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- Xinhua News Agency: Virtual currency hype and chaos gather together to call for increased supervision
- Chen Daofu of the State Council: The essence of digital currency is not blockchain technology
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The number of people investing in digital currencies such as Bitcoin has increased significantly in the past six months
The blockchain domain name "chain" lian.cn revealed that it was sold for one million yuan
Bitrefill mobile recharge platform accepts Dash payments
Japan's Financial Services Agency begins inspections of virtual currency exchanges
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Ant Financial's Jiang Guofei: The number of blockchain patents applied for is the first in the world, and it has nothing to do with ICO
ofo refutes the rumor: it has not entered the blockchain, it is purely non-existent
NetEase releases "Planet", a blockchain-based ecological value sharing platform
Qtum launches consumer-grade mining machine, which is priced at 500 yuan
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1. The blockchain domain name lian.cn has been sold for millions of yuan
According to news from China.cn, the blockchain domain name "chain" lian.cn was recently sold at a price of up to one million yuan, and the buyer was investor Dai Yue. Since 2018, Dai Yue has successively acquired domain names such as jp.com, jb.com, gb.com, niubi.com, etc. Previously, the overseas blockchain technology company DXB spent millions to acquire the domain name DXB.com, Okk blockchain The digital trading platform 520,000 purchased okk.com, and the blockchain terminal Bihu acquired the domain name bihu.com with 7 digits. (Wall Street News)
2. Xinhua News Agency: Virtual currency hype and chaos gather together to call for increased supervision
Xinhua News Agency issued a document saying that the industry believes that the upcoming regulatory increase will be a continuation of the policy of the "Announcement on Preventing Token Issuance and Financing Risks" jointly issued by the central bank and other seven ministries and commissions in September last year. Although the policy played a significant role in curbing digital currency speculation at the time, the chaos that followed was still crowded together. Taking measures to cool down bitcoin investment will help blockchain companies focus on technology in the long run and truly promote the implementation of applications. In this sense, it is imperative to take strong measures to continue to curb virtual currency speculation.
3. Chen Daofu of the State Council: The essence of digital currency is not blockchain technology
Chen Daofu, deputy director of the Finance Institute of the Development Research Center of the State Council, pointed out that the essence of digital currency is not blockchain technology, or even the so-called "decentralization" and "anonymity". development of. The challenge of digital currency to traditional currency lies in the trust foundation realized by blockchain technology - trust in impersonal algorithms. A digital currency is only equivalent to a "token" if it can only be used in a specific context (such as a game, a specific community, etc.). However, as society increasingly operates in a digital form, and digital currency gains more and more general trust in the wider digital world, it will pose a certain threat to paper currency. For monetary authorities, it is completely possible to use blockchain technology to transform the existing monetary system, but it is still necessary to limit the scope of application of "decentralized" and "anonymous" digital currencies.
4. ofo refutes the rumor: it has not entered the blockchain, it is purely non-existent
Yesterday, the media broke the news that a contract named 'ofo China' appeared on the Ethereum block browser, which is likely to be a sign of ofo's entry into the blockchain. Ofo's public relations responded: "It's purely non-existent. This matter has nothing to do with ofo. It is an act of falsely using the ofo brand to rub off on the hot spot, which hurts ofo's brand image. It strongly condemns this kind of behavior and the company will report it to the regulatory authorities. Report and take legal measures to protect your own reputation.” (TechWeb)
5. The number of people investing in digital currencies such as Bitcoin in the Netherlands has increased significantly in the past six months
According to overseas news, the survey results of Kantar TNS, a Dutch research agency, show that the number of people investing in digital currencies such as Bitcoin has increased significantly in the past six months. In August 2017, there were only 135,000 people, and now there are 490,000 people. In addition, some survey agencies believe that there are even 580,000 people, because there may be more than one investor in one household. Kantar TNS, formerly known as TNS NIPO, is a well-known investigative agency. (Golden Finance)
6. Ant Financial’s Jiang Guofei: The number of blockchain patents applied for is the world’s first, and it has nothing to do with ICO
The "2017 Global Blockchain Enterprise Patent Ranking" shows that China's growth rate of blockchain patents far exceeds that of the United States, leading the world. Among them, Alibaba ranked first with a total of 49 patents, all of which came from the Ant Financial Technology Laboratory. This has been interpreted by the outside world as Alibaba “all in” blockchain, and there are even rumors that Alibaba will issue its own virtual currency. In this regard, Jiang Guofei, vice president of Ant Financial and head of the technology laboratory, said that blockchain is not equal to ICO. The technical charm of blockchain is to build trust, but the chaos of ICO is destroying trust. Blockchain will be released in the future. enormous power. (Tencent line)
7. NetEase released the blockchain-based ecological value sharing platform "Planet"
NetEase released the blockchain-based ecological value sharing platform "Planet", which is still in the internal testing process. It is understood that the planet base helps users manage digital assets through blockchain encryption storage technology, so that users' data is truly owned by themselves, and also It allows the demander to conduct direct transactions with the planet base, and use black diamonds for settlement. At the same time, users can increase the force value by browsing, trading, socializing and other activities on the "planet", and the higher the force, the more black diamonds users can get. It is understood that the daily output of black diamonds is fixed. The daily output of black diamonds is about 270,000 in the first year, which is halved every two years. Black diamonds are allocated according to the user’s current force value. (Golden Finance)
8. People's Daily Overseas Edition: Blockchain technology needs to cultivate internal skills to achieve innovation
Today’s overseas edition of People’s Daily said that the concept of blockchain has become very popular recently. Some Internet companies are "hot spots" and launch ICO projects in disguise, such as Xunlei's "Wanke Coin", Baofengyingyin's "Baofeng Broadcasting Cloud", Renren.com's "Renrenfang", etc., but ICOs were quickly rejected by the central bank and others. Seven ministries and commissions jointly called for a stop. Some media have described that under the agitation of blockchain, China's Internet, which has been solidified, is returning to the era of "uncertainty is possible". In the past month and a half, Ant Financial, Baidu, 360, JD.com, Wanda, Meitu, Baofeng and other listed companies have intensively entered the blockchain, involving cloud services, food traceability, content, games and other fields. The industry is worried that due to the lack of sufficient technical accumulation, the blockchain market has a strong speculation atmosphere, and technological innovation is in danger of being submerged by asset bubbles. Some experts called: "Everyone should pay more attention to the technology itself."
9. Nvidia CFO: Demand for digital currency mining in the fourth quarter exceeds expectations
Nvidia’s chief financial officer said today that demand for GPUs from digital currency miners in the fourth quarter was larger than expected. “The strong demand in the digital currency market exceeded our expectations,” said Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, which released its fourth-quarter 2017 earnings. The company's revenue was $2.91 billion, up 34% year over year. “While it is difficult to quantify the contribution of digital currency mining to our business, it may be higher than in previous years, but we remain committed to gaming demand as digital currencies are likely to remain volatile,” Kress said.
10. Qtum launches consumer-grade mining machine
It is understood that Qtum launched the consumer-grade mining machine Qtum Stakebox, which is priced at 500 yuan. According to the founder of Qtum, 100 miners can be placed in 1 square meter. A network with processing power comparable to Visa can be built with tens of thousands of Raspberry Pis. (Golden Finance)
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