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Bitmain launches 50MW mine in Rockdale, Texas

digital currency

digital currency

Tether newly issued 15 million USDT

According to Whale Alert monitoring, at 04:34 on October 22, Beijing time, Tether newly issued USD 15 million in USDT, and the transaction hash value was: 139412ffc5c61a733f610ff2d553e68eefbe7e969f4f8d9ae32a9dbfd18dca53.

CME Bitcoin Futures Volume Soars as Institutional Investors Turn Long

Encryption analysis company Skew recently revealed that in October this year, the long positions of Bitcoin futures held by CME institutional accounts rose again, and the long-term positions just exceeded 1100. It is reported that the price of Bitcoin began to climb on October 18, after which CME’s Bitcoin futures trading volume increased from 7,874 contracts on October 18 to the current 8,234 contracts. Not only has the number of investors long on the CME increased from nearly zero to 1,110, but the number of investors who are short hedges has also continued to decline. Institutions include pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, mutual funds, and portfolio/investment managers whose clients are primarily institutional investors, the CME said. (AMBCrypto)

CFTC Chairman: Ethereum Futures 'Could' Launch in 2020

At Washington Fintech Week, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Heath Tarbert believes that the crypto world will see Ethereum futures contracts sometime in 2020. Tarbert said he is "absolutely" confident that ethereum futures will be tradable within the next six to 12 months. He also added: "It's not quite clear how much it will be traded, that's for the market to decide, but my guess is that now that we have at least a little bit (eligible for futures contracts on ether), I think market participants will consider this. A little.” (CoinDesk)

The AIMS project was canceled by the exchange due to suspected exaggerated publicity

On October 21st, a project named AIMS spread a large-scale video in the community about its upcoming trading on the exchange, and said in the video, "This time stud, won the young model of the club" "We only pull the market and not Work", "Next 10 times currency" and other inductive content. The exchange that is about to launch the project announced that it will "cancel the listing of AIMS" when it is about to open. (block rhythm)

Media: PlusToken initiated a large number of on-chain transactions again, transferring 20,000 ETH

In July of this year, PlusToken, a fund project in the currency circle, ran away. After three months of silence, the ETH address of PlusToken has moved again.
Blockchain industry

Blockchain industry

The full text of "2019 Tencent Blockchain White Paper" was released, and the growth rate of blockchain companies exceeded 250% for two consecutive years

On October 21, the full text of the "2019 Tencent Blockchain White Paper" was released. The "White Paper" shows that before 2016, there were less than 1,000 companies operating blockchain-related businesses, and the number grew slowly. However, since 2016, due to the rapid development of blockchain technology, the rapid popularization of concepts, and the unprecedented rise in market conditions, more and more talents have poured in, and the number of blockchain companies has also begun to grow explosively. Over 250%.

Huawei files for blockchain patent

Tianyancha information shows that Huawei has recently applied for a patent for "blockchain-based settlement method, blockchain node and client". According to the application materials, the embodiment of the application discloses a blockchain settlement method, including the entire process of using the blockchain to process and verify the original bill sent by the client, and generate bill data from the settlement result. (Sina Finance)

"2019 Hurun Global Unicorn List" released, 11 blockchain companies were selected

global policy

global policy

FATF Begins Examining Member States' Enforcement of Cryptocurrency Regulatory Standards

Investment and Financing

Investment and Financing

American EDM Portfolio Invests in Blockchain-Based Ticketing Platform Yellowheart

American EDM pop group Chainsmokers, together with agent Adam Alper, has invested in decentralized ticketing platform YellowHeart, aiming to facilitate transparent ticket sales. Founded by music director Josh Katz, the YellowHeart platform leverages a public blockchain platform to give artists and venues direct control over the ticketing process, including sales on the secondary market. (Cointelegraph)

Tron Foundation Invests in Biscuit Game Studio

The Tron Foundation will invest in Biscuit Game Studio through the Tron Arcade Fund. The studio plans to re-launch its blockchain game EOS Knights on Tron, and the upgraded version of the game will be released in December 2019. (U. Today)

Indian digital payment platform Paytm may receive $2 billion in new financing

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Character·Voice

Founding partner of Primitive Ventures: South Korean encryption market is basically dead

On October 21, Wan Hui, founding partner of Primitive Ventures, tweeted: "The South Korean encryption market is basically dead...even with fiat currency entry, the highly speculative community will be exhausted due to low volatility (in my opinion, early already saturated). The fact that Bithumb launched the Bithumb global initiative to expand globally speaks for itself.”

Du Jun responds to CWT's 4-word long article: Don't start a project if you don't have money

Du Jun, the co-CEO of BiKi, commented in a post on Moments: “From the whole article, the Coinword (CWT) project didn’t raise any money outside, and wanted to cut off the trading platform, and then the project posted a long text of 10,000 words ‘Angrily refund the protection fee. '. Don’t start a project if you don’t have money, to be honest. The users of the platform are the fathers of the platform, and they are not here to let unscrupulous projects cut it off. It is everyone’s responsibility to protect users.” It is reported that on October 21, CWT posted on its official WeChat In the official account, the title "Let me tell you a joke, BiKi Exchange's 100,000+ daily active community is very exciting!" The article stated that the behavior of "BiKi official personnel aimed at CWT and slandered CWT in the community and did not recommend users to participate" was "a breach of trust and a breach of service commitment", which hurt the trust and support of the CWT community and seriously affected the normal operation of CWT. Value and normal circulation.