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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced the list of the first batch of virtual bank licenses, and three institutions including ZhongAn Virtual Finance were granted licenses
Ruan Guoheng, vice president of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, said that some of the five institutions that are still being approved are very close to being licensed, and the authorities will continue to approve and decide when the next license will be granted depending on the interactive process. Odaily Note: The above three institutions are expected to launch virtual banking services within 6 to 9 months after being licensed, but they still need to complete a series of preparatory work to meet regulatory expectations before opening.
Citing people familiar with the matter, CoinDesk said that mining machine manufacturer Canaan is considering submitting an application for listing on the newly established Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the American Exchange, but has not yet made a final decision. According to sources, Jianan Zhizhi has communicated with the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Exchange, and may make a final plan before the end of the year. People familiar with the matter also said that despite recent Chinese media reports that Canaan has completed a round of financing worth hundreds of millions of dollars, in fact no new investors have entered, and the financing has come from existing shareholders of the company.
digital currency
digital currency
The second phase of Huobi Prime will be officially launched on April 16, Beijing time
According to Huobi’s announcement, the second phase of Huobi Prime will be officially launched for trading on April 16, Beijing time (GMT+8). The second phase will also adjust the detailed rules around HT holders, and the specific items and rules will be announced in the near future.
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake: Ethereum 2.0 will use SHA-256, bid farewell to Keccak-256
Ethereum 2.0 researcher Justin Drake tweeted that Ethereum 2.0 will use the hash algorithm SHA-256, bid farewell to Keccak-256, and achieve standardization and interoperability with most existing and future blockchains. The development team will be patiently waiting for STARK/SNARK/MPC friendly hash functions to work on Ethereum 3.0.
Crypto Brokerage Tagomi Receives New York State Bitcoin License
Crypto Brokerage Tagomi Receives New York State Bitcoin License
On March 27, Tagomi, an encryption brokerage firm backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, received a bitcoin license from the U.S. Department of Financial Services, allowing it to operate in New York. It is reported that the company has become the 18th company to obtain a bitcoin license.
Recently, several exchanges have been attacked by hackers. SlowMist said that it found two types of high-risk situations: 1. False recharge, including USDT, EOS, XRP and Ethereum tokens; 2. Obtaining traditional vulnerabilities Server control rights Common vulnerabilities in obtaining server control rights include Redis not enabling Auth authentication, ImageMagic vulnerabilities, etc.
Data Shows: Fewer than 1,000 Addresses Hold Cosmos Tokens
According to the data provided by Messari, a total of 236 million ATOMs were allocated to 984 addresses in the genesis block of the cross-chain project Cosmos. The LongHash article pointed out that ATOM is still concentrated in the hands of relatively few investors, and it is unclear whether this monopoly will ultimately benefit the governance of cross-chain platforms.
B Network will issue the first public offering project Veriblock in April
According to official news, Bittrex (Network B) has confirmed that it will issue the first public offering project Veriblock, and will conduct IEO sales at 0:00 on April 3, Beijing time. Bittrex is an investor and advisor to the project. It is reported that the Veriblock mainnet has been successfully launched.
On March 27, Börse Stuttgart, the second largest stock exchange in Germany, officially announced that it is cooperating with European digital publishing giant Axel Springer and its subsidiary Finanzen.net to jointly launch a blockchain-based cryptocurrency exchange.
Blockchain industry
Blockchain industry
CCB 2018 Annual Report: The cumulative transaction volume of the blockchain trade finance platform exceeds 200 billion yuan
China Construction Bank's "2018 Annual Report" shows that in 2018, the bank took the lead in establishing a blockchain trade finance platform among its peers, with nearly 40 domestic and foreign institutions participating in the system, and signed cooperation agreements with 20 peers; as of the end of 2018, the bank The cumulative transaction amount on the platform exceeded 200 billion yuan.
Former Facebook employees: The total number of people in the Facebook blockchain department is between 150 and 200
A former Facebook employee revealed, “Facebook has considerations on compliance issues, and they have recruited a lot of legal counsel. At present, the total number of people in the blockchain department is 150 to 200, but there are only 50 or 60 engineers, and the rest It’s all about products, scientific research and legal affairs.”
The country's first blockchain notarization lottery system was launched in Suzhou
The country's first blockchain notarization lottery system was launched in Suzhou
The "Future Hospital" jointly built by Ali Health, Alipay and Wuhan Central Hospital was officially launched today (March 27). Financial payment system, medical insurance mobile payment function, trading platform, logistics and distribution” and other technologies and services.
global policy
global policy
CFTC Technical Advisory Committee Opens Discussion on Crypto Regulation and Adoption of DLT Technologies
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee discussed crypto regulation and the adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) at a meeting on March 27. Kathryn Trkla and Charley Mills, members of the American Bar Association Jurisdiction Working Group, submitted a report on the federal and state regulatory jurisdictions in the encryption industry and the status of industry development. The Distributed Ledger Technology and Market Infrastructure Subcommittee presented a report on the status of DLT adoption and potential use cases for technology adoption.
The French Senate passed the "PACTE" bill on first reading, which will affect ICO issuers and digital currency service providers
The French Senate has passed the "PACTE" bill in its first reading in February, which will affect ICO issuers and digital currency service providers. The bill would create a regulatory framework around ICOs that would not only protect investors but also allow innovative businesses to operate without the constraints of banks.
German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees White Paper: Blockchain Can "Fundamentally Support European Unity"
On March 26, Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAFM) released a white paper outlining how blockchain technology could create tamper-proof digital identities for undocumented refugees. The white paper states: "Blockchain could be Europe's 'digital enabler'. A decentralized platform for asylum procedures that would enable the transparent storage of a person's place of initial registration could fundamentally support European unity."
Media: The US SEC has reached a settlement with some ICO projects that have been punished
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Truth Digger | "Peter Todd: Bitcoin is more likely to die if the upper limit is not changed" is a translation error
On March 27, it was reported that "Bitcoin core developer Peter Todd tweeted that the 21 million limit of Bitcoin is so fundamental that if it is not changed, Bitcoin is more likely to die." The original text is "the 21 million BTC limit is so fundamental it's more likely Bitcoin will die than change it", the correct translation should be: "The 21 million limit of Bitcoin is so fundamental, it's better to say that Bitcoin will die than change it" die".
"Father of Modern Cryptography" Diffie: Quantum computing will not threaten the blockchain
"Father of Modern Cryptography" Diffie: Quantum computing will not threaten the blockchain
On March 27, Hui Whitfield Diffie, the Turing Award winner known as the "father of modern cryptography", said in an interview at the Boao Forum for Asia that quantum computing will only threaten a very narrow but very important part of cryptography. domain, the public key encryption system established in the 1970s will become vulnerable. But many techniques in cryptography, including hash codes used in blockchains, are not vulnerable to quantum computing.
