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Ethereum wallet and browser product Mist officially announced the termination of the project's operations. Mist project founder Alex Van de Sande said security concerns were the biggest hurdle the team faced. He revealed that Mist's team will continue to use the accumulated experience to help other DApp teams funded by the Ethereum Foundation to design products. Mist is a team sponsored by the Ethereum Foundation. The wallet it developed was once the most famous wallet product on Ethereum. The team also develops browser products.

digital currency

digital currency

European Central Bank Governor: The Eurosystem currently has no compelling incentive to issue a CBDC

European Central Bank Governor Yves Mersch said in a speech at a conference in Warsaw, Poland that the potential decision to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC) needs to be assessed based on its impact on the financial system. Even in non-crisis periods, a convertible CBDC could crowd out bank deposits, putting the secondary banking system at risk. Overall, the Eurosystem currently has no compelling incentives to issue a CBDC.

Samsung Galaxy blockchain key storage system will soon add support for EOS

Bancor recently announced integration with Samsung’s new Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10+ blockchain key storage system. The Samsung Blockchain Key Store currently only holds Ethereum, and will soon add support for other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and EOS.

Investing and trading platform eToro has added TRX

Investing and trading platform eToro has now added an investment option for TRX as the 15th crypto asset, according to a Sunday report.

Investing and trading platform eToro has added TRX

Huobi Global CEO Weng Xiaoqi (nicknamed "Qiye") recently accepted an exclusive interview with Odaily, saying that the "tiered price limit period" avoids the risk of skyrocketing; Prime is not an IEO, even projects that have been listed on the exchange will be considered. He said that they already have a lot of projects waiting to be selected, and the next project to be listed on Huobi Prime will be launched in 2-3 weeks.

Binance: Binance Launchpad token sale will change to lottery

Binance: Binance Launchpad token sale will change to lottery

The Binance Exchange blog posted that the next project on Binance Launchpad will be determined by lottery rather than first-come-first-served. The number of "lottery tickets" that project parties can apply for depends on the amount of BNB they hold within 20 days before the draw date.

Bitwise report: 95% of Bitcoin trading volume is faked by unregulated exchanges

Recently, the Central Bank of Italy released a report on digital currencies, including Bitcoin, in which it stated: “We found that about a quarter of Bitcoin users and half of Bitcoin transactions are related to illegal activities. Every year about $72 billion in illicit activity involving bitcoin is close to the size of the illicit drug markets in the U.S. and Europe."

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Blockchain industry

Park Power Group (01263.HK) announced that its 2018 net profit fell by 18.5% to HK$271 million. Graphics graphics card only recorded a growth rate of 1.5%. The reason is that after the virtual currency price plummeted, there was an excess inventory of graphics graphics cards in the market channel, and after NVIDIA announced the launch of a new GPU in the second half of 2018, the sales of the previous generation graphics graphics card The sales of graphics cards slowed down sharply in the second half of 2018.

Innosilicon: The upcoming Grin mining machine will be compatible with the Cuckatoo31/32 algorithm design for the first time

Innosilicon’s official Twitter revealed that the upcoming Grin ASIC mining machine will implement the industry’s first design compatible with the Cuckatoo31/32 algorithm, and this design is the key to ensuring the product’s life cycle, and there are no shortcuts.

The Forbidden City and Tencent set up a joint innovation laboratory to jointly explore the application methods of blockchain and other technologies in cultural heritage protection

The Forbidden City and Tencent established a joint innovation laboratory to jointly explore the application methods of blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data and other digital technologies in the fields of cultural heritage protection, research and display.

On March 22, China Merchants Bank released its 2018 annual report. The report mentioned that in 2019, China Merchants Bank will increase the construction of financial technology infrastructure, and build an open and intelligent Internet business ecology and service system around "cloud + API + blockchain" and "data + AI".

global policy

global policy

Wyoming Passes Legislation to Advance Blockchain Technology to Boost Local Jobs

After passing several bills to determine the legal framework for blockchain and cryptocurrencies, Wyoming passed a bill to promote the development of local blockchain technology and create job opportunities. The bill has now been signed into law and took effect this month.

Swiss Federal Council Launches Consultation to Revise Blockchain Laws

On March 22, the Swiss Federal Council (Swiss Federal Council) issued a document announcing that it has begun consultations on amending federal laws to promote the development of blockchain. By initiating consultations, the Federal Council intends to increase legal certainty regarding blockchain applications in order to lay the groundwork for a regulatory framework for the Swiss banking sector, especially for the financial sector. According to the document, the Federal Council's consultations will continue until the end of June 2019.

A few days ago, the Kunming Municipal Government issued the "Opinions of the Kunming Municipal People's Government on 20 Measures to Promote the Steady and Healthy Development of the Economy". The opinion pointed out that Kunming will seize the "outlet" of the digital economy and promote the integrated development of the digital economy and the real economy. Introduce a group of blockchain innovation enterprises, and strive to settle in Kunming with the provincial "digital economy innovation park" and "computing power center".

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Character·Voice

Former US CFTC Chairman: Virtual currencies should be regulated by government regulations

Gary Gensler, former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), pointed out in an interview that perhaps a few virtual currencies will one day develop multiple uses and be accepted by multiple channels, but at least it will take 5 to 10 years. Now he said, It's still too early. Regarding the development and future of virtual currency, Gary Gensler insists on consumer protection, which should be regulated by government regulations.

Paul Sin, Head of Deloitte Asia Pacific Blockchain Lab: Blockchain can be used to solve real-world financial problems

Paul Sin, head of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Blockchain Lab, recently stated that due to the key characteristics of DLT technology, blockchain provides solutions to unique problems in fields such as finance. The application of blockchain is particularly valuable for cross-industry transactions, especially in the field of financial services and supply chain traceability.

Liang Xinjun, co-founder of Fosun Group: 2019 is the real first year of blockchain

Liang Xinjun, co-founder of Fosun Group, said that in the next 15 years, inertial judgments will fail, and the value "anchor" will drift; within five to seven years, the blockchain may reconstruct the way humans "trust" each other. He believes that 2019 is the real first year of the blockchain because: 1. Blockchain 3.0 technology can improve performance, ease of use, and operability, and most of them will mature in 2019; With rapid development in the past year, the function of digital currency as a payment tool, exchange medium, and value measure will be resolved; 3. The blockchain digital economy must obtain legal protection, and the construction of laws and regulations and the regulatory system are gradually maturing.

U.S. Government Enforcement Defense and Securities Litigation Lawyers: Exchanges Falsify Trading Volume or Be Liable for "Fraud Induction"

U.S. Government Enforcement Defense and Securities Litigation Lawyers: Exchanges Falsify Trading Volume or Be Liable for "Fraud Induction"

U.S. government law enforcement defense and securities litigation lawyer Jake Chervinsky tweeted that "fraud inducement" refers to the illegal behavior of one party deliberately distorting the facts to induce the other party to make a transaction. For example, if a cryptocurrency exchange falsifies trading volumes to convince ICOs to pay their listing fees, it could be liable for fraudulent induction.