| The Polkadot parachain is roughly divided into seven online sequences; Libra’s new name Diem may be caught in a trademark dispute

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2020-12-08 23:47

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Facebook’s Libra is rebranded as Diem, and a London-based fintech startup called DIEM is considering legal action against Facebook and its DIEM for using the name DIEM. (Decrypt)

Gavin Wood, the founder of Polkadot, mentioned in the Element chat room the order of listing related matters related to parachains. Specifically: launch Rococo v1 and wait for its stable operation; launch Kusama’s system (public interest) parachain; start the auction on Kusama; launch the parachain that successfully bid on Kusama; (after the audit is completed) launch Polkadot’s public interest Parallel chains of nature; open auctions on Polkadot; launch parachains that successfully bid on Polkadot.

London fintech firm Diem mulls legal action against Facebook

Facebook’s Libra is rebranded as Diem, and a London-based fintech startup called DIEM is considering legal action against Facebook and its DIEM for using the name DIEM. (Decrypt)

digital currency

Grayscale BTC Trust increased its holdings by 3,637 BTCs, and Grayscale ETC Trust’s holdings decreased by 3,020

According to Tokenview data, on December 7th, US Eastern Time, the position data of Grayscale Trust changed as follows: Grayscale BTC trust positions increased by 3,637 (+0.66%), with a total position of 550,720 BTC; Grayscale ETH Trust positions increased 11,825 (+0.42%), with a total position of 2,810,499 ETH; grayscale BCH trust positions increased by 822 (+0.45%), with a total position of 184,785 BCH; grayscale LTC trust positions increased by 406 (+0.05% ), with a total open interest of 887,415 LTC; Grayscale ETC Trust’s open interest decreased by 3,020 pieces (-0.02%), with a total open interest of 12,247,429 ETC.

MakerDAO Launches Governance Vote on Adding AAVE as Collateral

According to the official blog, the MakerDAO governance facilitator has incorporated a governance vote into the voting system on behalf of the Maker governance community. Specifically include:
Adjust the YFI-A system parameters: increase the YFI-A debt ceiling from 20 million DAI to 30 million DAI; increase the YFI-A stability fee from 4% to 10%;
Adjusted the stability fee of USDC-A, TUSD-A, PAXUSD-A and GUSD-A vault types, all reduced from 4% to 0%;
Adjust the ETH-B debt ceiling from 10 million DAI to 20 million DAI;
Added AAVE (Aave) as a collateral type;
Added UNI-V2-DAI-ETH (UniswapV2 DAI-ETH LP token) as collateral type;
Added UNI-V2-USDC-ETH (UniswapV2 USDC-ETH LP token) as collateral type;

Instant access module using ETH-B debt ceiling with multiple parameters.

Andre Cronje announced that new versions of 4 projects are being audited, but did not disclose the identity of the fourth project

Yearn founder Andre Cronje tweeted that 4 new releases are currently being audited. 1.Pickle (DILL enhancement) 2.Cream (V2 protocol loan) 3.Cover (Version 1.2).

Stellar is expected to support USDC from February next year

The Stellar official just tweeted that USDC is expected to be listed on the Stellar blockchain in February 2021. According to previous news in October, USDC will be launched on the Stellar blockchain in the first quarter of next year, and Stellar will become the third blockchain to support USDC.

IOHK launched the governance model Project Catalyst, the first round of funding will provide ADA worth $250,000

According to official news, IOHK launched the governance model Project Catalyst. The official said that Project Catalyst is an experiment in community innovation to call on the Cardano community to build the future together. Project Catalyst allows users to propose ideas, obtain community feedback and make improvements, and then the community votes through a blockchain-based system, and ideas with high votes can raise funds. IOHK said that the community will soon be invited to register to vote, starting the first round of Catalyst funding, with an initial $250,000 worth of ADA to be used to build the best Cardano ideas.

The Zcash community established ZOMG, a technical advisory committee, which will fund Zcash-related projects

The privacy coin project Zcash community has established a technical advisory committee ZOMG (Zcash Open Major Grants), dedicated to funding Zcash-related projects, and applications are currently open. Funding for ZOMG is primarily allocated in accordance with the decision in the ZIP 1014 proposal that a portion of the Zcash rewarded by each block be allocated to ZOMG over the next four years.

South Korean police file charges against three executives of Coinbit exchange

The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency formally filed charges against the chairman of South Korean exchange Coinbit and two of the company’s top executives, and has handed over the three to prosecutors. The police believe that from August 2019 to May 2020, the three executives were suspected of manipulating market prices and exaggerating transaction volume. (Newspim)

An NFT of French soccer player Kylian Mbappé sold for $65,000 on blockchain soccer platform Sorare. Sorare allows football fans to collect and trade digital cards in the form of NFTs to form "dream teams" and play against other players. (Decrypt)

Blockchain industry

UnionBank of the Philippines partners with Standard Chartered to complete proof-of-concept for $187 million blockchain bond offering

On December 7, UnionBank of the Philippines and Standard Chartered Bank (Standard Chartered Bank) announced that they will use blockchain technology to realize the digital platform of bond tokenization (a platform jointly created by SC Ventures, the innovation and venture capital department of the two banks). ) completed a proof of concept (PoC) for a retail bond offering worth PHP9 billion (approximately US$187 million); with 3-year and 5.25-year tenors, the project aims to provide retail investors with direct access to bond platform.

Shenzhen issued the first blockchain tax payment certificate

Recently, the tax officer of Shenzhen Zhiyuan Investment Co., Ltd. successfully issued an electronic vehicle and vessel tax payment certificate through a WeChat applet. This is the first blockchain tax payment certificate issued by Shenzhen. Li Wei, deputy director of the Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau of the State Administration of Taxation, said that the successful issuance of the blockchain vehicle and vessel tax payment certificate is only the first application scenario of blockchain technology in the issuance of tax payment certificates and the sharing of local tax information. The bureau will continue to promote the integration of blockchain technology and tax collection and management, explore the application of blockchain technology in more application scenarios such as social security payment, real estate transactions, etc., to add power to "contactless" tax processing and further improve tax payment. The sense of gain of the payer. (Guangming.com)

Spain's Second Largest Bank BBVA to Enter Crypto Trading, Custody

BBVA, Spain's second-largest bank with about $840 billion in assets, is preparing to enter the cryptocurrency trading and custody space, according to two people familiar with the matter. A source with knowledge of the plans said BBVA is “launching its European crypto initiative from Switzerland.” (CoinDesk)

Alipay affiliates apply for three blockchain-related patents

NUTS Finance completes angel round financing of US$500,000, led by Shata Capital

Investment and Financing

NUTS Finance completes angel round financing of US$500,000, led by Shata Capital

NUTS Finance, the development team of acBTC, announced the completion of an angel round of financing of US$500,000, led by Shata Capital, with participation from Parallel Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Incuba Alpha, as well as Diane Dai, co-founder of DODO, and Benjamin, former head of Ledger Asia Pacific. Individual investors including Soong and undisclosed bitcoin miners. NUTS Finance plans to accelerate the development of acLoan, one of the acBTC product matrix. acLoan is a loan/option hybrid protocol specially designed for Bitcoin, aiming to maximize Bitcoin's mortgage efficiency.

Recently, Chongqing Inspur Cloud Chain Co., Ltd. and Chongqing Inspur Cloud Chain Co., Ltd. formally signed a shareholding contract. Leaders from the Yuzhong District Big Data Development Bureau, the Management Committee of the Dashihua New Area and other relevant departments jointly witnessed the signing. The cooperation between Yuzhong and Inspur will continue to focus on the development of the digital economy and high-tech industries, and accelerate the leapfrog development of the information industry and high-tech industries. At the same time, discover the demonstration projects of blockchain technology empowering the real economy, realize the explosion of blockchain + various industrial ecology, promote the deep integration and resource sharing of cross-border, interdisciplinary and cross-field, and help Chongqing enter a new round industry development cycle. (China Internet Network)

global policy

Chen Yulu, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank: Accelerate the research and development and controllable pilot of the central bank's legal digital currency

Chen Yulu, a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of the People's Bank of China, stated in his latest article entitled "The New Development Pattern of "Dual Cycles" and Financial Reform and Opening Up" that it is necessary to strengthen the legal system construction, management coordination and planning and construction of financial infrastructure, and promote the formation of a layout Reasonable, effective governance, advanced, reliable, and resilient financial infrastructure system. Accelerate the research and development and controllable pilot of the central bank's legal digital currency to ensure payment security. Promote the standardized development of the credit investigation market and credit rating. Strengthen financial technology innovation research and its application in the construction of financial infrastructure, expand the coverage of financial infrastructure, bridge the "digital divide", and improve operational efficiency and regulatory effectiveness.

The Hainan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China’s proposals on formulating the 14th five-year plan for national economic and social development and the long-term goals for 2035 proposed to build Hainan International Intellectual Property Exchange, standardize and explore intellectual property securitization, innovate and develop real estate investment trust funds (REITs), promote the pilot application of legal digital currency, cultivate and create "blockchain + finance" industrial clusters, and promote the implementation of "regulatory sandbox" pilots. (Financial Association)