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China continues to up its blockchain game with an independently developed blockchain-based identification system for cities as part of its smart city infrastructure.On Nov. 4, Chinese daily tabloid newspaper Global Times reported that the newly developed identification system was jointly launched by three institutes in the city of Shijiazhuang.The
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China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), will use a new system to certify 11 types of fintech hardware and software products relating to digital payments. On Oct. 29, the PBoC alongside China’s market regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), jointly released a set of documents
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In a major shift in its design philosophy, the mobile/desktop browser application Opera has revamped its UI and UX for its android mobile platform; and more importantly, it has improved the cryptocurrency integration with its digital wallet.Only Ethereum (ETH)trade had been supported by the browser but with the newer version,
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The University of Malta, located in the Mediterranean island of Malta, has initiated a master’s program that specializes in distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain topics.Malta is commonly referred to as the ‘blockchain island’ because of its favorable attitude towards blockchain technology, and especially cryptocurrencies. While the rest of the
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A master’s degree in blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) is now attainable at the University of Malta.Fintech-focused news outlet CrowdfundInsider reported on the creation of the new master’s degree on Oct. 21, also noting that about 35 students are enrolled for the course. Joshua Ellul, director of the master’s
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced in a blog post published on Sept. 30 that it is launching a market maker program.Per the announcement, users whose monthly trading volumes exceed 1,000 Bitcoins (BTC) — or can reach such volumes — and who also have quality market making strategies can immediately
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California-based financial firm SoFi has added BTC, ETH and LTC trading to its platform SoFi Invest. Crypto trading on SoFi Invest joins the list of previously introduced trading of stocks and exchange-traded funds.California based financial company SoFi announced it added crypto trading to its fast-growing SoFi Invest platform and that
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Iota has introduced Chronicle, a permanode solution that will allow its node owners to easily store all of their transactions and maintain uninterrupted access to that data.Iota’s unlimited storage solutionOn Sept. 17, the Iota Foundation announced Chronicle, which allows node owners to store all the data of the Tangle
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The cryptocurrency space has had its fair share of controversies throughout the course of its short existence, and one of the biggest ones to date is the one related to stablecoins. There are plenty of stablecoins in circulation these days, but the most controversial one so far is Tether, and
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New York-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has introduced a sub-accounts feature for institutional customers enabling the creation of multiple accounts under one master account.In a Sept. 3 announcement, the Winklevoss brothers-led crypto exchange revealed a new feature enabling its institutional customers to create and manage an unlimited number of sub-accounts
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