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On October 31st, Aiden Pearce’s new project EIDOS, the founder of Avocado ENU, was launched on EOS. The project token is a token that can be converted to and from EOS’s CPU and bandwidth resources. At the beginning, 80% of the tokens will be airdropped to user. This rule has attracted a lot of users to lease CPU in large quantities, and send a large number of transactions in a short period of time, causing the CPU price to skyrocket. As a result, 80% of the transactions on the EOS mainnet are related to this airdrop. The EOS accounts of ordinary users do not have enough CPU cannot transfer money and use DApp normally. On November 2, MXC listed EIDOS, which surged 50% in a short period of time, but fell again by 60% the next day. The financial blogger "Blockchain Bitcoin Yang Chao" said that EIDOS will develop a contract exchange EIDOS CODEX based on EIDOS, and EIDOS will become an exchange token again.

digital currency

digital currency

The hard fork of Ethereum Berlin may be carried out in June 2020 at the latest, and the specific time is to be determined

On November 1, PegaSys Protocol Engineering product manager Tim Beiko tweeted that after the Istanbul hard fork (set for December 4), the Ethereum Berlin hard fork will be considered. "Given that the difficulty bomb will come in July next year, if we want to adopt a new model and fork, the mainnet should be upgraded by late June at the latest, and March at the earliest. We have agreed to integrate these two month as the upper/lower limit of the upgrade time." (AMBCrypto)

BitMEX suspected of leaking a large number of user email addresses due to misoperation

On November 1, a number of Twitter users reported that in an "Index Update Notification" email received from BitMEX, they could see a large number of email addresses of other BitMEX users in the recipient column. I forgot to select the "Bcc" function when sending mass emails. Then there was a voice on Twitter calling for BitMEX user addresses. BitMEX subsequently identified the issue and said it had contacted users with advice and steps to protect their accounts. Larry Cermak, director of research at The Block, said it now has access to 23,000 email addresses, including government email addresses with the .gov extension.

Huobi to freeze US user accounts on November 13

According to Huobi’s announcement, according to U.S. laws and regulations on encrypted assets, Huobi’s user agreement explicitly prohibits U.S. users from using Huobi’s platform. As a result, the accounts of US users have been gradually disabled, and all US user accounts will be frozen from November 13, 2019.

According to the local registration documents in South Korea, Binance has registered a company in South Korea on October 29 and will open a new local exchange to issue Korean won-based stablecoins through this project. In August, Binance announced stablecoin initiatives, one of which was a stablecoin based on the South Korean won. (CoinDesk)

Blockchain industry

Blockchain industry

Zhou Jiangyong, secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee: The number of leading blockchain enterprises in Hangzhou ranks third in the country

Zhou Jiangyong, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, said at the 2019 Qiantang River Forum that in 2018, the digital economy accounted for more than a quarter of the city's GDP and contributed more than 50% to economic growth. The net inflow rate of talents, the net inflow rate of Internet talents, and the net inflow rate of overseas talents rank first in the country for many years. Major innovations in fields such as blockchain, big data centers, and robo-advisors continue to emerge, and the number of leading blockchain companies ranks third in the country. (Sina Finance)

On November 3, the China Urban Development Research Association and others jointly released the smart city code identification system, and at the same time started the application work for each city code. It is reported that the logo is based on blockchain technology, which is independently developed, distributed and managed by China. It has a unified distribution rule and can realize the interconnection and data sharing of various elements within and between cities. Innovative practices combined with the construction of new smart cities. (Financial Association)

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global policy

HM Revenue and Customs Issues Guidance: Encryption Companies Must Keep All Transaction Records

UK tax agency HMRC said in guidance published Nov. 1 that crypto businesses must keep records of all transactions made in sterling, even if the transactions are between two different crypto assets. The guidance clarifies how crypto companies should pay different types of taxes such as stamp duty and value-added tax, and also clarifies under what circumstances the tax bureau can regard the purchase and sale of tokens as a formal transaction activity. The guidance declares that crypto assets must be accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices.

According to BeInCrypto, French high school economics and social science courses have added bitcoin-related explanations. As part of the educational resources provided by the French Ministry of Education, there are four educational videos asking the following questions - "Can Bitcoin replace the Euro? Is Bitcoin the currency of the future? Is Bitcoin the same as other currencies? You have to trust your currency?"

Bitcoin Enters Economics and Social Sciences Classes in French High Schools

According to BeInCrypto, French high school economics and social science courses have added bitcoin-related explanations. As part of the educational resources provided by the French Ministry of Education, there are four educational videos asking the following questions - "Can Bitcoin replace the Euro? Is Bitcoin the currency of the future? Is Bitcoin the same as other currencies? You have to trust your currency?"

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Character·Voice

People's Daily: Blockchain, a breakthrough for changing lanes and overtaking

On November 4, the People's Daily published an article "Blockchain, a breakthrough for changing lanes and overtaking". The article stated that there is nothing wrong with the general direction of the development of the blockchain, but it is necessary to avoid rush and repeated construction in order to open up the development space of the blockchain in orderly competition. China has a good foundation in the field of blockchain. Some large Internet companies have already established a layout. More than 20 provinces have introduced policies to promote the blockchain industry. The talent pool is relatively sufficient and the application scenarios are relatively rich. Dow took the lead. From a larger perspective, blockchain technology will greatly expand the breadth and depth of human collaboration. Perhaps, the blockchain is not just the next generation of Internet technology, but also the next generation of cooperation mechanisms and organizational forms.

Pan Shiyi: A unified digital currency is the key to solving world economic conflicts

On the evening of November 1, Pan Shiyi, chairman of SOHO China, released a short video, saying that logistics, information flow, and markets are all globalized, but the currency has not yet been unified. Without a unified currency, there is no unified weights and measures. The exchange rate fluctuates sharply. The whole society spends far more money and time on currency speculation than people create real social wealth. Pan Shiyi said that a unified currency is the key to solving world economic conflicts, and the only possibility is digital currency. Although Facebook's digital currency is destined to be difficult to succeed, it is meaningful to explore hard. (financial)

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