Secondary market NEWS01 Bitcoin is popular in emerging markets very quickly, but it is not sensitive to price fluctuations. According to Rrave NewCoin, US investment company Passport Capital said that Bitcoin is popular in emerging markets faster than developed countries, but it

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NEWS

1 Bitcoin is popularized quickly in emerging markets, but it is not sensitive to price fluctuations

According to Rrave NewCoin, the American investment company Passport Capital said that Bitcoin is popularizing faster in emerging markets than in developed countries, but it is not sensitive to price fluctuations. The chart shows that the volume of Bitcoin transactions in developed markets (blue) is similar to the price of Bitcoin, which is in sharp contrast to the volume of emerging and cutting-edge markets. Emerging markets (orange) Bitcoin has gained more stably, even when prices fall. LocalBitcoins data shows that Bitcoin transaction volume in emerging markets has risen from less than $100,000 per week in 2012 to nearly $50 million per week in recent statistics.

2 HCoin trading platform Gold Medal's initial project POKUP, with a 900% increase in online

POKUP project and Go-=- After Medal was raised online, 500 million POKUPs were snatched away in 3 seconds. The opening of trading has been nearly 2 hours, and the price trend has been rising all the way, with a maximum increase of 900%.

3 Swiss Stock Exchange four cryptocurrencies ETPs have recently hit new highs

Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange launched ACBI ETP, Bitcoin-based ABTC ETP, Ethereum-based AETH ETP and XRP-based AXRP ETP respectively. With the recent surge in the cryptocurrency market, the ETP of the four cryptocurrencies has also hit new highs recently: ACBI ($17.26), ABTC ($27.45), AETP ($27.99), and AXRP ($23.50).

4 Gate.io adds anti-phishing prompts

According to the official announcement of Gate.io, recently, criminals have used Gate.io's hot incident to airdrop GT to create fake airdrop links and spread them in WeChat groups, tricking users into opening phishing URLs with similar links and luring users to enter passwords and text messages and other security information. Official tip: When opening the Gate.io URL, be sure to check that the URL displayed in the browser address bar is one of the following official addresses: https://www.gate.io; https://www.gateio.co; https://www.gateio.news. In addition, Gate.io has also added an anti-phishing prompt. The system will automatically pop up after logging in. Users need to check whether the anti-phishing code prompted is the same as they set before. If the anti-phishing code has not been set before, they can set it by themselves according to the login prompt.

5 BHEX launches Bitcoin options product

According to official news, BHEX Bitcoin options product has been officially launched recently, focusing on high leverage, and can make profits both up and down. The product was designed by a former Wall Street professional team and adopted a spread option strategy, which can save buyers more than 30% of the cost. The cost of the same target for sellers is only 1/8 of that of normal options. During the product promotion period, BHEX specially launched simulated real-time operation and professional options courses. For details, please see the official website of BHEX.

6 Huobi Contract maintains zero-sharing of all varieties for 18 consecutive weeks

0:00 on April 12, the delivery and settlement of the entire network contract product was completed. The Huobi contract has maintained zero sharing of all varieties for 18 consecutive weeks, and the military order deposit has accumulated to US$900,000. sharing means that the platform deducts part of the profits of profitable users to fill in the platform's losses caused by losses of other users. Mainstream cryptocurrencies have fluctuated significantly this week, with BTC spot fluctuations exceeding US$300. Zero sharing means that Huobi contract is safe and stable in terms of system risk control and transaction depth, and does not allow users to bear the loss of position penetration.

7 Huobi South Korea will launch prime independently, and the first phase of the project is Pay Protocol

According to official news, Huobi South Korea will launch prime independently, and the first phase of the project is Pay Protocol. On April 12, Huobi South Korea announced that it will independently open the preferred currency channel Huobi Korea Prime in the near future. Open to Korean and overseas users, and more friendly to users based on the original rules.The first phase of the project is Pay Protocol, a 20-year-old listed group in South Korea, a payment system for blockchain , which has been launched by Danal. Danal has been ranked first in the mobile payment industry for many years and is known as the industry's "Ant Financial". Pay Protocol aims to complete payment and remittance business faster, simpler and safer, and aims to create the blockchain " Alipay ". Huobi South Korea CEO Zhao Guofeng said: Huobi Korea Prime aims to select high-quality assets to be launched in South Korea, and welcomes international high-quality project parties to join.

8 Zaif Exchange sends news of incitement currency market The Japan Cryptocurrency Exchange Association issued a serious warning to it

According to the Japanese Sankei Shimbun, on April 11, Zaif, a cryptocurrency exchange under Fisco, was seriously warned by the Japan Cryptocurrency Exchange Association (JVCEA) for using the market to send inappropriate information to incite the purchase of cryptocurrency. It is reported that on April 4, Zaif Exchange sent an email to its users, with the content of "Bitcoin price exceeding 500,000 yen, and cryptocurrency is soaring, so let us challenge cryptocurrency again." To improve cryptocurrency trading, JVCEA has formulated advertising guidelines last year, which clearly prohibits advertisements or gifts for "inciting users' speculative and competitive psychology" and "over-recommending transactions of specific cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency indexes."

9 The UK's Brexit process caused the fluctuation of the digital currency

According to an analysis by ethereumworldnews article, the digital currency market showed an overall decline after the UK decided to postpone Brexit. Before that, due to the impact of Brexit, people's confidence in the euro and pound fell, and analysts began to call for digital currencies to resist this risk. But the euro and pound will be temporarily safe after Britain postponed Brexit. However, analysts also pointed out that the current decline is likely to be just a normal pullback.

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NEWS

1 crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger is considering layoffs of 10%

According to bitcoinexchangeguide, according to French online new service company Presse Citron, cryptocurrency hardware wallet maker Ledger is considering layoffs of 10%. It is reported that the company currently has 200 employees.

2 Twitter Survey: Most U.S. cryptocurrency investors refuse to report cryptocurrency gains and losses

According to newsbtc, as the U.S. tax filing deadline approaches, cryptocurrency-related losses and gains they hold will need to review the cryptocurrency-related losses and gains. However, according to a recent investigation launched by Crypto Wendy O on Twitter, the vast majority of crypto investors refuse to file taxes and are willing to bear severe penalties if the IRS finds unreported gains. Of the 620 people participating in the vote, 81% said they would never report cryptocurrency taxes, 5% said they would "begin next week" (tax filing deadline is April 15), while 15% said they were in progress.

3 IMF and World Bank launch private blockchain

According to the Financial Times, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have launched a private blockchain and quasi-cryptocurrency called "Learning Coin" to better understand the emerging technology. It is reported that Learning Coin will not be available outside the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and has no monetary value, so it is not a real cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. World Bank and IMF staff will be able to "earn" Learning Coin by completing certain educational programs. In a statement, the IMF said crypto assets and distributed ledger technologies are developing rapidly, as are the amount of information surrounding it, including neutral and established. This forces central banks, regulators and financial institutions to recognize the growing knowledge gap between lawmakers, policy makers, economists and the technology. The project will begin to bridge this gap and develop a strong technical knowledge base among staff at the IMF and World Bank.

4 France's new bill allows life insurance companies to invest in cryptocurrency

According to fxstreet, the French National Assembly passed a new bill called Pacte law on April 11, which will allow life insurance providers to invest in cryptocurrencies and tokens through professional funds, and will not impose any restrictions on the amount that can be allocated.

5 The Ethereum Foundation spends $20 million per year

As the debate on the Ethereum governance model continues to evolve on Twitter, EthHub founder Eric Conner raised the community’s concerns about the transparency of the Ethereum Foundation, believing that the Ethereum Foundation should disclose information on the overall number of employees, organizational structure, average employee income and annual expenditures of the institution. Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake responded on Twitter that the foundation has about 100 employees and spends about $20 million a year.

6 Qingchou, a subsidiary of Qingchou, launched an insurance product using blockchain technology

According to NetEase News, Qingchou, a subsidiary of Qingchou, launched an insurance product using blockchain technology on April 15, which will open up the entire industrial chain of insurance products from customization to purchase to claims through technological innovation.

7 Digital virtual currency transactions heat up "Anonymous shadow" mining Trojan is active again

April 12, Tencent Yujian posted a message saying that the digital cryptocurrency market has recovered recently, and mining Trojans are becoming active again. The latest monitoring has made new discoveries: "Anonymous Shadow" mining Trojan has been upgraded recently. The Trojan gang updated multiple domain names, simplified attack processes, and enabled the latest mining accounts to mine PASC coins. The "Anonymous Shadow" mining Trojan hides itself through multiple network disks and image beds, and uses multiple attack tools from the NSA arsenal (such as Eternal Blue) to actively propagate horizontally within the LAN. The "Anonymous Shadow" mining Trojan mines PASC coin (pascal coin). Unlike other digital cryptocurrencies, other currencies will store the coins in the wallet. The PASC coin introduces the concept of an account called PASA. The account is generated through mining. Each block is discovered, 5 accounts will be generated, and the coins are stored on the first account. The account serial number starts from 0, and a total of PASC coins are issued 211,44,600. The current PASC price is only US$0.3, which has fallen by 95% compared to the highest US$5.63. If the currency circle had not heated up again this time, it might have become a zero-return coin.

8 Ethereum Github code submission activity is far ahead of other public chain basic platforms

According to the big data monitoring of RatingToken and RatingDapp, the top public chain basic platforms ranked among the top in market value are: ETH, EOS, IOTA, TRON and NEO. In the past 7 days, ETH ranked first in the total number of Github code submissions, and in the past 30 days, ETH ranked first in the number of people submitting codes. RatingToken analysts believe that investors can pay attention to the activity of a project code submission from the following two aspects: For the basic public chain platform currently in the continuous improvement stage, the continuous activity of developers and the continuous submission of code are the support of the intrinsic value of a project. At the same time, if the activity of a code submission is phased, it may be a precursor to the release of an important version.

9 The reason for the random number cracking of TronWow is the betting range judgment defect

In response to the previous problem of TronWow being cracked by random number in TronWow, PeckShield security personnel further analyzed and found that the TronWow contract has defects when checking the betting range, allowing users to construct malicious input when betting non-page to complete the game results of a stable win. PeckShield reminds this: In recent days, the TRON ecosystem has faced frequent problems in the early stages of EOS such as counterfeit currency attacks and random number cracking. It is not ruled out that other related attack methods (including contract overflow and transaction blocking) will appear in the TRON ecosystem one after another. Here we remind that DApp developers should strengthen their security awareness and do necessary security measures and known attack characteristics before the contract is launched. If necessary, they can contact a third-party security company for vulnerability investigation to avoid unnecessary loss of digital assets.

0 Xu Mingxing and Pu Xiaojiang were appointed as non-executive directors by Qianjin Holding Group (HK1499)

On April 11, 2019, the Hong Kong listed company Qianjin Holding Group (stock code: 1499), issued an announcement stating that Xu Mingxing and Pu Xiaojiang were officially appointed as non-executive directors of the company. It mentioned that Xu Mingxing has ten years of experience in blockchain technology, information technology and enterprise management. He is currently a director and CEO of OKC Holdings Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "OKC") and has served as a director and chairman of Shanghai Star Pan Network Technology Co., Ltd. ("Shanghai Star Pan", National Small and Medium Enterprises Equity Transfer System: 833166) (formerly known as Shanghai Huazhenglian Testing Technology Co., Ltd.) since August 2017. The announcement also mentioned that OKC currently holds 74.21% of Qianjin Holdings Group's issued shares, totaling 3,904,925,001 shares. Xu Mingxing owns a total of approximately 52.68% of the equity of OKC by directly holding with the company, so it is deemed to have an equity interest in the 3,904,925,001 shares held by OKC under the Securities and Futures Ordinance.

1 Deng Jianpeng of the Central Finance and Economics: Mining effectively utilizes energy that may be wasted, so it is beneficial to local economic growth

According to Securities Daily, the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued the "Guidelines for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2019 Edition, Draft for Comments)", listing " Virtual Currency 'Mining' Activities (Production Process of Bitcoin and other Virtual Currencies)" as an elimination industry. Professor from Central University of Finance and Economics and senior research expert on blockchain legal supervision Deng Jianpeng said that the national plan elimination mainly does not comply with relevant legal provisions, does not meet the conditions for production safety, seriously wastes resources, pollutes the environment, and needs to be eliminated. "According to this draft of opinion, a virtual currency ‘mining’ activity (the production process of virtual currencies such as Bitcoin) does not specify the elimination plan or elimination period. If it takes effect in the future, it should be an entry that the state has explicitly ordered to be eliminated or immediately eliminated." Regarding whether "mining" should be directly eliminated, Deng Jianpeng said that for "mining" activities that do not meet the conditions for production safety, due to potential risks, they should be eliminated in time and crack down on illegal behaviors of "mining owners". This kind of "mine" should be banned according to the law, and there is nothing wrong with it. Deng Jianpeng said that "mining" activities that are indeed wasting resources and polluting the environment should be eliminated in a timely manner. However, for poor areas where "mines" are distributed in domestic electricity resources (especially renewable energy, such as hydropower, wind power, etc.) but are almost impossible to export, this activity effectively utilizes the energy that may have been wasted, which is therefore beneficial to local economic growth.

2 Seoul will launch six blockchain-based administrative services in stages

According to Yonhap News Agency on April 12, by the end of the year, Seoul, South Korea will launch six blockchain-based administrative services in stages. This is based on the decision made by Seoul City's "Urban Integration Zone Promotion Plan" announced in October last year. Seoul City plans to develop 14 blockchain-based administrative services by 2022. Seoul Citizen Card will introduce a unified certification system based on regionality. The goal of workers' rights protection services is to sign an electronic labor contract, join the four major social insurances, manage their work experience, etc., and improve the credibility of information through blockchain. The municipal government said that during the development process, the opinions of the consulting group composed of citizens will be actively adopted.

3 Huawei Blockchain Project Director: Blockchain can eliminate untrustworthy factors in the financial field

On April 10, the "2019 China International Blockchain Technology and Application Conference" was held in Shenzhen. During the meeting, Zhang Xiaojun, director of blockchain project at Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., said that blockchain itself does not generate new value points, but rather uses information transparency to simplify processes and achieve cost savings. In addition, blockchain can eliminate untrustworthy factors in the financial field. Zhang Yuming, head of blockchain at China Merchants Bank, said that the development license chain may not be one application, but there can be multiple applications. In addition, Sun Yi, director of the Blockchain Laboratory of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that blockchain and artificial intelligence must be closely cooperative and mutually beneficial.Shao Bing, product director of Tencent Cloud Blockchain, will effectively solve the pain points of financial institutions and enterprises.

4 Du Jun: Whether it is ICO or IEO, it is just the beginning of blockchain changing the financial order and rules

On April 12, at the roundtable forum with the theme of "2019 Chain Plus Asia-Pacific New Financial Summit· Singapore " hosted by Blockchainer, the founding partner of Node Capital, Du Jun, expressed the following views on the host's question "What do you think about the recent popularity of IEO?": IEO is an extension and improvement of ICO. The exchange team helps investors recommend relatively high-quality projects. The exchange assumes the role of guarantee endorsement, and the exchange raises funds for startup projects. Through ICO, the project party has more advantages than traditional institutional financing through blockchain, and the financing speed is faster, and it can also acquire users, helping the project grow faster. So, I think whether it is the previous ICO, today's IEO, or future IXO, it is just the beginning of blockchain changing the real world financial order and rules.

5 The chain network era is about to change the blockchain industry structure

According to Yudao, co-founder of ABT consensus community, said: Now most people are busy building public chains and unifying the world, believing that there is only one chain in the world. Although it may be a perfect chain, it is a monopoly chain. Blockchain technology only provides firecrackers, and what ignites it is its concept - decentralization. This monopoly will be the biggest struggle against blockchain extremism, and it also deviates from the core spirit of blockchain decentralization. The blockchain industry’s view of one type of blockchain is too nationalist and extremist, setting barriers to entry for creation and reducing the fun of technicians. With the vision of building the "next generation blockchain network", "ABT Chain Network" was born, and the "General Chain Development Factory" and "World General Account" that ABT Chain Network are building will change the blockchain industry landscape.

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1 Harvard University will invest in the crypto market

According to Bloomberg 1 April 13, Harvard University's endowment fund will invest in Blockstack Inc., a crypto company seeking to hold a $50 million digital token product. Blockstack said in a regulatory filing on April 11 that Harvard Management Managing Director Charlie Salavia is a representative of the advisory committee it set up to sell tokens. According to the filing, Harvard Management and two other investors have purchased about $95.8 million in corporate tokens worth about $11.5 million. Harvard has joined a small number of institutional investors who have joined crypto assets. Earlier this year, two Virginia pension plans invested in venture capital funds in the blockchain and digital assets industries, and in 2018, Yale University made similar investments.

2 Taiwan Securities Token Specifications are expected to be released in June. The draft has been drafted. According to Taiwan Economic Daily, in order to formulate securities tokens (STO) regulatory standards, the Taiwan "Xinhua Commission" held a public hearing on the afternoon of April 12 for a discussion. Gu Lixiong, chairman of the Financial Management Committee, said that he would formulate balanced regulations based on external opinions and is expected to be officially announced to the public in June. After referring to the regulatory norms of various countries and current practical cases, the "Xindustry Commission" has initially formulated regulatory norms: According to Article 6 of the Securities Exchange Law, STO is a securities under the Securities Exchange Law and is managed in a tiered manner. The amount of funds raised below 30 million NT$10 (about 6.5 million RMB) can be exempted from Article 22 of the Securities Exchange Law. As long as the declaration to the "Xindustry Commission" takes effect; if the amount of funds raised exceeds NT$30 million, you should apply for the supervision sandbox experiment processing. The relevant regulations will be discussed in the future. In addition, the amount of funds raised is less than NT$30 million, and it is limited to professional subscriptions, including professional institutions and professional natural persons with assets of more than NT$30 million, and the investment limit for natural persons is NT$100,000 per person.

3 BQAI Number Lab received a new round of strategic investment of millions of US dollars

BQAI Number Lab received strategic investment from Collin Star Capital and Consensus Lab, and reached its first online subscription cooperation with BiKi.com.BQAI Number Lab is committed to building a national standardized offline service experience center with sharing, integration and token economy as the cornerstone system, and opening up the digital asset trading services and offline experience links of C-end users.

4 OATH Protocol has been increased by many well-known institutions such as Chuangshi, Turbo Capital, and many other well-known digital funds,

According to official news, Oath Protocol has vowed to obtain investments and increase by tens of millions of well-known digital funds such as Chuangshi, Turbo Capital, JC, J One Capital, JRR Capital, Alphacoin and other. Oath Protocol currently has blockchain projects with commercial implementation and revenue growth models. Yesterday, Oath Protocol was launched on the LBank Exchange, and the $2 million quota was sold out in 12 seconds. This time, many institutions increased their holdings in the bear market, helping the project develop faster and expand wider business scenarios.

5 Binance Incubator Phase 2 Incubation Plan has been launched, and 13 projects have been selected for

According to Binance official news, Binance Incubator 2 Phase 2 Incubation Plan has 13 blockchain projects selected. It will be incubated in three cities: San Francisco , Berlin and Lagos . The purpose is to explore startups with development prospects, help them find fits between products and markets, cultivate them into companies that can provide practical solutions to meet the current market needs of the blockchain field, and promote global innovation. 34 most influential opinion leaders in and outside the blockchain field will serve as mentors for this round of incubation. Zhang Ling, head of Binance Incubator, shared the origin of Binance Incubator and suggested that startups should focus on long-term influence rather than limited to short-term returns.

6 NISUS received strategic investment from Jidou Capital and Shenlong Capital

Recently, NISUS, a global entertainment complex based on blockchain technology, received strategic investment from Jidou Capital and Shenlong Capital and reached a strategic partnership. It is understood that NISUS is mainly building on-chain infrastructure for entertainment models such as games, betting, competition, and social networking, and building a cross-field, cross-ecological and global blockchain entertainment complex that integrates traditional entertainment and blockchain. Lei Mingcai, founder of Shenlong Capital, said that Shenlong Capital will vigorously support the NISUS ecosystem without limit.

7 Pennsylvania fund GO Philly will sell tokens

According to coindesk, Ben Franklin Technology, a venture capital unit of the Pennsylvania Office of Economic Development, is tokenizing its fund GO Philly. Chief Investment Officer Scott Nissenbaum said GO Philly can raise funds and invest globally, but is mainly concentrated in the Philadelphia area. GO Philly is working with digital securities compliance platform Securities to raise $35 million by selling GO Philly fund tokens to qualifying investors.

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