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Cardano’s K Parameter to Change in Less Than a Week Could Trigger ADA Price Rally
IOHKhas recently announced that they have successfully implemented a change to the Cardano blockchain, raising its k parameter from 150 to 500 on Dec. 6.
South Korea Contemplates Imposing 20% Tax on Cryptocurrency Proceeds
The South Korean administration might consider categorizing proceeds from cryptocurrency transactions as other income that is subjected to 20% tax, such as prize-winning or lottery.
Riot Blockchain Sees Growth in Q1 2020 Despite COVID-19 Disruption
Riot Blockchain Inc., one of the few listed public cryptocurrency mining companies in the United States on Nasdaq, reported financial results for Q1 of 2020, which ended on March 31. The company has seen a small growth in its earnings per share during this quarter. Riot Blockchain previously changed its name from Bioptix in 2017 after shifting its focus from biotechnology to Bitcoin mining. The company’s share price skyrocketed to a $38 high in late 2017, which then fell to $110 after Riot was accused of misleading investors by capitalizing on public interest in blockchain to drive up its share price. These claims have been dismissed on the basis that it was not proven that the company’s name was changed to drive up the share price.
Marketlend Launches New Stablecoin Against the Australian Dollar for Security Token Purchasing
Marketlend creates a digital currency to be backed by the Australian dollars to create a secondary market for corporate loans prompting a means through which assets can be tokenized over the blockchain.
Chinese Courts Deploy Blockchain-Powered Electronic Door Seals for Enhanced Property Security
Chinese courts have gone a notch higher by adopting blockchain-based door seals that will optimize property security by enabling real-time video surveillance and a sophisticated alarm system. This move is intended to eradicate the conventional paper seals, which are not tamper-proof.
OKEx Launches USDT-Margined Futures Live Trading With Up To 100× Leverage
OKEx, the world's largest futures crypto exchange based in Malta, announced the launching of BTC/USDT margined trading on its futures platform with an enticing leverage rate of 0.01-100×. Following the fulfillment of their simulation which began on November 5, the margined futures trading was launched live on Nov. 14.
HSBC Successfully Executes First Blockchain Letter of Credit in Malaysia
HSBC announced its successful execution of a pilot live blockchain letter of credit (LC) transaction in Malaysia on Oct. 14.
Institutional Trade-at-Settlement Product for Spot Bitcoin to be Developed by Blockfills and Tassat
Tassat and Blockfills partner with eachother to create an institutional Trade-at-Settlement (TAS) product for spot bitcoin (XBT/USD), which will expectedly to be open in the market for traders in mid-December.
Already Driving Real-World Crypto Usage, Gleec Team Launches New Exchange
The global crypto ecosystem only expands as users realize the real-world applicability of digital assets and distributed ledger technology. Alone, the worldwide blockchain market size projects to grow to $23.3 billion by 2023 hinged on an 80.2% compound annual growth rate. Market size totaled $1.2 billion in 2018.
World Economic Forum Blockchain Lead Explains: To What Extent Can Blockchain Solve Supply Chain Issues?
Blockchain.News exclusively interviewed the World Economic Forum’s blockchain project lead, Nadia Hewett, to get to know more about the Forum’s current blockchain development in the supply chain, and the organization’s future roadmap. The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published a new blockchain deployment toolkit aimed to help governments, major institutions, and companies of any size to be able to maximize the benefits of integrating blockchain technology in the supply chain sector. The Forum also highlighted the importance of blockchain for addressing the disruption of supply chain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson Introduces New Feature to Enable Partial Staking in Multiple Stake Pools
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson recently introduced Cardano’s delegation portfolios and hardware updates for Cardano in a recent YouTube video.
South Korean Tax Specialists Advocate for Lowered Crypto Taxation
Members of the Korean Tax Policy Association are calling on the government to consider applying a low-level tax on crypto transactions. The South Korean administration is contemplating taxing cryptocurrencies as part of its tax reform plan for 2021, but specialists feel it requires in-depth conceptualization.