Chain Bazaar Make it easier for the blockchain to land
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Last week, the blockchain industry made good progress in both application landing and CBDC.
The General Office of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Beijing Urban Renewal Action Plan (2021-2025)", which pointed out that it should pay attention to the use of new technologies such as blockchain, and use urban renewal as a carrier to widely deploy smart city application scenarios. Beijing's advanced deployment of blockchain applications will trigger a linkage effect in other cities. The birth of a smart city is another milestone event in social development, and blockchain technology plays a key role in it. At the same time, following the promulgation of the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Data Regulations", Shenzhen made further efforts in big data legislation, and submitted the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Digital Economy Industry Promotion Regulations (Draft)", in which blockchain and quantum computing are one of the industrial clusters. major development areas.
In terms of CBDC, 81 countries (accounting for more than 90% of global GDP) are currently exploring central bank digital currencies. This figure is 46 more countries than the figure in May last year. Among them, the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States is in a relatively backward position in the research and development of CBDC. At the same time, the Bank for International Settlements, in cooperation with the central banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa, will trial CBDC for cross-border payments, saving payment costs and meeting everyone's needs for financial products. The digital renminbi operating organization presents a "6+2+1" pattern, namely the six state-owned banks of Industry, Agriculture, China, Construction, Communications, and Postal Savings Bank, two private banks, MYbank and WeBank, and joint-stock banks. China Merchants Bank, a commercial bank, laid the foundation for further standardization and popularization.
NFT seems to have cooled down, although looking back at the entire month of August, the NFT market volume was $2.3 billion. But OpenSea alone contributed $2.23 billion to this figure, which is suspected of being the dominant player. However, this is not the case. More and more institutions are entering the NFT market, and Ninth City will also launch an NFT market. The structure of the NFT market is still unknown.
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According to the news from Gansu Daily on August 30, the Party Working Committee of Jianlan Road Street, Qilihe District, Lanzhou City actively explored a new pattern of social governance at the grassroots level in the city, and led by the "Party Building Blockchain" to build a new pattern of shared governance and sharing. "Party building blockchain" is to give full play to the advantages of party organizations, social organizations, and group organizations at all levels in the jurisdiction to discuss regional development, grasp grassroots party building, cultivate advanced culture, serve the masses, promote social governance, and build a better society. Home, to achieve data sharing, optimize business processes, and improve collaboration efficiency. Jianlan Road sub-district area has many medical and health resources, many cultural and educational resources, many administrative institutions, and many property management companies. Based on this advantage, the Street Party Working Committee has fully integrated resources and innovated and developed grassroots social governance.
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[Shenzhen Special Economic Zone digital economy industry promotion regulations submitted for review, key development areas of industrial clusters include blockchain and quantum information]
The "Regulations (Draft)" identifies the key development areas of industrial clusters, including broadband network communications, software and information services, smart terminals, ultra-high-definition video display, digital creativity, intelligent networked vehicles, semiconductors and integrated circuits, intelligent robots, and smart sensors , blockchain and quantum information, visible light communication and optical computing, brain-like intelligence, etc.
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[Australia is considering new regulatory policies for digital wallets such as Apple and Google]
The Reserve Bank of Australia, which is currently responsible for designating payment service providers, reported that payments made via digital wallets had grown to 8 percent in 2019 from 2 percent in 2016. Commonwealth Bank of Australia estimated digital wallet transactions more than doubled to A$2.1 billion in the year to March, and it has urged regulators to address "competition concerns" and consider the security implications of their use.
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According to the official website of the Ministry of Commerce, "Vietnam Economy" reported that the Ministry of Communications and Media of Vietnam plans to formulate the "Digital Technology Industry Law" to replace the information technology development content in the 2006 "Information Technology Law", which will regulate digital technology industry activities. The rights, obligations and responsibilities of relevant institutions, units, organizations and individuals shall be stipulated. The Ministry of Communications and Media of Vietnam stated that the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that the market size of new technologies such as blockchain will exceed US$1 trillion in 2021. Against this background, it is necessary to formulate the "Digital Technology Industry Law". The above-mentioned draft legal proposals are open for comments.
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According to a Beijing Daily client report on August 31, the General Office of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the Beijing Municipal People's Government issued the "Beijing Urban Renewal Action Plan (2021-2025)". , with urban renewal as the carrier, widely deployed smart city application scenarios.
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According to Bitcoin.com on August 31, local media reported that the Financial Authority of the Republic of Slovenia (FURS) has proposed to modify the taxation system applicable to cryptocurrencies. Authorities want to impose a 10 percent tax on crypto amounts spent on goods and services or converted into cash. It is not the profits that are taxable, but the amounts that Slovenian tax residents receive in their bank accounts when they convert virtual currency into cash or buy items. The Slovenian Tax Administration intends to implement the new tax scheme through legislative reforms. FURS claims it will significantly simplify the way EU member states tax cryptocurrency-related income.
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According to Jintai Information, six departments including the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Anhui Province have recently jointly published a document to encourage the extensive use of cloud computing, big data, blockchain and other technologies to build a smart property management service platform, connecting urban information models and urban operation management services platform, linking various e-commerce platforms.
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Babbitt News, the United States Postal Service (USPIS) released an internal audit report last Thursday, and the agency stated that its management of seized cryptocurrency assets and encryption-related investigation procedures need to be improved. The audit, led by the agency's cybersecurity and technology specialist Mary Lloyd, ultimately found that postal inspectors "lack standardized cryptocurrency training," that communications between inspectors and cryptocurrency fund programs were inconsistent, and that it is reconsidering its approach to handling crypto-related investigations. Way. Additionally, accounting software used by USPIS to track cryptocurrency transfers during its investigation was found to have “data integrity issues,” including duplicate transactions that resulted in inaccurate records. Lloyd’s report said USPIS should develop a “comprehensive cryptocurrency training program” for its inspectors, “develop written procedures for managing and overseeing state wallets,” fix accounting systems and improve communication between inspectors and cryptocurrency fund programs.
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[South Korean encryption exchange Korbit signed a business agreement with the International Association of Anti-Money Laundering Experts]
In previous news, South Korean exchanges Bithumb, Coinone and Korbit announced that they have established a company to help them comply with the anti-money laundering rules of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). The company is called CODE, and each of the three exchanges holds one-third of the shares and has equal voting rights. It aims to establish a data monitoring and sharing system that complies with anti-money laundering rules.
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According to Arirang, on August 31, South Korea's Ministry of Finance released its budget for next year, with a total of nearly US$519 billion, an increase of 8.3% over this year. Among them, in the Digital New Deal project, the government will invest 20 million US dollars to develop the Metaverse platform, and spend 26 million US dollars to develop blockchain technology related to digital security.
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According to mobile payment network news, recently, the National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee issued the "Notice on the Establishment of the 2021 Network Security Standard Project". The notice shows that in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "National Information Security Standardization Technical Committee Standardization and Revision Work Procedures", the 2021 network security standard project approval work has been completed. The project list shows that 12 standards were formulated, 17 standards were revised, and 29 standards were studied, involving personal information protection, data security, digital currency security, face recognition security, etc. Among them, the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China, the Financial Technology Research Institute of the People's Bank of China (Shenzhen Financial Technology Research Institute), and the Yangtze River Delta Financial Technology Co., Ltd. participated in the research project of "Digital Currency Security Risk and Standard Research".
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According to a report by TheBlock on September 1, Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, attended the European Parliament on Wednesday for an "exchange of views." Global, it has no borders or borders and operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." Billy Kelleher, MP from Ireland asked about new technology that could be applied to cryptocurrency exchanges to help regulators ensure investor protection, explained Gary Gensler : “Yes, there are technologies that help platforms with anti-money laundering and ensuring investor protection, but I also think it’s a combination of hardware and software on platforms, especially software, and what you’ve done in the legislature regulators Do things that protect investors as well.”
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The government of El Salvador has signed an agreement with Latin American blockchain asset tokenization and financial infrastructure firm Koibanx to develop its blockchain infrastructure on top of Algorand, CoinDesk reported Sept. 2. The ability to digitally store official documents on the Algorand blockchain will be available before the end of the year, according to Koibanx CEO and co-founder Leo Elduayen.
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According to news from the Guizhou Judicial WeChat public account on September 1, the Guizhou Provincial Department of Justice revealed that starting in 2019, the Ministry of Justice has selected Guizhou as one of the pilot provinces for the development of blockchain applications. Guizhou actively explores and innovates and promotes the organic integration of emerging technologies and "smart prisons". Aiming at difficulties such as management loopholes caused by human factors in prison management, it uses the characteristics of blockchain decentralization, non-tampering, and traceability, combined with the "Prison System "Detailed Rules for Assessment of Offenders", and initially established a "blockchain + scoring prison" system.
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According to the "Qilu Evening News", a few days ago, the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Shandong Province officially approved Jinan City to be selected as a "pilot city for the application of block chain system in Shandong Provincial People's Community". Jinan City will be connected to the network as an alliance node of the province's human society chain. According to standard specifications, Jinan human society chain transaction nodes and storage nodes will be built to provide docking services and on-chain data storage services for local scene applications. The system introduces blockchain technology into the government services of human resources and society, guarantees the security of storage and transmission of human society data on the chain, and the safety and reliability of blockchain applications in human communities.
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According to Shenzhen’s WeChat official account, the Shenzhen Municipal Government has recently issued the “Notice on Copying and Promoting the Sixth Batch of Reform and Innovation Experience in Shenzhen Qianhai and Shekou Area of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone”, in which the blockchain tax management service cloud platform And supply chain management innovation based on the application of "Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Integration" has been shortlisted as replicable and scalable reform and innovation experience, which will be replicated and promoted throughout Shenzhen.
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According to The Paper, the National Development and Reform Commission held a special press conference on September 2 to introduce the promotion of high-quality construction of the Western Land-Sea Corridor. In 2021, Chongqing will launch the country's first cross-border financial blockchain application scenario for financing and settlement of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, financing more than US$400 million for logistics companies.
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Babbitt News, on September 2, the official website of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government released the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of a Socialist International Cultural Metropolis in Shanghai". The "Planning" requires improving the digital creativity of cultural and creative industries, promoting technological innovation and application, and supporting the integrated application and innovation of blockchain in cultural and creative industries.
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Babbitt News, the virtual currency bill previously signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott came into effect on September 1. The act places "virtual currency" as a secure transaction under the Uniform Commercial Code of Texas, defines the term "virtual currency" and establishes the rights of individuals with respect to virtual currency. The document defines "virtual currency" as: A virtual currency is a digital representation of a medium of exchange, unit of account, or store of value, usually secured using blockchain technology.
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The government plans to define cryptocurrencies in a new draft bill that also proposes to classify virtual currencies according to their use cases, three sources familiar with the matter said, EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes reported on Sept. 3. Cryptocurrencies will be treated as assets/goods for all purposes, including taxation and depending on the user - payment, investment or utility. It will be the first time cryptocurrencies are classified according to the technology they use, but the government's focus will be on regulation based on the asset's end use, the sources said. The bill is also expected to outline the tax treatment of such assets for clear classification in the books.
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According to a report from Kunming Daily on September 3, the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Yunnan Province released the "Special Plan for the Development of Big Data Center in Yunnan Province (2021-2025) (Draft for Comments)". "Computing" opportunities, focus on the development of blockchain, etc. At the same time, it plans to build Yunnan into the growth pole of the big data industry in the southwest region, driving the collection of related industries such as blockchain.
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According to Reuters news on September 2, Lamido Yuguda, director general of the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that the country's securities regulator has established a financial technology department to study encrypted investments and products in order to formulate regulatory measures. Lamido Yuguda said, "We are closely watching this market to see how we can introduce regulations to help investors protect their investments in blockchain." He did not provide a time frame for issuing regulations, but said that once the Nigerian banking system allows the use of encryption Currency, the Nigerian SEC will intervene in supervision. The Nigerian SEC will try to regulate cryptocurrencies on the grounds that they qualify as securities exchanges.
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According to The Block, the NFT market volume in August currently stands at $2.3 billion, with OpenSea contributing $2.23 billion to this figure. This is a clear signal that OpenSea is now the dominant market for NFTs. Sales in other markets also increased. SuperRare's August revenue was just over $23 million, up from about $6 million the previous month. Still, the August figure was below March's all-time peak of $29.5 million. NiftyGateway rose from $7 million to $27.3 million from July to August, but was also down from March's high of $143.5 million.
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【Qihoo 360 discloses the patent of "Identification Analysis Method Based on Consortium Blockchain"】
Tianyancha App shows that the patent belongs to the field of computer technology. The method includes inquiring whether there is an IPFS hash value corresponding to the identifier in the identification resolution request from a local database corresponding to the first external node when the first external node receives the identification resolution request. If the IPFS hash value is not found, then based on the identification resolution request, the first query request is sent to other nodes in the alliance block chain except the first external node; The IPFS hash value sent by the node, and based on the IPFS hash value, accesses the IPFS service through the first external node to obtain the identification resolution information corresponding to the IPFS hash value. This can effectively improve the security of the identification resolution process and ensure that the identification is passed. The parsed data is not easy to be tampered with.
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According to NetEase's IT Head Big report, the intellectual property consulting firm KISSPatent's research report pointed out that Alibaba is expected to replace the US technology giant IBM and become the world's largest blockchain patent holder. According to the report, the number of blockchain patents in the world is currently ranked first and second by IBM and Alibaba, and although IBM still ranks first, Alibaba occupies an "absolute dominant position" in this field and may catch up at any time. The reason is that Alibaba has recently begun to apply for an explosive amount of patents. So far this year, it has published more than 200 blockchain patents, ten times that of IBM. Moreover, the number of patents issued by Alibaba in the first half of 2020 alone exceeded that in the whole year of 2019; and the number of blockchain patents in 2019 was three times that of 2018. The research predicts that if Alibaba can develop at the current pace, it will become the largest patent holder in the blockchain field by the end of 2020. However, in terms of country rankings, the United States has 2,112 blockchain patents; followed by the Cayman Islands (Note: Alibaba is registered in the Cayman Islands, UK) with 350 patents, and Canada with 118 patents. The rest of the top six countries are Japan with 108 patents, South Korea with 87 patents and China with only 77 patents.
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Babbitt News, in the early hours of August 30th, Larry Cermak, director of research at The Block, revealed on Twitter that in addition to buying BAYC apes with 55 ETH (approximately $180,000), NBA star Steph Curry also Buy another NFT for 5.7 ETH (about $18,000): This Bored Ape Kennel Club NFT is a dog strapped to a basketball hoop.
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[The Ninth City will launch the NFT platform NFTSTAR, and the former vice president of operation of Dapper Labs will serve as COO]
It is reported that NFTSTAR is an NFT community platform that provides users with purchases, transactions, and interactive activities. The platform will use NFT collectibles developed and cast by IP authorized by global stars as the main transaction content.
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Babbitt News, on August 30, Justin Taylor, head of consumer product marketing at Twitter, said that Bored Ape Yacht Club will launch a 3D ape NFT, and each Mutant Ape and Bored Ape will get a fully rendered and assembled 3D models of , such 3D models can be used in the Metaverse (it is not clear whether to support making your own content). In addition, Justin Taylor showed off a 3D ape NFT prototype that Bored Ape Yacht Club is working on.
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[Japanese e-commerce platform Rakuten will launch NFT platform Rakuten NFT in 2022]
It is reported that Japan Rakuten established a blockchain laboratory in August 2016, and began to provide encrypted wallet services in August 2019.
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Babbitt News, the latest data from DappRadar shows that the total transaction volume of OpenSea in the NFT market has exceeded 4 billion U.S. dollars, a record high, and is currently about 4.004 billion U.S. dollars, ranking first in the NFT market transaction volume. The second place is Axie Infinity, with a transaction volume of $1.714 billion, and the third place is CryptoPunks, with a transaction volume of $1.16 billion.
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[Okey Cloud Chain Group announced to join the American Digital Chamber of Commerce to promote the development of the blockchain industry with global giants]
According to China Net Finance News, on August 30, Okey Cloud Chain Group announced to join the American Digital Chamber of Commerce (CDC), become a member of the CDC presidium, and will join working groups such as AML Task Force and Token Alliance. CDC issued a document on its official website, sincerely welcomes Okey Cloud Chain to join, and jointly promote the establishment and application of blockchain industry standards with global giants such as Microsoft, MasterCard, and Deloitte.
Zhang Chao, vice president of Okey Cloud Chain Group, said that Okey Cloud Chain Group joined CDC and will work with Microsoft, MasterCard and other technology and financial giants at home and abroad to jointly promote blockchain technology and promote the standardization of the blockchain industry. Internationalization is the long-term strategy of Okey Cloud Chain. As an enterprise representative of China's blockchain industry, Okey Cloud Chain will continue to create world-class products and services, and join hands with global financial technology giants to explore ways to combat blockchain crimes and money laundering activities Governance plan to promote Chinese products, share Chinese experience, and showcase Chinese style in the blockchain international competition.
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[Standard Chartered Bank and Chinese financial technology company Linklogis launch blockchain trading platform Olea]
Previously, in 2020, Standard Chartered became the first global bank investor in Linklogis, and a year ago the two entities signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at jointly exploring and developing solutions for the supply chain finance ecosystem.
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Babbitt News, recently, China's securities industry alliance chain and off-site alliance chain special work symposium was successfully held in Beijing. The conference focused on the industry alliance chain to promote the in-depth application of blockchain technology in the securities industry and promote the construction of technology supervision capabilities in the securities industry. In-depth discussions were conducted on promoting the high-quality development of the industry. Jiang Dongxing, deputy director of the Science and Technology Supervision Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, emphasized that blockchain is a key technology and important infrastructure for the digital transformation of the industry. In the "14th Five-Year Plan" for the industry's technological development, the China Securities Regulatory Commission made it clear that it is necessary to intensify efforts to carry out the integrated construction of "cloud, network, database, and chain", that is, industry cloud platforms, securities networking, industry big data warehouses, and industry blockchains. Public infrastructure construction. The core function of the blockchain is to establish a trust mechanism in the network environment, which will be the key information infrastructure for multiple co-governance in the digital space after the securities and futures industry is fully digitized.
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Babbitt News, on August 30, Kyle Davis, co-founder of Three Arrows Capital, and Zhu Su, CEO, forwarded Vincent Van Dough’s tweet. "Excited to be working with Three Arrows Capital's zhu su and Kyle Davis to launch the NFT fund StarryNight. We believe the best way to capture the cultural paradigm shift brought about by NFTs is to own the top product in the most popular series," the tweet said. Many have concerns about funding entering this space, and we will seek to always do the right thing for the community. Before the end of the year, we aim to launch an NFT education portal and explore ways to bring more exposure to budding artists , launch a physical gallery in a major city, ensure that the collected works are open to the public through a virtual gallery, and try various community building initiatives. The NFT field is not a zero-sum game, it is driven by a powerful flywheel effect, when the cake is for everyone It works best when both are growing.”
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Babbitt News, on August 30, Wuliangye, a listed liquor company, released its 2021 semi-annual financial report. In the "Environmental and Social Responsibility" section, the report discloses that the company is actively creating a "zero-carbon wine enterprise". Full-cycle operation management and control capabilities, create a digital scenario of "smart energy + carbon neutral + blockchain", build a carbon neutral supply chain management system and information sharing platform, establish an enterprise carbon neutral standard system, and realize the carbon neutralization of products throughout the life cycle The footprint continues to decrease, striving to be the pioneer of carbon-neutral culture in China's brewing industry.
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According to U.Today, the American "Queen of Gymnastics" and four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles will release its NFT series in cooperation with Draft Kings and Autograph.io on August 31. The first batch will include 10,000 NFTs.
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According to CVBJ news, Colombian singer Maluma recently announced that he will launch a collection called "Papi Edition" on the Etherity platform based on the Ethereum blockchain. Maluma has released a total of five NFT collections, developed and designed by Colombian graphic artist Alejandro Robledo Mejía (known as RMA), who has previously collaborated with the singer.
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Global commerce provider Zventus on Monday announced a new blockchain initiative called “Collateralized Blockchain Labs,” Cointelegraph reported Aug. 31. The lab aims to integrate the resources of multiple mortgage experts, technology companies, and academic institutions to collaborate on blockchain research and development focused on the mortgage industry. Early reports from the company suggest that once the service is launched, the cost of lending to financial institutions will be reduced by more than 50%. Since its founding in 2016, Zventus has expanded to 180 countries and provides services in 220 languages.
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Babbitt News, on August 31, DappRadar released the NFT list for the week of August 23-29, and the top ten all sold for more than 1.5 million US dollars. The highest selling price was Ringers #879 at $5.68 million, followed by CryptoPunk #7252 at $5.33 million. There are 3 CryptoPunks and 3 Fidenzas in the top ten. Bored Ape Yacht Club #8135 came in tenth with $1.6 million.
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According to Yonhap News Agency’s report on August 31, Netmarble F&C, a subsidiary of South Korean mobile game giant Netmarble, said on the 31st that its wholly-owned subsidiary “Metaverse Entertainment”, which specializes in producing Metaverse content, was officially established. According to the company, "Metaverse Entertainment" will be committed to the research and development of virtual reality platforms, operate virtual idols, and will also produce new metaverse world content such as metaidols and metaworlds based on games, and will launch a variety of service platforms and content one after another. According to reports, Netmarble's mobile game masterpieces in the past two years mainly include "The Seven Deadly Sins: The Battle Between Light and Darkness" and "Sword and Spirit Revolution".
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According to Zhitong Finance’s report on August 31, Jiufu (JFU.US) announced that the company is implementing a series of strategic changes aimed at transforming the company from a financial technology service provider focusing on personal credit technology to an equity securities company. A digital and blockchain securities brokerage company with brokerage services and digital asset technology services as its core. The company is committed to becoming a global platform for securities and digital asset investment and trading, providing global stock, bond and digital asset management services to global users, mainly focusing on stocks traded on the US and Hong Kong stock exchanges. It is reported that the company's brokerage business is headquartered in Hong Kong, China, and has branches in mainland China, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries and regions.
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[Huaijishan rice wine brand launched "digital winery" business on Alipay, exploring new digital new retail models based on blockchain]
It is understood that the technical support of Kuaijishan "Digital Winery" is AntChain. In November 2020, the two parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement to establish a blockchain rice wine industry alliance and build a digital rice wine distribution platform with "digitalization + circulation + financial services" as the core.
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According to the Economic Times, on August 30, BeyondLife.club, a joint venture between Rhiti Entertainment and GuardianLink.io, stated that Indian Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan will launch an NFT series on the platform.
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According to News Artnet on August 31, New Zealand artist Simon Denny created a house price chart NFT, which will be auctioned during Art Basel. Unlike many NFTs, Denny's image is a simple static image made in collaboration with economist Moritz Schularick. The work is a two-tone chart showing the steady rise in housing prices from the Great Depression, two world wars, the era of post-war capitalist prosperity to today. Note, Moritz Schularick is co-author of a major research project tracking house prices around the world from 1870 to 2012.
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[Marvel will release 5 Captain America statue NFTs and Spider-Man comics NFTs tonight]
Previously, Marvel had released 3 batches of collections in August, including a 60,500-piece Spider-Man digital figurine series sold out within 24 hours, a 90,000-piece Marvel Mightys series sold out within 30 minutes, and the first batch of fully readable comic books in history. Marvel digital comic collection, including Marvel Comics #1.
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According to News bitcoin on August 31, the British auction house Christie’s announced that it will auction a unique set of NFT collections called Curio Cards on October 1. It is reported that this is one of the oldest Ethereum NFT collectibles produced in 2017. Currently, market data for Curio Cards Wrapper on Opensea shows that the transaction volume has reached 22,900 ETH, about $75.2 million, with a total of 3,700 Curio owners.
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According to the "China Quality News", in recent years, in response to the needs of food safety risk prevention and control, under the vigorous promotion of the Shaanxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, the Shaanxi Food and Drug Inspection Institute was approved to build the "Shaanxi Province Food Safety Monitoring Provincial Key Experiment" Laboratory", the laboratory uses the electronic information traceability code of fresh agricultural products and the intelligent blockchain supervision platform as the carrier, integrates relevant agricultural product safety rapid detection and confirmation detection technology, and is oriented to the whole chain of regional fresh agricultural product production, supply and sales. Form a dual platform for traceability monitoring and safety monitoring, open up a full-chain guarantee and early warning path from the source of production to terminal consumption, and establish a "regional fresh agricultural product monitoring and monitoring technology platform".
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Babbitt News, on August 31, the Japanese pop metal band BABYMETAL announced that it will launch a new NFT card package on the WAX platform on September 9. The 10 BABYMETAL BUDOKAN NFT card packs launched this time will be divided into two stalls. The first batch is priced at $35, contains 5 NFT cards, and is limited to 2,500 packs. The second tranche is priced at $125 and includes 15 NFT cards and a limited physical BABYMETAL 10th Anniversary Budokan live performance gold vinyl record, limited to 1,000 sets. The NFT cards in the card pack are cast using photos taken at BABYMETAL’s 10th Anniversary Budokan performance, 88% of which are normal quality, 10% are rare quality, and 2% are super rare quality.
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[NFT based on Banksy's work will be auctioned on Opensea, and NFT collector Pranksy bids 100 ETH]
It is worth noting that some netizens commented that Banksy sometimes uses the pseudonym "Bryan S. Gaakman".
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【El Salvador Releases First Bitcoin Advertisement Launched by the Government】
According to previous news, on June 9, El Salvador passed legislation to position Bitcoin as a legal tender, and will officially adopt Bitcoin on September 7. However, local residents have recently launched protests and publicly opposed the use of Bitcoin as the legal tender of the country.
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According to Decrypt on August 31, the trading card brand Topps announced that it will launch a new series of Major League Baseball card NFTs in September, which will be released on a new platform developed on the Avalanche blockchain.
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Babbitt News, on August 30, the NFT trading platform OpenSea tweeted that the turnover in August exceeded 3 billion US dollars, exceeding the sum of previous years. According to DuneAnalytics data, before 2021, the total turnover of OpenSea will be about 34 million US dollars. At present, OpenSea has a total turnover of more than 4.3 billion US dollars, and the number of monthly active users has exceeded 200,000. OpenSea also thanked users in a tweet.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, UTA, the largest brokerage company in the United States, has signed contracts with NFT art projects CryptoPunks, Meebits and Autoglyphs. The agency will represent Larva Labs' crypto art projects for use in film, television, video games and publishing projects.
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According to BBC news, on August 31, hackers invaded the official website of the well-known artist Banksy (Banksy) and exhibited a fake NFT. Then the British collector Pranksy was tricked into bidding 100 ETH. The auction ended quickly as bids were far higher than competitors, and the funds were sent to the scammers in the form of Ethereum. So far, the hacker has returned $338,000 to him, in addition to roughly $6,877 in transaction fees on Monday night. In this regard, the Banksy team stated that any Banksy NFT auction has no connection with the artist in any form.
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[Japanese communication giant LINE subsidiary will launch Line Friends NFT series]
In previous news, LINE announced that its cryptocurrency subsidiary LVC Corporation will cooperate with Yahoo Japan (Yahoo! Japan) to allow NFT issued based on the LINE blockchain to be traded in the secondary market.
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According to news from Ledger Insights on September 1, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Digital Asset Management announced plans to launch Alterna, a tokenized real estate digital asset securities platform, and issue regulated digital asset securities. The company will first launch a beta version of the platform for professional investors in the fall, limited to 20-30 participants, and will release products for retail investors in due course. Currently, Mitsui & Co. has completed registration as a financial instrument business and plans to set up a digital securities fund focused on real estate. It is reported that Mitsui has a pipeline of 19 billion yen ($170 million) in asset tokenization projects and plans to reach 100 billion yen ($910 million) within three years. Mitsui & Co. holds a 53% stake in Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Digital Asset Management, and Japanese blockchain company LayerX holds a 36% stake.
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Babbitt News, according to Sotheby’s website, it will auction 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs and 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC) NFTs created by Yuga Labs from September 2nd to September 9th , and accept cryptocurrency payments. Sotheby's estimates that BAYC will fetch $12 million to $18 million, and BAKC will fetch $1.5 million to $2 million.
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According to RNZ news on September 1, Glorious, an NFT company headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, plans to create an NFT market, which is scheduled to be launched in October. Currently, the company has worked with a number of New Zealand celebrities, including Dan Carter, Six60, Neil Finn and Dick Frizzell. Glorious will sell their work to investors and receive a percentage of commission. Glorious CEO Tim Harper said the NFT business model will help artists monetize their work.
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Babbitt News, on August 30, the Binance NFT market issued a document announcing that the Russian Hermitage Museum will launch an auction of NFT series works on the Binance NFT market from 20:00 on August 31 to 20:00 on September 7. The NFTs featured in this auction are recreated from museum masterpieces, including Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna and Child, Giorgione's Judith, Vincent van Gogh's Lilac Bush, Vasily -Digital works of Kandinsky's "Composition Six" and Claude Monet's "Corner of the Montgolon Gardens". Each digital artwork has two NFT copies, one of which will be stored in the State Hermitage Museum and the second will be auctioned on the Binance NFT marketplace, and each digital copy will be personally signed by the General Manager of the State Hermitage, Mikhail Piotrovsky . It is reported that the starting price of these five NFTs is 10,000 BUSD.
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According to Yonhap News Agency, on September 1, Korea Telecom Corporation (KT) announced that it has launched "Electronic Document DX" with related companies, aiming to promote the digital transformation of electronic documents in various industries. KT uses its digital platform capabilities to develop a blockchain-based electronic document platform, setting a major goal of converting 4.5 billion paper documents into electronic documents per year. KT explained that achieving this goal will reduce carbon emissions by 129.6 billion tons and have the effect of planting 30-year-old pine trees on 120 hectares of land.
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According to the Securities Daily, on August 31, Huaxia Bank announced the 2021 semi-annual report. According to the report, in the first half of the year, Hua Xia Bank continued to strengthen technology-enabled business empowerment, reconstructed WeChat banking, improved mobile banking functions, optimized the mobile APP of customer managers, successfully connected to the bank’s letter confirmation blockchain service platform, and created a unit-to-account business , to promote the double improvement of business quality and efficiency. Consolidate the technical base, pilot and promote the independent research and development of the industry's advanced cloud-native development platform, put into production the enterprise-level blockchain basic service platform, launch the text intelligent application development platform, and steadily strengthen the support of scientific and technological services.
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According to news from Prtimes on August 31, recently, the operating company of the Naruto Calais Art Museum in Japan announced that the museum was renamed "NFT Naruto Art Museum", thus becoming Japan's first art museum dedicated to the NFT field. It is reported that the purpose of setting up the museum is to popularize the NFT of artworks. The museum can provide services such as the distribution, exhibition, and sales of artwork NFT.
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According to Globenewswire, the Atari Chain team, a blockchain subsidiary of Atari, the pioneer of home game consoles, announced plans to start using Fantom's DeFi platform, allowing users to use ATRI tokens to trade, stake and play games. Atari Chain's native token ATRI will officially run on the Fantom blockchain. Currently, about 20% of the liquidity of ATRI tokens has been transferred to Fantom’s DeFi platform. At present, almost all major DEXs on Fantom support the ATRI-FTM trading pair, including SpiritSwap and ZooCoin.
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[Standard Chartered Bank joins the global digital financial organization, aiming to improve the standards of custody and settlement in the field of encryption and digital assets]
Previously, SC Ventures, a subsidiary of the bank, partnered with Northern Trust to launch Zodia, a cryptocurrency custodian for institutional investors, which was registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in July this year and announced its partnership with BC Group in June. Partnership to build a digital asset brokerage and trading platform for institutional and corporate clients in the UK and Europe.
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According to a report by TechOdaily on September 1, Code Universe invested by Byte has officially launched the Metaverse game "Restart World" recently. However, it is reported that Byte is still developing a Metaverse social product "Pixsoul" to create immersive virtual social platform. Self-developed social and game products such as "Pixsoul" and "Restart the World" show that Byte hopes to strengthen its own business through technology, and the construction of Metaverse needs this even more.
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Babbitt News, on September 1, the official Twitter news, the blockchain analysis platform Euler.Tools announced that it has officially joined the Amazon Web Services Activate Program (Amazon Web Services Activate Program). The program is specifically designed for start-up companies and provides selected early-stage companies with substantial resources.
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Babbitt news, on September 2, the well-known American electronic music group The Chainsmokers (smokers) purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT for 55 ETH (about 200,000 US dollars), and replaced the Twitter avatar and Instagram avatar for this NFT.
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Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen is minting campaign NFTs to raise funds for his campaign, CoinDesk reported Sept. 2. Jensen announced Wednesday the release of two fairness-themed NFTs, each with 25,000 copies and priced at $5. Purchasing one of these NFTs will unlock rewards programs throughout the event, such as the chance to meet Jensen and watch a Minnesota Vikings game with former NFL player Matt Birk.
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According to CoinDesk, on September 1, Playboy said it would launch the NFT series in cooperation with the Sevens Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps digital artists create and display NFTs. Playboy will select 50 winning entries for each collection, cast them and promote them on social media. The first entry in the series, The Art of Gender and Sexuality, opens for applications today and closes on October 1. In November, selected artists' work will be exhibited at the NFT.NYC conference.
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According to Yonhap News, on September 2, the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced that it will sign a technology transfer agreement with the Blockchain Research Center of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea to establish a blockchain ecosystem development cooperation system. The two institutions will share future business strategies and conduct industry-university research with the goal of analyzing the virtual currency transaction process, improving system stability, and performing cluster analysis based on the time series characteristics of virtual currency.
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According to PRNewswire on September 2, Project Ark and PepsiCo's brand Lay's Romania launched ImpactNFT composed of more than 3,000 smiley faces of Lay's fans. It is reported that ImpactNFT is the first NFT of Lay's and PepsiCo, which combines social marketing with blockchain technology to provide community and environmental influence for blockchain enthusiasts, conscious consumers and the public. To ensure a negligible carbon footprint, Project Ark will mint Lay’s NFTs on the Polygon network. In addition, according to the Opensea page, all NFT sales revenue will be donated to 4 NGOs. Buyers will acquire ownership of the NFT digital file and be granted a royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and display the NFT for personal, non-commercial use, as well as the right to resell the NFT as a digital file.
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According to Gamblingnews on September 2, after the US state of Wyoming proposed the legalization of sports betting, operators began to submit early licenses in July. Currently, BetMGM, DraftKings and Genius Sports are all officially approved. It is understood that Wyoming is the 23rd state in the United States to legalize sports betting, but it is the first time to allow cryptocurrency as a payment method.
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According to Cointelegraph on September 2, Belgian digital parking company Seety introduced cryptocurrency payment methods for parking tickets. According to a report from DataNews on Thursday, the company, one of the companies guided by the Belgian accelerator program, has launched crypto payment functionality in Antwerp and Brussels. Starting Thursday, Seety users will be able to pay for parking tickets in two cities using bitcoin. In addition to Bitcoin, customers can also use cryptocurrencies such as ETH, BCH, DOGE, and LTC, as well as stablecoins such as DAI and USDC. It is reported that the Seety app has more than 355,000 users in Belgium and the Netherlands, and its goal is to achieve an annual turnover of more than 2 million euros by 2022.
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According to Prnewswire, Crypto.com NFT has signed a partnership with the illustrated fantasy, science fiction and horror publisher "Heavy Metal" (Heavy Metal) to enter the field of comic books together. The partnership will launch the Heavy Metal Magazine Store on Crypto.com/NFT, where fans and collectors will be able to explore and trade a variety of exclusive content. The publication's first series on the NFT market is scheduled for September 15, 2021 at 9 am.
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[American film and television actor and producer Reese Witherspoon announced that she has purchased ETH]
According to Wikipedia, Reese Witherspoon is an American film and television actor and producer, whose main works are Indomitable, Legally Blonde, etc., and won the Best Actress Award at the 78th Academy Awards.
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[Yunxiang blockchain launches a full life cycle NFT industry technology solution]
Yunxiang blockchain was established in 2014, focusing on serving the financial industry, providing an overall solution for financial digitization based on "blockchain + artificial intelligence". Smart Anti-Money Laundering Research Team. The company has the core technology of "blockchain + artificial intelligence + distributed" financial digitalization, including more than 150 invention patents and more than 60 software copyrights. The core products have been successfully applied in many fields.
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Babbitt News, Alipay launched the "Imagination Gallery" love charity event page. Users can spend 9.9 yuan to participate in love donations in Alipay's built-in NFT platform "Fanli". The donation will be used for three charity projects, mainly using The direction is to provide aesthetic education courses for children with mental disabilities such as autism and left-behind children. As a gift of love, donors can get NFT digital works, which are paintings created by the children who are helped or designers who support the project. A total of 200,000 copies, first come first served, while supplies last.
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Babbitt News, on September 3, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, tweeted that he will hold a special auction with Vitalik, and the lot will be EtherRock#87, which he won before. The auction will last for 10 days, with a starting price of 799.99ETH, and the proceeds from the auction will be donated to the life extension research organization chosen by God Vitalik.
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According to the Securities Daily, on September 3, the Chinese Academy of Engineering's "China Blockchain Development Strategy Research" project released the "Blockchain + Digital Archives" application case of the "Discover 100 China Blockchain Innovation Applications" column. It is understood that through the implementation of the "blockchain + archives" working mode, taking advantage of the "safety and non-tamperable" advantages of blockchain technology, the Changsha County Archives will transfer information such as document files, marriage files, land contract files, forest rights files, etc. "On the chain" creates an "archive at the doorstep". Villagers can query and print the required archives without leaving the village. It has truly achieved cross-database query and cross-library issuance of certificates. Less errands" goal. At present, the Changsha County Digital Archives has carried out blockchain certification for more than 200,000 volumes and 370,000 files.
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Babbitt News, NFT project THEOS announced a partnership with football superstar Ronaldinho Gaúcho. As previously reported, the Occam.Fi team announced that Alex Tai, the former COO of Virgin Galactic, released its NFT market THEOS. Occam.Fi is a pioneering DeFi ecosystem built on the Cardano blockchain.
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Babbitt News, on September 3, Christie's online auction: No Time Like Present, introduced NFT encryption art to Asian auctions for the first time. The strongest online auction in Christie’s Asian history will be open for bidding from September 17th to 28th, in addition to launching a set of rare CryptoPunks created by Larva Labs, Meebits, the latest masterpiece of Larva Labs, and Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) created by Yuga Labs In addition to the NFT encrypted art auction, the strong auction lineup also includes the masterpiece "Nun and Priest" (Nun and Priest) by the famous artist George Condo and a very rare Rolex Daytona with Paul Newman "RCO" dial, reference 6263 watch.
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According to adobotech reports, on September 3, UnionBank of the Philippines (UnionBank) is implementing a three-point plan, which aims to transform its operations through digital technology and establish a digital bank. As part of the initiative, UnionBank has partnered with Microsoft to conduct a successful blockchain trial on Azure. Azure is an open, flexible and scalable platform that supports a rapidly growing number of distributed ledger technologies, and Microsoft's data and AI solutions provide off-chain data management and analysis capabilities. UnionBank is embracing digital transformation through its culture of innovation and leadership, being the first bank in the Philippines to experiment with blockchain.
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According to People's Daily Online, in order to support the "Digital Pakistan" vision proposed by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Huawei reached a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications of Pakistan in May this year to provide information and communication technology training for 1,000 government officials in Pakistan. , to help them have a deeper understanding and application of cutting-edge technology fields such as artificial intelligence, cloud technology, big data, blockchain, and communication technology.
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On September 4th, according to beincrypto, the NBA team Utah Jazz launched the first NFT virtual locker room. The virtual locker room NFT is layered. The first floor gives fans a virtual tour of the locker room. To do this, we'll be mailing them an Oculus virtual headset. After the tour, Smith held a 30-minute virtual Q&A with fans in person. The second tier is a cheaper option that includes the same tour and Q&A access, but without the Oculus headset. The virtual locker room tour date is October 8, and a portion of proceeds from the new NFT will go to Utah nonprofits.
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[Decentralized trading platform 1inch cooperates with NFT animation series "Take My Muffin"]
According to the creators of Take My Muffin, Toonbox Studio funded the series with digital currency. Toonbox Studio is based in Cyprus but has a team of writers, animators, actors and producers all over the world. The announcement of the collaboration with 1inch explained that the animated series will launch in 2022. The show will have defi elements.
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[BAYC artist creates vampire NFT project Sneaky Vampire Syndicate]
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According to a tracking report on global central bank digital currency (CBDC) released by the US Geoeconomic Center on August 22, 81 countries (accounting for more than 90% of global GDP) are currently exploring central bank digital currency. This is 46 more countries than in May of last year. In addition, five countries have fully launched their own digital currencies, the center said. use. Josh Lipsky, former senior adviser to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), noted that among countries with the four largest central banks (the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the Bank of England), the U.S. State-backed digital currencies are the most lagging behind. Meanwhile, five countries have now officially launched digital currencies in full force, they are the Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia and Grenada.
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According to People's Daily Online, the Bank of Communications recently announced the upgrade and launch of the "Jiaoxintong" digital salary payment agency comprehensive financial service, providing a series of services such as digital currency payment agency, and handling the entire process online.
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[Nigeria central bank releases draft guidelines on eNaira CBDC project]
According to the document, Nigeria’s CBDC will operate under a tiered anti-money laundering and KYC structure, with varying transaction limits. Among other things, unbanked citizens will be required to provide a phone number linked to their national identity for verification. The transaction limit for this category of users is limited to 50,000 naira (about $120) per day. Citizens with bank accounts can belong to Tier 2 and Tier 3 depending on the number of AML/KYC steps completed. The daily limits for these two tiers will be 200,000 naira ($487) and 1 million naira ($2,438), respectively. In addition, users classified as merchants will also be subject to the same limit of 1 million Naira as third-level users, but there will be no limit on the amount they can send to their bank accounts.
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According to the "Shenzhen Business Daily", on August 29, the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Digital Economy Industry Promotion Regulations (Draft)" was submitted to the third meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress for deliberation. The draft encourages the consumption of digital products, makes high-quality digital products a golden signboard for consumption in Shenzhen, and supports qualified products in the sales process. Up to now, Shenzhen has carried out four rounds of large-scale public testing of digital RMB. ICBC, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China became the first batch of designated operating institutions, Bank of Communications, Postal Savings Bank of China, and Online Commercial Bank (Alipay) were the second batch, and WeBank was the third batch to join the public beta. It is understood that Shenzhen currently has more than 30,000 merchants that can use digital renminbi to pay, covering shopping malls and supermarkets, daily retail, catering consumption, life services and other fields.
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Babbitt News, on August 30, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that it has selected the global financial technology company Bitt as its technical partner for the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and the digital currency is called eNaira. The Central Bank of Nigeria stated that CBDC can increase cross-border trade, strengthen the effectiveness of monetary policy, improve the efficiency of the payment system and improve taxation. The reason for choosing Bitt from the bidders is the company's technical capabilities, efficiency, platform security, interoperability and Implementation experience. Bitt pushed the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCCB) to launch a CBDC pilot program in April 2021.
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According to The Paper reported on September 1, according to the opening data of digital renminbi wallets disclosed by ICBC and China Construction Bank, as of the end of June, ICBC had opened a total of 3.56 million digital renminbi personal wallets and 700,000 public wallets. There are 140,000 merchants. China Construction Bank has opened more than 7.23 million personal wallets and more than 1.19 million public wallets, with a total of more than 28.45 million transactions and a transaction amount of about 18.9 billion yuan. At the same time, according to the "White Paper on China's Digital RMB Research and Development Progress" released by the central bank in July, as of June 30, more than 20.87 million personal wallets and 3.51 million public wallets have been opened for digital RMB, and the cumulative number of transactions has reached 70.75 million. The rest amounted to about 34.5 billion yuan. This means that the digital renminbi personal wallets and public wallets jointly opened by ICBC and CCB accounted for more than half of the number opened nationwide, and the transaction amount of CCB digital renminbi accounted for 54.8% of the national total.
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According to a report from Yunnan.com on September 1, according to Nantian Information’s semi-annual report, the listed company has set up a digital currency research group to carry out digital currency-related policies and patent analysis, focusing on commercial banks to build a financial service ecosystem, government departments to invest funds and The actual needs such as improving the effectiveness of supervision, as well as application scenarios such as public utility payment and business operation, have made important reserves in the ecological construction of digital currency circulation.
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According to CoinDesk on September 2, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Center is working with the central banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa to test the efficacy of wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDC) in cross-border settlements. The goal of Project Dunbar is to develop a prototype platform that can support digital currencies issued by multiple central banks for international settlements, the bank said on Thursday. According to the statement, the project will focus on developing these prototypes on different distributed ledger technology platforms and experimenting with various governance and operational designs to help central banks share CBDC infrastructure.
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According to the WeChat public account released by Suzhou, recently, the Suzhou Branch of the Bank of Communications and Suzhou Zhongjinan Coin Clearing Co., Ltd. have worked together to open up the exchange of digital renminbi and coins on the "coin self-service exchange machines" of various banks through technological improvements. exchange link. At present, there are more than 50 self-service coin exchange machines in Suzhou City. Citizens go to the self-service exchange machine at the reception point and follow the instructions on the electronic display to realize the exchange and exchange of digital renminbi and coins.
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According to Cointelegraph, according to local news agency TASS on Thursday, Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of the executive board of the Russian Federal Reserve Bank (Sber), said that the bank plans to register its digital asset issuance platform with the Central Bank of Russia by mid-September. Sber has started building functionality that allows third parties to issue digital assets and expects to launch this functionality by the end of the year, Popov said. For now, the bank is focused on the issuance and management of Sber’s own digital financial assets, he added. According to the executive, Sber is actively cooperating with the Russian central bank on the features and requirements of its upcoming digital asset product, and Sber recently sent the Bank of Russia an update application for the platform.
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