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Last week, we can see that the blockchain industry at home and abroad is getting more and more prosperous. The industrialization of blockchain technology, the combination of traditional economy and blockchain technology is an inevitable trend to achieve current technological breakthroughs, occupy the commanding heights of innovation, and gain new advantages in industrial development. Grasping such an opportunity will undoubtedly be at the "window" of technological change and industrial development in the world today.
In China, the "14th Five-Year Plan" of various provinces and cities has mentioned the application of blockchain technology. The Ministry of Commerce issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Standardization Construction of the Commercial Field during the "14th Five-Year Plan" Period", pointing out that it will promote the standardization of blockchain technology applications. The "14th Five-Year Plan" Drug Safety Plan of Yunnan Province regards blockchain as an important means of drug safety supervision. "Beijing's "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" Period High-tech Industry Development Plan" regards blockchain and advanced computing as one of the four innovations actively cultivated. Shanghai Jing'an "International Innovation Corridor" will create key blockchain projects. Chengdu's Chenghua District will accelerate the creation of a blockchain industry highland. The government and relevant departments have set their sights on blockchain technology, which undoubtedly declares that the application of blockchain technology will be one of the priorities of the government's work in the next few years, and its role in promoting the national economy is beyond doubt.
In foreign countries, the 117th Congress of the United States alone has proposed 18 bills that directly affect cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, or central bank digital currencies, covering bills aimed at providing regulatory clarity for encryption, blockchain underlying Technology, and considerations for a US CBDC. Developments in the blockchain space have always been international.
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According to the official website of the Yunnan Provincial Drug Administration, the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for Drug Safety in Yunnan Province" has been officially issued. The application in ex-post supervision strengthens the construction of digital supervision capabilities, promotes supervision innovation, and builds a unified drug smart supervision platform in the province.
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According to the Beijing Daily, according to the Beijing Municipal Government's recently issued "Beijing's "Fourteenth Five-Year" Period High-tech Industry Development Plan", Beijing will actively cultivate four innovative links, namely, blockchain and advanced computing, and technology services. , smart city industry, and information content consumption industry.
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According to Forbes on August 23, according to its statistics, the 117th Congress of the United States has proposed 18 bills that directly affect cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, or central bank digital currencies, covering regulations aimed at providing regulatory clarity for encryption. Bill, the underlying technology of the blockchain, and considerations for the US CBDC.
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Ningbo Daily’s front-page article today, “Ningbo’s Economic New Kinetic Power” revealed that the data from the Ningbo Municipal Development and Reform Commission showed that the manufacturing industry, the core industry of the digital economy, grew by 30% in the first half of the year. Functional equipment, aerospace information, advanced cutting-edge materials, hydrogen energy, blockchain and other future industries, develop a group of gazelle enterprises with independent innovative technologies, and cultivate new advantages in future economic competition.
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According to news from Manila Bulletin on August 23, the Philippine Department of Finance stated that income from play-to-earn (earn while playing) games such as Axie Infinity is subject to income tax. Tionko, head of the Ministry of Finance's Revenue Operations Group, said the Ministry of Finance and the Internal Revenue Service are investigating Axie Infinity, an online adventure game developed by Vietnamese company Sky Mavis. It is reported that the Philippines is the largest market for the game. Tionko said the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission and the central bank have yet to determine whether Axie is a currency or a security. Regardless, it is subject to income tax. Although Sky Mavis is a non-resident foreign company, she pointed out that the company's income derived from within the Philippines should be covered for local taxation. Tionko said: It is not registered in the Philippines. After we establish a non-resident registration system in the future, such companies will be covered. But now, whoever makes money from it needs to report it. She said all such income that has swept the digital space over the past few months is subject to income tax.
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According to Jinshi news, the Indian cryptocurrency bill may be proposed in the next parliamentary session, and the issue of Indian cryptocurrency needs to be examined from various angles.
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According to news from Shanghai Jing'an official account on August 23, the construction results of the "Shanghai Jing'an International Innovation Corridor" were announced at the "Jing'an District 'Double Innovation' Demonstration Base Creation Work Media Briefing" held by the Jing'an District Information Office, and the Key tasks for construction in the next five years. It is reported that the Shibei Blockchain Ecological Valley in Jing'an District, Shanghai is striving to build a comprehensive functional platform for blockchain underlying technology innovation, application demonstration, and industrial linkage; Huawei Shanghai Blockchain Ecological Innovation Center and other international innovation service platforms help enterprises in Artificial intelligence, big data, and Internet of Things technology industries have realized technology introduction and industrial digital transformation and upgrading. In the next five years, the "Shanghai Jing'an International Innovation Corridor" will support the implementation of projects such as the World Blockchain Organization (WBO) Representative Office, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Global Fintech Innovation Center, and promote the AI Hybrid Cloud Computing Center, Huawei District The construction of blockchain ecological innovation center, Wanxiang blockchain + big data joint innovation center and other projects will accelerate the implementation of research and development application scenarios.
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[Japan’s Financial Services Agency is debating stricter encryption regulation]
According to previous news, Junichi Nakajima, the head of Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), who took office just last month, said in an interview that the time to relax encryption regulation has not yet come.
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According to Reuters news on August 24, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler said that the SEC will seek opinions on whether digital customer engagement innovations adopted by financial companies should be governed by existing rules or may require new rules. While the SEC is in the "early stages" of thinking about the issue, its rules may need to be updated to address the AI-led revolution in predictive analytics, differentiated marketing, and behavioral prompts designed to optimize customer engagement. The SEC is planning a sweeping consultation in the next few days that could have major implications for retail brokers, wealth managers and robo-advisors, who are increasingly using such tools to nudge clients into higher-earning products .
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According to news from Ledger Insights on August 25, the Innovation Center of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched a new initiative, Project Genesis, aimed at encouraging sustainable investment through the tokenization of green bonds and reducing such risks. Bond investment threshold. The project will address the complete bond life cycle, including the issuance process, interest payment and redemption process. The project has two parallel tracks, one using multiple permissioned blockchains, operated by Digital Asset (Switzerland) and its partner GFT Technologies Hong Kong. The second is the Liberty Consortium, which uses a permission-free public chain. Members include SC Ventures, Standard Chartered Bank, and Shareable Asset. Hong Kong-based Allinfra will be in charge of validating sustainable use cases using blockchain.
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Babbitt News, on August 25, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Standardization Construction in the Commercial Field during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period". The "Opinions" are divided into four parts. The third part is the key areas, which point out the improvement of digital standards for commercial circulation and support for high-quality business development. Strengthen the construction of a digital technology application standard system in the business field, research and establish a unified big data full-process management standard, and promote the standardized application of new technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and blockchain. Strengthen the construction of standards for new formats and new models of e-commerce, and promote the standardized development of live broadcast e-commerce and social e-commerce. Improve the e-commerce public service standard system, strengthen the construction of standards for service carriers, logistics payment, monitoring and analysis, and personnel training, and improve the service carrying capacity of public service platforms, demonstration bases, and industrial parks.
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According to the official account of the Hangzhou Internet Court, the Hangzhou Internet Court recently launched the "Kunpeng" centralized enforcement action. In this action, the Hangzhou Internet Court gave full play to its technological advantages and used the "5G+blockchain" technology to transmit the execution site situation back to the execution command center in real time and synchronize it to the judicial blockchain platform to ensure the openness and transparency of the execution process and the implementation of codes of conduct. powerful.
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According to news from Hainan News Network on August 25, since January this year, Hainan has issued a total of 26.61 million blockchain financial electronic bills, involving an amount of over 40 billion yuan. Through blockchain technology, Hainan's "chain" connects various people's livelihood real economy business scenarios such as medical care, education, transportation, and urban management, and has opened up more than 50 system business platforms, realizing blockchain financial electronic bills of all types and units , The whole industry, the whole field coverage.
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According to Coindesk, on August 25, the Securities and Exchange Commission of India (SEBI) announced plans to launch a security and covenant monitoring system for non-convertible bonds (NCDs) by April 1, 2022, relying on distributed ledger technology to monitor and record Financial tool. The system will track covenants and will monitor the credit ratings of NCDs, and will provide necessary permissions to trustees, issuers and credit rating agencies to update transaction data. In turn, this data will be accessed by stock exchanges and depositories to provide a more transparent process. It is reported that the stored data will be cryptographically signed, time-stamped, and added to the ledger in sequence, leaving a verifiable transaction audit trail. In its statement, SEBI said transaction history and data on the ledger will be "fully" encrypted and shared with essential stakeholders only on a "need-to-know basis."
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According to Dailymail on August 26, Tim Loh, Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), issued a tax warning to cryptocurrency investors. Those involved must file their tax returns by October 31, or through a tax accountant by May 15 next year. Matching cryptocurrencies with individuals' tax returns by the ATO helps ensure investors pay the correct amount of tax, Tim said. Tim estimates that more than 600,000 taxpayers have invested in crypto assets in recent years, and like stock investors, those who buy and sell cryptocurrencies are subject to capital gains tax if they make a profit, and must report it on their tax returns.
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According to the "Hangzhou Daily" news on August 26, the Hangzhou Municipal Data Resources Administration revealed that in order to create a national first-class business environment and give full play to the role of the city's brain, Hangzhou will actively explore the "three chains" of license chain, credit chain, and blockchain. "Online, build an electronic seal scene application platform to serve government affairs and urban construction. Various legal persons and natural persons act as "on-chain" certificates.
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According to Jiangsu News, the 10th Plenary Session of the 13th Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Nanjing today. The integration of infrastructure and traditional infrastructure has accelerated the promotion of technologies such as quantum technology to seize the commanding heights of development, and has turned Jiangsu into a "digital highland" with international influence.
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According to Finbold news on August 26, in the next few days, the Bank of Spain is expected to announce new regulatory requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital asset custody platforms operating in the country. Under the legislation outlined in the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act (Law 10/2020), “providers of virtual currency exchange services for fiduciary currencies and e-wallet custody” must begin the registration process. In accordance with this legislation, the Spanish government issued Royal Decree 7/2021, stipulating that the time limit for recording must comply with the law, for a period of 6 months, starting from April 29 this year and ending on October 29. In practice, the order says, the goal is to "improve mechanisms to prevent terrorism and increase the transparency and availability of information on the beneficial owners of bitcoin exchanges and custody platforms." Companies offering services using cryptocurrencies will be able to register after October, until January 29, 2022. In addition, relevant parties who provide the service of "exchanging virtual currency for fiat currency" are also subject to the "obligation of prevention" stipulated by law.
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[Foreign media: Kyrgyzstan launches a new encryption regulatory framework that will give legal status to encrypted exchanges]". Additionally, it requires service providers of crypto exchanges to comply with existing anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism measures.
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According to Cointelegraph on August 26, a blockchain-based program of the U.S. Air Force will use Constellation’s Hypergraph Network to provide data security for commercial partners of the Department of Defense. In a statement Thursday, Constellation said it has been working with Kinnami Software to develop the use of blockchain encryption for U.S. Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command’s 618th Air Operations Center and a civilian reserve partner. and end-to-end data security solutions for distributed data management. According to the platform, its goal is to securely exchange data with commercial partners during missions involving aircraft and ship operations under U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.
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Babbitt News, on August 27th, Panama proposed a proposal to regulate Bitcoin, NFT and cryptocurrencies. The draft bill aims to attract foreign investment in cryptocurrency mining. Companies that decide to install equipment in Panama will receive tax incentives if they hire local personnel. The country's requirements for mining companies include having to use at least 50 percent renewable energy and employ at least five Panamanians in their facilities, among other things. The country will also evaluate the use of digital assets as a method of payment for the purchase of products and services.
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According to news from the Chengdu Public Security Public Account on August 26, Chengdu Public Security has planned to create a scenario application concept of a "police-civilian chain" based on "blockchain" technology in response to the current outstanding problems of difficult supervision and strong public response in the process of accepting and filing cases. The "Minlian Chain" platform regulates and supervises the front-end law enforcement behavior of the police from the technical level, and makes up for the gap in supervision. Strengthen the integrated and practical operation of "emotional guidance, diligence, public supervision", and strengthen departmental linkages for key and sensitive cases that have caused major public opinion within the city and received high attention from all walks of life. , to ensure the unity of political effects, legal effects, and social effects.
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The Cuban government said Thursday that it will recognize and regulate cryptocurrencies for payments on the island, The Associated Press reported Aug. 27. A resolution published in the Official Gazette stated that the central bank will set the rules for cryptocurrencies and decide how to issue licenses to relevant service providers in Cuba, while clearly stating that illegal activities must not be involved.
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According to Zhejiang Daily, the "black box" application of drug safety smart supervision launched by Zhejiang Provincial Food and Drug Administration in April this year has covered more than 270 drug production and distribution companies. Introduce blockchain technology to realize distributed bookkeeping, and plan to connect with the Bureau's "Precise Intelligent Control System for Drug Safety Risks" to promote iterative upgrades from "black boxes" to "gray boxes" and "white boxes".
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According to the latest news from the Caijing Chain, on August 27, at the first Chengdu-Chongqing Blockchain Application Ecological Development Forum, the deputy head of Chenghua District, Chengdu, stated that the layout and application development of the blockchain industry is a major strategic task. Provide the best environment for industrial development with the best service, give full play to the resource advantages of universities such as University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Chengdu University of Technology, and the advantages of urban cultural landmarks such as Tianfu Finance Museum and China (Chengdu) Blockchain Expo Hall, and insist on "innovation" As the core, with the "blockchain" as the clue, and the "track" as the carrier, vigorously develop the future track of the blockchain, and continue to promote the integration of the digital economy and the real economy. Make every effort to promote the innovation and coordinated development of blockchain applications in Chengdu and Chongqing, and accelerate the creation of blockchain industry highlands.
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According to the People's Court News Media Headquarters, Zhou Qiang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Supreme People's Court, conducted research at the China Judicial Big Data Research Institute yesterday. Zhou Qiang emphasized that it is necessary to strengthen technological innovation, product innovation, and management innovation, conduct in-depth research on the application of blockchain and other technologies in the judicial field, and further expand service areas.
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According to a report released by Chengdu on August 27, the application for the 2021 modern supply chain system construction project in Chengdu has begun. The innovative application of the chain model, the international development of local supply chain enterprises, the improvement of the international service level of local supply chain enterprises, the expansion and strengthening of local supply chain enterprises, and the cultivation of supply chain talents will be carried out in 9 aspects. Successfully declared projects can receive up to a one-time funding award of 3 million yuan.
[Australian Department of Home Affairs: Due to lack of technical support, cryptocurrency"travel rules"travel rules
Not yet implemented in Australia]"According to Finance Magnates, on August 28, the Australian Department of Home Affairs (The Australian Department of Home Affairs) stated that it does not currently have sufficient technical capabilities to implement travel rules for cryptocurrencies, although it will be". According to ZDNet, the bureau will wait to develop more technology to adopt the rule recommended by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The FATF said the travel rule could tackle financial aid for terrorism by preventing criminals from accessing funds electronically. Additionally, Nicole Rose, CEO of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (Austrac), commented that Austrac is interested in regulating cryptocurrency exchanges to implement anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulatory measures.
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According to People's Daily Online, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) held a meeting of the party group (enlarged) on the 20th, re-emphasizing the need to insist on financial services for the real economy, promote high-level opening up of capital accounts in a steady and orderly manner, and continuously improve the level of liberalization and facilitation of cross-border trade and investment. Actively support the development of new formats and models of foreign trade, expand the application scenarios of cross-border financial blockchain service platforms, and help small and micro enterprises and private enterprises to better carry out cross-border trade and investment and financing activities.
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According to The Paper, on August 27, the Tibet Autonomous Region held a press conference to introduce the content and implementation of the "Implementation Plan on Further Deepening the Reform of Tax Collection and Administration". The "Plan" pointed out that Tibet will strengthen the construction of digital government, further promote the use of data to govern taxation, and build a powerful smart taxation system. The taxation department will make full use of modern information technologies such as blockchain and cloud computing to promote the convergence of internal and external tax-related data. .
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The WeChat public account @三亚发布 posted today that the "14th Five-Year Plan for Comprehensive Transportation Development in Sanya" was officially issued recently, in which the development ideas pointed out that the innovation of transportation technology should be strengthened, and the deep integration of blockchain and other technologies into the transportation industry should be promoted. Create a digital, networked and intelligent transportation network.
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According to news on August 28, Xiamen launched the "International Sea Freight Payment" blockchain application scenario, which is the first in the country to realize the entire process of sea freight payment online.
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Babbitt News, recently, Beijing Haidian District held a press conference on the first anniversary of the construction of the two districts, revealing that the Zhongguancun Science City Management Committee has established a special working group for new infrastructure, focusing on promoting 18 new infrastructure projects. Among them, in terms of data intelligence infrastructure, it will support micro Chip Research Institute and Tencent have carried out the construction of new blockchain infrastructure, promoted the research and development of the underlying open source platform, dedicated chips, and hardware of the blockchain, and created an independently controllable Changan chain technology system that combines software and hardware.
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According to news on August 28, according to the official website of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the "14th Five-Year Plan for New Infrastructure Construction in Jiangsu Province" has been approved by the provincial people's government to be issued. Key enterprises, universities and scientific research institutes of blockchain in the province will build a safe and reliable blockchain underlying platform, promote the deployment of cloud computing-based BaaS (Blockchain as a Service, blockchain as a service) public service platform, and encourage conditional Build a city-level government blockchain network in the region, and build a city blockchain big data sharing, collaboration, management and control platform. Build a provincial blockchain information service comprehensive management platform, build a blockchain security inspection and management system by "governing the chain with the chain", improve the information review and monitoring, emergency response, and research and judgment capabilities on the chain, and realize the "one-chain unified management" of the province. Strengthen key core technologies such as blockchain encryption algorithm, distributed transmission and network, consensus mechanism, smart contract, user privacy and data security. Support Suzhou to strive to create a national blockchain development pilot zone.
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Babbitt News, on August 23, concept artist Kevin Abosch will release 888 NFT works through OpenSea, and 70 NFT works have been launched so far. He said that 100 works will be launched at 18:00 on August 22nd, US Eastern Time (6:00 on August 23rd, Beijing time), and the remaining works will be launched within the next 14 days.
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Babbitt News, on August 23, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bybit, after sponsoring the e-sports team NAVI last week, once again announced the signing of sponsorship agreements with the e-sports team Astralis and Alliance. The partnership not only includes team uniforms, social media and digital channels, Bybit will also unite the two teams to participate in carbon neutral programs, financial education, charity and other agendas. Like NAVI, Astralis and Alliance players and their fans will also participate in the World Series of Cryptocurrency Trading (WSOT) organized by Bybit. According to Bybit, this sponsorship will have the opportunity to attract more than 11.3 million followers of the two teams around the world.
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[Visa announced the purchase of CryptoPunk, the transaction volume increased significantly, and the latest bid for Punk 6965 reached 2000 ETH]
At around 18:00 this evening, Visa tweeted announcing that it had purchased the CryptoPunk NFT numbered 7610 for about $150,000. Afterwards, dozens of transactions occurred on CryptoPunks, with the transaction amount basically ranging from 60-200 ETH, most of which were 60-100 ETH.
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According to The Block, on August 23, after the news that Visa purchased a CryptoPunk was announced, about 90 NFTs in the series were sold within an hour, with a total sales of about 20 million US dollars. Larva Labs official website shows that a wave of sales has begun, mainly featuring the human CryptoPunk. Most of the NFTs sold for between $180,000 and $250,000, with one piece fetching as much as $917,000. The average selling price for a CryptoPunk is currently around $170,000, according to The Block.
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According to Bloomberg News on August 23, the FTX cryptocurrency exchange announced a 10-year, $17.5 million naming rights deal with the University of California, Berkeley. The Cal Golden Bears will play their home opener this year at the FTX-named Cal Memorial Stadium. Learfield, a multimedia rights holder for UC Athletic, will accept payments in cryptocurrencies on behalf of the university. It is reported that FTX Chief Operating Officer Sina Nader was a day student of the Golden Bears when he was an undergraduate; the father of founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is also an alumnus of the school.
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According to news from The Block on August 23, Substack, a content payment subscription platform supported by a16z, announced a partnership with Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode to accept Bitcoin payments. A Substack spokesperson said the option is currently only available for "specific cryptocurrency-focused publications," adding: "We look forward to exploring wider availability based on feedback and demand." Accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network.
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[Xiongan New District completes the first domestic "blockchain +" science and technology innovation financing business]
It is understood that Xiong’an New District took the lead in launching the first domestic blockchain-based scientific and technological innovation service platform in April this year. By building a flat system architecture and a "finance + scene" service model, the platform has formed a platform for governments, enterprises and Multi-subject data co-governance pattern such as third-party financial institutions.
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Babbitt News, on August 24, Lympo, a subsidiary of encrypted game developer Animoca Brands, announced that it will start auctioning the officially licensed sports star NFT series GOAT on the Binance NFT market and OpenSea on August 30. In addition to NFT, buyers will also receive a series of related benefits, such as birthday greetings, autographed gifts for athletes, and more. The NFTs in this auction come from athletes in football, long jump, boxing and other fields. Users can buy them with BNB on Binance NFT or with LMT tokens on Opensea.
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According to China Financial News Network, on August 17, the Shaanxi Branch of the Bank of China handled the first 1.1 million yuan financing business under the international railway combined transport bill of lading of the China-Europe Express "Chang'an" for a company in Xi'an International Port Area. It is understood that this business is the first international railway bill of lading issued by Xi'an Free Trade Port Construction and Operation Co., Ltd. for the China-Europe Express "Chang'an", and it is also the first credit-based railway bill of lading loan issued by the Bank of China.
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[Online art trading platform Artnet Auctions announced that it will offer NFT works in the autumn auction]
It is reported that Artnet was founded in 1989, and its price database dates back to 1985 with more than 14 million auction results from 1900 auction houses, providing unparalleled transparency to the art market. Artnet Auctions revenue jumped 23% to $3 million in the first six months of 2021 compared to 2020 ($2.423 million).
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[MLB is cooperating with NFT platform Candy Digital to issue 30 MLB stadium NFTs]
Earlier in June, MLB announced a partnership with Galaxy Digita-backed Candy Digital and launched an NFT collection dedicated to baseball legend Lou Gehrig and the 2020 world champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
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The Economic Daily reported on August 25 that the 2021 China International Smart Industry Expo major project investment signing event was held in Chongqing on the 23rd, and 92 major projects with a total investment of 252.4 billion yuan settled in Chongqing. Among the major projects settled, there are 32 intelligent manufacturing projects with an investment of 101.6 billion yuan; 20 digital economy projects with an investment of 42.8 billion yuan. In recent years, Chongqing has created a number of digital economy development strategic platforms such as Liangjiang Digital Economy Industrial Park, China Wisdom Valley (Chongqing) Science and Technology Park, Liangjiang New Area Lijia Smart Experience Park, and Xiantao Data Valley. Xiantao Data Valley, located in Yubei District, has gathered more than 1,000 big data intelligent enterprises within an area of less than 2 square kilometers. Wang Xiaoping, chairman of Chongqing Xiantao Data Valley Investment Management Co., Ltd., told reporters that focusing on artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, big data and integrated circuits and other industrial fields, Data Valley has created 10 open-ended platforms including intelligent testing bases and prototype production platforms. Shared platform, serving more than 1,200 companies.
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Babbitt News, on August 25th, Facebook is considering building NFT-related products and functions. “We’re definitely looking at a number of ways to get involved in the space because we think we’re in a very good position,” Facebook executive David Marcus said in an interview Tuesday. Marcus leads F2, or Facebook Financial, the company that developed the Novi digital wallet. internal team. That wallet can be used to store NFTs, he said. He didn't get more specific about what kind of NFT-related products Facebook might develop. Facebook's digital wallet is "ready now," but the company has been waiting to launch it until it can launch alongside Diem, a digital currency formerly known as Libra. Marcus said Facebook would consider launching a Novi wallet without Diem "as a last resort," but he believes both are necessary to change the way people pay.
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[The well-known fashion magazine Vogue Singapore cooperates with Binance NFT Market and Brytehall to auction 15 NFT works]"According to Vogue Business, on August 25, the Singapore edition of the well-known fashion magazine Vogue launched its first September issue, with 15 commissioned NFTs for sale, including one designed by Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing"flame
It is reported that these NFTs will start to be auctioned on the Binance NFT market in September in cooperation with Brytehall, a new NFT platform launched by Publishares, the publisher of Vogue Singapore, in partnership with Binance and advertising network Vidy. The two digital-only covers will only be sold as one edition each, starting at 12ETH (approximately $38,000) each, and readers can sign up for more auction details. The artist, Vogue Singapore, Brytehall and Binance will share the revenue.
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[Korean Shinsegae's online shopping mall launched a luxury certification service, issuing NFT tokens for each luxury transaction]"According to ajudaily news, on August 25, SSG.com, an online shopping mall under the South Korean retail giant Shinsegae, issued a statement announcing the launch of luxury digital authentication services.". When a customer purchases a luxury item through SSG.com, an NFT token containing the purchase information, such as the product serial number, date of purchase and warranty information, will be issued via the smartphone app. It is reported that Shinsegae's NFT service is based on the KLAYTON commercial blockchain network and is operated by GROUNDX, the blockchain service division of South Korean network service giant Kakao.
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According to PRNewswire, on August 25, Autographia, a supplier of autographed souvenirs, announced that it will cooperate with the decentralized financial community HODL Token to auction Tesla models and related NFTs signed by Elon Musk and certified by Beckett on its HODL Diamond market. . The auction will begin on August 29th at 8AM ET and will last for 10 days. The starting bid will be set at 7.5 ETH (approximately $24,000).
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According to Yunnan.com, on August 24, the Wuhua Media Cloud Sharing Platform in Yunnan Province was officially launched. With the support of blockchain technology, the first batch covers historical video data of Wuhua District, pictures of various industries in Wuhua District, excellent The design products and materials will lead the public to appreciate the social, economic and cultural changes of Wuhua District in the past 30 years. Since the beginning of this year, the Wuhua District Financial Media Center has sorted out and classified the existing high-quality media resources, and created a "blockchain + media resources + digital copyright certificate" sharing scene application platform for users to download and use for free, realizing "news + government affairs" + service + business" concept is further extended. Zhang Ying, Director of the Press and Publication (Copyright) Bureau of Wuhua District, said that this is also the first time that blockchain technology has been effectively used in Kunming and even Yunnan counties' financial media centers.
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According to SportsPro Media on August 25, Dapper Labs, the development company of the NFT project NBA Top Shot, has reached an agreement with the Spanish Football League to launch a similar La Liga NFT in June 2022. The terms of the agreement have not yet been disclosed. The partnership is similar to Dapper Labs' partnership with the NBA, including revenue sharing from secondary market transactions. Content from top clubs such as Barcelona and Real Madrid is featured on the platform, and fans can buy clips from current and past seasons. Dapper Labs will also provide a physical experience for certain La Liga NFT collectors, as it did in NBA Top Shot. LaLiga NFT products will be supplied globally, with a special focus on the US and European markets, and support for Spanish-speaking users. According to reports, Dapper Labs is raising a new round of financing at a valuation of about $7.5 billion.
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According to upstream news on August 25, Zhongxian County in Chongqing used to be a poor county. In recent years, it has been lifted out of poverty by relying on the honey industry. In 2020, the town began to discuss cooperation with Alibaba Cloud Feixiang Industrial Internet, introduced the smart beekeeping technology of "Alibaba Cloud IoT + blockchain traceability", and deployed smart beehives, video surveillance, environmental monitoring poles, large data screens and other equipment And blockchain traceability platform, production and sales collaborative traceability platform. At the same time, this traceability platform also solves the problem of "fake honey". Fan Yuanfen, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yehe Town, Zhongxian County, Chongqing, said: "The whole link information of every drop of fresh honey from the hive to the factory to the dining table is transmitted to the blockchain, and each fresh honey product has a unique "principle". ID card of the place of origin, the source can be checked, the whereabouts can be traced, and the responsibility can be investigated.”
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[Budweiser Beer started to get involved in the NFT market and purchased the ENS domain name Beer.eth at a price of 30 ETH]
Additionally, Budweiser purchased the ENS domain Beer.eth for 30 ETH ($100,000). Budweiser has reached a long-term partnership with NFT media store VaynerNFT. Budweiser is seeking to use NFT to convert related tickets and merchandise into NFT. Budweiser will also create new IP-driven NFT experiences for its fans, providing sports, entertainment and music-based experiences.
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NBA Top Shot, a digital collectibles platform owned by Dapper Labs, will be selling “moments” NFTs commemorating the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the first time on Friday, CoinDesk reported on Aug. 25. NBA Top Shot says the NFT will initially feature highlight reel footage of the top players in league history. Caty Tedman, head of partnerships at Dapper Labs, recounts a series of dunks, flying saves, game-winning shots from 25 years ago.
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【Bybit has reached a cooperation with Russian e-sports club Virtus.pro】
As part of the deal, the Bybit Logo will be displayed on the branded VP platform and team jerseys. In addition, both parties will participate in various impact-driven community initiatives, such as social causes and inclusive financial education, NFT development, and player participation in Bybit's flagship crypto trading competition. The 2021 World Series of Trading (WSOT) will feature competitions between crypto traders from around the world and top players (including VPs) from the Bybit esports community with a prize pool of $7.5 million.
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Babbitt News, on August 24, Microsoft has successfully applied to the US Patent Office for a patent on a Ledger-independent token service (Ledger-independent token service). A computer system performing the service may receive requests from users to create tokens on the distributed ledger network. The computer system may further provide the user with one or more token templates, wherein each token template corresponds to a type of tangible or digital asset, and defines a set of one or more attributes related to the type and one or more Multiple control functions. The computer system can then receive a selection of one or more token templates from the user and create a token on the distributed ledger network, wherein the created token includes one or more sets of tokens defined in the selected token template properties and one or more control functions.
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According to U.Today news, on August 25, Variety released a report stating that American TV producer Rob Weiss will direct the first cryptocurrency TV show. Weiss told the outlet that in this unique comedy series, the characters see money in a completely different way. It is reported that the show will focus on NFTs, not Bitcoin.
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According to PRNewswire, xSigma Collectibles Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed company ZK International Group Co., Ltd., signed a cooperation agreement with Maxim to launch the exclusive NFT market MaximNFT. Under the terms of the agreement, xSigma's developers and NFT designers will operate the NFT platform, which will be endorsed and promoted by Maxim across its digital, social and publishing properties. Additionally, MaximNFT will be the exclusive seller of Maxim’s own NFTs. It will allow customers to create and sell NFTs on various blockchains, including but not limited to Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and Polkadot. Additionally, the Maxim NFT Marketplace will offer an innovative "NFT Tokenization" feature that allows customers to trade fractions of any NFT on the marketplace.
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Babbitt News, U.Today news, according to the recruitment information recently posted on LinkedIn, EA Sports, a subsidiary of the video game giant Electronic Arts, is recruiting a senior brand director who is proficient in cryptocurrency for its competitive game department. The company is exploring blockchain and NFT opportunities.
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Babbitt news, U.Today news, the luxury five-star hotel Chedi Andermatt in the Swiss Alps has begun to accept Bitcoin and Ethereum payments. From now on, if hotel guests pay more than 200 Swiss francs (about 218 U.S. dollars), they can choose to pay in bitcoin or ethereum. It is reported that the hotel has been considering accepting cryptocurrencies for four years.
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According to iNFTnews.com, on August 26, China's largest visual creativity platform, Vision China, released the "2021 Semi-Annual Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). Achievements, and revealed that the platform may launch its own NFT digital art trading platform. The report pointed out that on the basis of continuing to improve 500px's community communication and copyright realization functions, relying on the existing community advantages, the company is preparing to start the blockchain transformation of the 500px community, and enhance middleware such as blockchain confirmation and asset release. At the same time, according to the attributes and characteristics of visual digital art assets, use NFT (Non-Fungible Token, non-homogeneous token) technology to upgrade the community, and continue to empower creators, expand the global market and fields, and enhance asset liquidity. Enhance the vitality of the community and build the world's leading creative community of visual digital art based on blockchain.
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Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest financial brokerage, has launched a subscription service that gives customers the opportunity to buy and trade gourmet meals at a high-end Italian takeaway service, Cointelegraph reported on Aug. 27. The blockchain-based security token represents four luxury food packages from Japanese chef Masayuki Okuda. Okuda, who has two long-established stores in Japan's capital Tokyo, is known for his unique style of cooking, often offering his customers niche fare, including olive-fed beef and Tsuyama chicory. An annual subscription to the Italian restaurant costs 60,000 yen, or $546, plus an upfront membership fee of 3,000 yen ($27.30). Dishes available to customers on the takeout menu include pumpkin ravioli, corn and chicken dumplings, asparagus pizza and more, according to the service's website. Additionally, starting next year, token owners will be given the opportunity to trade their purchased food assets.
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Babbitt News, on August 26, the MMORPG mobile game "Legend 4" (Steam name: Mir4) under the world famous online game company Yumeide officially launched globally. This time, "Legend 4" will be officially launched in more than 170 countries around the world through Google Play Store, APP Store and Steam, supporting 12 languages including Simplified Chinese. Currently, "Legend 4", which is being pre-ordered, has undergone a 4-day global closed beta last week. It is reported that the global version of "Legend 4" uses blockchain technology NFT and utility tokens. Players can use game characters and black iron property to experience blockchain technology.
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Babbitt News, on August 28, Michael Bouhanna, deputy director of Sotheby's, contemporary art expert and co-head of digital art, tweeted that the NFT projects Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC) will be launched in September Appeared at Sotheby's from 2nd to 9th.
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According to Dailyhodl on August 27, the German e-sports organization Berlin International Games (BIG) has established a partnership with the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. Going forward, Coinbase will become a premium partner of the BIG CS:GO (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive) team and will receive an extensive brand and content rights package as part of the partnership. According to the official press release, the partnership will also involve community events and digital activations.
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Babbitt News, NBA star Stephen Curry (Stephen Curry) has replaced his Twitter avatar with the work of the NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club. In addition, Larry Cermak, director of research at The Block, tweeted that Stephen Curry bought the NFT at a price of 55 ETH (approximately $180,000).
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According to news from Crypto Globe on August 28, an Australian entrepreneur with a net worth of approximately US$180 million announced a plan to give away Bitcoin worth A$5 to all locals who are vaccinated against COVID-19. According to the British "Daily Mail" report on August 18, billionaire and entrepreneur Fred Schebesta hopes to encourage Australian residents to get vaccinated against the new crown through personal payments of small bitcoins. Schebesta said he would give $5 worth of bitcoin to people who have already been vaccinated or who will be vaccinated in the future. Schebesta is understood to be the co-founder of financial comparison website Finder and has amassed a fortune of more than $200 million.
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According to China Securities Journal news on August 23, Dalian Commodity Exchange recently paid storage fees to the delivery warehouse Dalian Liangyun Group Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd. in the form of digital renminbi, realizing the first application of digital renminbi in the futures market. Jiang Bin, manager of Dalian Liangyun Group Storage and Transportation Co., Ltd., said that compared with the traditional bank remittance payment method, the digital RMB payment storage fee has no handling fee, it is convenient to check the progress of the payment in real time, and the business processing is not subject to the start and stop of the large payment system. Taking advantage of time constraints and other advantages, DCE’s business innovation this time provides convenience for enterprises while cooperating with the promotion of digital renminbi.
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According to news from 36 Krypton on August 23, Suzhou has completed the country’s first full-featured, omni-channel aggregation payment carrier such as smart driving cars and digital renminbi. Omni-channel payment such as Cloud QuickPass, WeChat, Alipay, bank-based fast payment, transportation interconnection card, Suzhou citizen card, etc.
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According to a report by Peng Mei News on August 24, the Tianjin Municipal People's Government issued the "Three-Year Action Plan for Accelerating Digital Development in Tianjin (2021-2023)", which requires promoting the digital transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, actively striving for digital renminbi pilots, and promoting the application of digital renminbi Scenario construction; accelerate the development of integration with quantum computing and blockchain technology, provide multi-level intelligent computing power services, and realize the transformation of data centers from data storage to computing; focus on supporting blockchain technology and supporting systems, quantum technology and other new generations R&D and application of information technology; layout block chain and other heavyweight future industries, use block chain and other new generation information technology for real-time analysis, guidance, scheduling, management, realize the two-way integration of industrial chain and innovation chain, and promote the high-quality development of digital economy.
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Babbitt News, on August 24, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of Shanghai International Financial Center". The "Plan" stated that it will increase the research and development of key technologies of financial technology, and enhance the ability to support financial products, financial services, and financial regulatory innovation. Promote the establishment of a national fintech research institution in Pudong. Improve the application level of financial technology, steadily promote the pilot application of digital renminbi, and enrich the application scenarios of digital renminbi.
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According to the "Beijing News", on August 24, Haidian District held a press conference on the first anniversary of the construction of the "Two Districts", summarizing and releasing the progress and results of the construction of the "Two Districts" in Haidian over the past year. In terms of promoting the construction of legal digital currency pilot areas, more than 5,000 merchants can accept digital renminbi. In terms of building a digital renminbi acceptance environment, more than 1,200 market entities have the digital renminbi collection function.
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According to CNBC news on August 27, Shaktikanta Das, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday that India is expected to launch a digital rupee pilot project before December. The Reserve Bank of India is studying all aspects of CBDC, including its security, impact on India's financial sector, and how it will affect monetary policy and currency in circulation. It is also exploring options for centralized ledgers and distributed ledger technology (DLT). DLT refers to a digital database that allows multiple parties to simultaneously access, share and record transactions. A centralized ledger means that the database is owned and operated by a single entity, the central bank. Das said: "We are very cautious because it is a new product, not only for the RBI, but globally. I think by the end of this year, we should be able (or be able to) start our first pilot."
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According to People's Daily Online on August 27, the Postal Savings Bank of China released its 2021 semi-annual report. The report shows that its net profit increased by 22.48% year-on-year, and its profitability continued to increase; its total assets and retail customer assets under management (AUM) both exceeded 12 trillion yuan; it created four "new generation" systems, enriched the application scenarios of digital RMB, and continued to build In the "finance + service" ecosystem, the digital transformation of the whole bank accelerated; the non-performing loan ratio decreased by 0.05 percentage points to 0.83% from the end of the previous year, and the provision coverage ratio increased by 13.27 percentage points to 421.33% from the end of the previous year. In addition, in the first half of this year, Postal Savings Bank actively promoted institutional reforms, Posthui Wanjia Bank was successfully established, and the Digital RMB Department was added as a first-level department of the head office.
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According to mobile payment network news on August 27, recently, Shenzhen ICBC and Home Credit Consumer Finance Co., Ltd. have cooperated to promote the pilot of digital renminbi in the field of consumer loans. It is reported that this pilot is the first time Home Credit has launched a digital RMB business pilot with a major state-owned bank.
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According to news on August 28, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China announced its operating conditions in the first half of 2021. In terms of digital renminbi research and development pilots, ICBC has accelerated the deployment of digital renminbi in 11 pilot areas. 4.63 million, 1.32 million public wallets, 180,000 signed digital RMB acceptance merchants, and the transaction amount exceeded 500 million yuan. At the same time, ICBC signed a cooperation agreement with 46 commercial banks to jointly create a digital RMB full-scenario ecosystem.
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The Bank of Communications disclosed its semi-annual report yesterday. It is reported that the current Bank of Communications has mainly revealed digital government affairs, smart parks, chain stores, restaurants and entertainment, transportation, cross-border e-commerce and other scenarios in terms of digital RMB scene expansion. In the first half of the year, the Bank The number of landing scenarios reached 130,000, nearly 1.16 million personal digital wallets and 130,000 corporate wallets were opened, the cumulative transaction amount reached 2.5 billion yuan, and the number of transactions reached 6.3 million. Qian Bin, vice president of the Bank of Communications, revealed that in the next step, the Bank of Communications will use smart contracts to further enrich the digital RMB scene and increase the gold content.
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[CCB semi-annual report: More than 7.23 million personal wallets have been opened with digital RMB]
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Babbitt News, on August 24, Tianhe Guoyun announced that it has received nearly 100 million yuan in round A financing. This round of financing was led by Hunan Caixin Industrial Fund Management Co., Ltd. ("Caixin Industrial Fund"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hunan Caixin Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd., a provincial financial holding platform, followed by a number of venture capital funds . The financing will be mainly used for blockchain core technology research, talent echelon construction and application scenario development, fully tap the empowering value of blockchain, and explore the effective integration of blockchain and other digital technologies.
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According to CoinDesk on August 24, InfStones, a blockchain infrastructure startup, raised $10 million in Series A financing led by Shanghai Qiming Venture Partners, with participation from DHVC, HashKey Capital, Plug and Play, SNZ Holdings and Investment from the family office of Liang Xinjun, former vice chairman and CEO of Fosun International.
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According to Bitcoin Magazine, on August 24, Bitcoin infrastructure company Blockstream announced the completion of a $210 million Series B round of financing, led by investment management company Baillie Gifford and crypto exchange Bitfinex operator iFinex. The financing values the company at $3.2 billion.
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According to Coindesk on August 24, Hedgehog Technologies, an encrypted transaction visualization platform, completed a $1.6 million seed round of financing to develop encrypted robot advisors. The financing was led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Baroda Ventures and Y Combinator.
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According to Cointelegraph, on August 24, Bazaar Technologies, a blockchain-driven B2B market in Pakistan, completed a $30 million Series A financing led by Defy Partners from Silicon Valley and Wavemaker Partners from Singapore, Endeavor, LinkedIn, Saison Capital from Japan, and now Investors Indus Valley Capital and Alter Global participated.
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According to Money Control, on August 25, Prime Venture Partners, an early Indian venture capital firm, said it had raised $75 million for its fourth $100 million fund, and the remaining $25 million would be completed by the end of the year. It is reported that the fund will make 15-20 investments, mainly investing in new fields such as DeFi/encryption, electric vehicles and game infrastructure platforms, and will also focus on financial technology, education technology, health technology, consumer Internet and global SaaS and other fields.
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Babbitt News, on August 25, 100x Ventures, the venture capital arm of 100x Group, the parent company of BitMEX, announced the second investment in Aluna.Social, a gamified social trading platform, with an undisclosed amount. It is reported that in February this year, Aluna.Social announced the completion of a US$1 million seed equity round and token private placement financing. The seed equity round financing was led by 100x Ventures, Genesis Block Ventures, DEXTForce Explorer, Will Harborne (CEO of DeversiFi), Joe Vezzani (CEO of LunarCRUSH) participated.
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According to a Cointelegraph report on August 25, the NFT aggregation platform HODL Assets announced the acquisition of CoinLinked, a blockchain-based social network and business platform. CoinLinked founder Jenny Ta will join the HODL Assets team as COO.
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Babbitt News, on August 25, Eluvio, a blockchain streaming media and ticketing platform, issued a document announcing the completion of Series A financing at a valuation of US$100 million, led by entertainment giant Fox (FOX), and the funds raised will be used to accelerate Eluvio’s block Wider adoption of blockchain/NFT platforms in the media and entertainment industry. Terms of the financing transaction were not disclosed.
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According to CoinDesk, on August 26, electronic dance music artist and producer Justin Blau (also known as 3LAU) announced that Royal, an NFT-like music investment platform founded by him, completed a $16 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was funded by Paradigm and top Silicon Valley investors. FoundersFund led by Peter Thiel.
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[Japanese consortium blockchain Trade Waltz raises $8 million, adds 4 new member organizations]
TW Link is a joint venture investment company registered for the promotion of Trade Waltz. It is formed by 4 logistics companies and is committed to integrating these logistics companies with Trade Waltz through API and providing other functional development advice. In October last year, NTT Data announced that the blockchain platform, with the support of Mitsubishi, Toyota Tsusho and four other companies, received 2.1 billion yen (about 19 million U.S. dollars) in initial funding. Digitizing.
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According to Oriental Fortune.com, Xiaomi’s Global Vice President and Head of India Business Manu Kumar Jain said in an interview with India’s Economic Times that more regulatory clarity is needed before entering the encryption field. "We're waiting for all the regulatory stuff," he said. "Crypto, of course, is a very interesting space, the hottest buzzword, and it's doing exceptionally well. But we want to know more on the regulatory side. All local laws are 100% complied with at all levels, whether it is the central government, the state government, or even the municipal government. There are no immediate plans or any form of investment.” Earlier this month, Mi Store Portugal, Xiaomi’s distributor in Spain It began to accept cryptocurrency payments, but a Xiaomi spokesperson clarified that accepting encrypted digital currency payments is an independent operation of partners in Portugal.
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[Report: The blockchain market size is expected to reach US$172.9 billion by 2028, with a compound annual growth rate of 66%]
