing.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- Coinbase
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- DeFi - Decentralized Finance
- Venture Capital
Other top news: USPS explores blockchain for voting. Coinbase offers crypto loans. Huobi launches Global DeFi Alliance.
Ep. 25 | Bitcoin surges in Hong Kong’s geopolitical storms. China widens DCEP testing. Ethereum Classic’s audacious attacks.
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- ETH - Ethereum
- Hacking
- Halving
- Hong Kong
- huobi
- PoS - Proof of Stake
- PoW - Proof of Work
- Tencent
- Venture Capital
Other top news: Teen accused of masterminding Twitter VIP hack heads to court. Huobi launches DeFi lab. Fintech VC in Singapore and Indonesia.
Ep. 24 | Bitcoin riding high again. Philippines enters global CBDC race. Cardano’s Shelley mainnet goes live.
Other top news: China imposes standards for blockchain companies. Huobi launches digital asset custody business. Blockchain VC in the Middle East.
July 2020
Ep. 23 | Is Ethereum more popular than Bitcoin now? Crypto love comes to K-pop world. SEC-sanctioned crypto firms receive PPP funds.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- ETH - Ethereum
- SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
- South Korea
- Venture Capital
Other top news: China’s BSN blockchain network expands global reach. US lets major banks act as crypto custodians. VC in India and Singapore.
Ep. 22 | How Twitter hackers broke into VIP accounts. Are SEC and CFTC targeting DeFi via Abra? BitMEX parent rebrands as 100x Group.
Other top news: InterContinental uses blockchain to prove hotel cleanliness. Beijing plans for blockchain in city services. VC in India and Israel.
Ep. 21 | Dogecoin rises on TikTok challenge. Brock Pierce runs for President. CFTC planning more crypto regulations.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- China
- DOGE - Dogecoin
- North America
- Regulatory
- Venture Capital
Other top news: Alibaba to help Cosco deploy blockchain technology for Chinese shipping industry. Fintech investment in Saudi Arabia.
Ep. 20 | OKEx launches in Latin America. Cardano deploys Shelley. Crypto firms R3, IoTeX and iExec join Confidential Computing Consortium.
Other top news: US still dominates blockchain patents globally. First court case in China litigated with blockchain. VC in Indonesia and Singapore.
June 2020
Ep. 19 | Will PayPal and Venmo offer crypto trading? FC Barcelona kicks off fan token. USDC ditches Ethereum for Algorand.
Other top news: Chainlink embraced by China’s blockchain network. Could Justin Sun’s infamy outshine TRON 4.0? Fintech in Thailand and Singapore.
Ep. 18 | Fed chair throws shade at Digital Dollar Project. Ripple elbows in on SWIFT. Compound dethrones MakerDao.
Other top news: China’s new blockchain cross-border payment platform for Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong. 5G for all in Shenzhen. Fintech VC in India.
Ep. 17 | Will India ban crypto again? VeChain wows Germany. Centrapay and bitcoin vending machines.
Other top news: Chinese high schoolers cram-studying bitcoin mining. Blockchain-powered lotteries in Cambodia. Startups in India, Singapore and UAE.
Ep. 16 | Bitcoin and Black America. Is Coinbase watching you? Bitmain’s Game of Thrones.
Other top blockchain news: China sounds new warning against crypto. Brave browser brouhaha. Startups in Japan and Malaysia.
Ep. 15 | Is China’s digital RMB ready for prime time? Making the case for a US CBDC. Blockchain comes to Minecraft.
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- China
- DCEP - Digital Currency Electronic Payment
- Digital Dollar
- Hedera
- Venture Capital
More top news: China exploring blockchain to cure gaming addiction. LG joins Hedera Hashgraph. Startups in Japan, Singapore and the Philippines.
May 2020
Ep. 14 | Was that Satoshi? TRON 4.0 gets lukewarm reception. Blockchain Bill of Rights.
More top news: China pours billions into blockchain and other infrastructure. Ant Financial’s new smart contracts. VC in Singapore and India.
Ep. 13 | Bitcoin bewitches JK Rowling. A Stellar start for Ukraine’s new CBDC. Investors drag Nvidia back to court over crypto sales.
Other top news: Fintech-friendly policies for Hong Kong-Shenzhen bay area. China makes blockchain jobs more respectable. VC in Singapore and S. Korea.
Ep. 12 | Bitcoin halving elicits yawns. As China trials CBDC, Tim Draper predicts it will bomb. Is NEAR Ethereum’s new killer?
- blockchain
- BTC - Bitcoin
- CBDC - Central Bank Digital Currencies
- China
- Coronavirus
- ETH - Ethereum
- Halving
- Investment
- TRX - Tron
- Venture Capital
Other top news: TRON snags Covid aid. Free Telegram Open Network. China builds tech talent database. Bitmain’s civil war. Another win for Ripple.
Ep. 11 | Crypto surges before bitcoin halving. China taps SenseTime for CBDC rollout. BitMEX shuts out Japan.
Other top news: IBM’s Covid medical supply network. China now has over 1,000 blockchain firms. Startups in Japan, India and Singapore.