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According to Forbes China, in order to record the rise of the first "enterprise" blockchain, "Forbes" compiled the first blockchain top 50 list (Blockchain 50), including Allianz Insurance, Amazon, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ant Jinfu, BBVA, BITFURY and other companies. It is reported that the 50 large enterprises on the new list of this publication are using distributed ledger technology to meet operational needs and play a leading role in this field. Companies listed must have a minimum revenue threshold or valuation of $1 billion and have operations in the United States.

digital currency

digital currency

Kraken officially announced that it will delist BSV

On April 16, local time, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced that it would no longer support BSV, citing community sentiment and ongoing lawsuits against the exchange by advocates of the currency. Kraken will stop BSV deposits on April 22, stop trading for all trading pairs on April 29, and finally stop cash withdrawals on May 31. (CoinDesk)

According to the data monitoring of the PeckShield situational awareness platform, since April, the USDT market circulation has surged: Tether Treasury officially issued 314 million USDT (the difference between the outflow and inflow of Treasury addresses), and newly issued ERC20 for the Ethereum network. 170 million USDT.

Blockchain application

Blockchain application

BlockShow Launches Cryptocurrency Fundraiser for Notre Dame Cathedral

BlockShow, an international blockchain event powered by Cointelegraph, has launched a cryptocurrency fundraiser for the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral. The BlockShow team released two cryptocurrency wallet addresses that support Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) donations. (Cointelegraph)

EY launches free software to bring businesses to Ethereum

Ernst & Young (EY) announced Tuesday that it is rolling out free software designed to help corporate clients use the ethereum blockchain, taking an unusual step to encourage adoption. The new Nightfall protocol has been developed by the company's team of more than 200 blockchain developers over the past year and will be released in May. The protocol was created for use cases such as supply chains, food tracking, inter-corporate branch transactions, and public finance. Like other enterprise blockchain platforms, Nightfall utilizes zero-knowledge proof technology to support private transactions on a shared ledger. But unlike most similar platforms, EY's software runs on top of the public ethereum network. (CoinDesk)

Qihoo 360 released the 2018 Annual Report. According to the report, in terms of blockchain security, the company discovered and reported a series of high-risk vulnerabilities on the EOS platform, and received its first official bounty acknowledgment from a security agency. At present, 360’s key urban security businesses include five major sectors, including community security, travel security, emergency management, urban management, and public security. Cloud, big data, edge computing and other capabilities, combined with self-research and cooperation with upstream and downstream software and hardware manufacturers, build an overall urban security solution and expand its own security processing capabilities in physical space.

global policy

global policy

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: In order to implement the guidance of the State Council on deepening the "Internet + advanced manufacturing industry", technologies such as blockchain will be explored to improve the level of security protection

In order to implement the "Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the "Internet + Advanced Manufacturing" and Developing the Industrial Internet", the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has drafted the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Industrial Internet Security Work (Draft for Comment)", which will be released by the end of 2020. Initially establish an industrial Internet security system. In addition, there are seven main tasks, including promoting industrial Internet security technology innovation and industrial development, and exploring the use of new technologies such as big data and blockchain to improve the level of security protection.

Media: More than 30 companies have settled in the Chongqing Blockchain Industry Innovation Base, and the operating income of enterprises above the medium scale has reached 2.8 billion yuan

On April 16, the Chongqing Daily published an article stating that the Chongqing blockchain industry innovation base is growing vigorously. The relevant person in charge said that over the past year, the construction of the base has achieved remarkable results. The carrier area of ​​the base has reached nearly 30,000 square meters, and more than 30 enterprises have settled in. Among them, the operating income of enterprises above designated size reached 2.8 billion yuan, with a growth rate of more than 15%. As the "main battlefield" for the development of big data intelligence in Yuzhong, the Dashihua New District focuses on the development of blockchain, big data applications, industrial Internet, 5G and other industries, and strives to build Chongqing's "chain island" smart industry cluster. (Chongqing Daily)

Japan's Financial Services Agency requires virtual currency exchanges to strengthen cold wallet management to prevent improper behavior by insiders

According to officials from Japan's Financial Services Agency, the Financial Services Agency requires a virtual currency exchange to strictly formulate internal company regulations and manage virtual currencies with cold wallets that are not connected to the Internet. Since the illegal outflow of virtual currency happened one after another last year, the Financial Services Agency and self-regulatory agencies have asked customers who manage through the Internet to limit virtual currency and strictly manage encryption keys. (Reuters)

Donald Kersey, director of elections at the Secretary of State's office in West Virginia, commented on the state's use of blockchain platforms for voting in the 2018 midterm elections. Do a blockchain vote. We hope this will be part of the West Virginia ballot." (LongHash)

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Character·Voice

Foreign media: Binance's profit in the first quarter of 2019 was about 78 million US dollars, a 66% increase from the previous quarter

In total, Binance earned around $78 million in the first quarter of 2019, according to calculations by The Block. In the fourth quarter of 2018, Binance’s net profit was about $47 million, which means that its profit in the first quarter of 2019 increased by 66% quarter-on-quarter. On April 16, Binance announced the destruction of nearly 830,000 BNB, accounting for 20% of the net profit in the first quarter. So far, Binance has burned BNB for 7 quarters, and more than 11.6 million BNB have been destroyed. In just seven quarters of its existence, Binance has generated approximately $733 million in revenue.

Report: The National Development and Reform Commission's new rules for eliminating mining are expected to have little impact on thermal power mining, but will have a greater impact on hydropower mining during the wet season