Global Coin Research: China leads global Libra search traffic, Thailand SEC talks about its stablecoin
Quick Take
- A summary of the week’s top crypto news in Asia by Global Coin Research
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Top News
China Leads the World in Google Searches for Facebook’s Libra. Source
Japan’s government is leading a global push to set up an international network for cryptocurrency payments, similar to the SWIFT network used by banks, in an effort to fight money laundering. Source
U.S. Regulator Probing Crypto Exchange BitMEX Over Client Trades. Source
Libra’s Perceived Threat Towards the Chinese Renminbi. Source
Binance is starting to participate in staking, starting with Stellar, to airdrop 9 million Stellar. Source. Somewhat relatedly, checkout our recent piece on The Rising Trend of Exchanges Participating as EOS BPs
GCR Workshop takeaways with Awa Sun Yin, co-founder of Cryptium Labs on PoS variants and East and West developer community. Awa highlights the active projects in Asia and also how its increasingly difficult for projects as some jurisdiction will start comparing incoming protocols with existing popular ones. Source
Op-Ed: What to do when you are a crypto business in a prolonged market full of retail investors. Source
Investments
Singapore-based market maker Altonomy Raises $7M in Funding Round Led by Polychain Capital. Source
A startup founded by the Russian Waves platform team, Vostok, has been sold to one of the project’s earliest investors. Source
Venture funding in blockchain tumbled 60% this year - Smart Money Said ‘Skip Bitcoin, Bet on Blockchain.’ Not Any More. Source
Coins and Mining
Binance Jersey has started offering a British pound-backed Binance called GBP Stablecoin (BGBP). Source
Top-5 Crypto Tokens Pronounced ‘Dead’ — NEM and BCC Head the List. Source
Circle CEO is joining Justin Sun’s meal with Warren Buffet. Source
Crypto wallet Renrenbit, which raised pre-sale LEO tokens, will be one of the first to support storage and management of CKBytes, the native token of the Nervos Network. Source
GCR interviews David Lee, Professor of Singapore University of Social Sciences On Libra. Source
Exchange
Japan’s Exchange Bitpoint Hack Shows That Regulators’ Scrutiny Does Not Equal Safety. Source
Exchange Huobi is upgrading its current HUSD solution, transitioning it from a stablecoin basket to a new, ERC-20, USD-pegged stablecoin, HUSD Token. Source
GCR Workshop #7: Everything You Want to Know about Exchange Huobi- Exchange Developments; Expansions and Product Launches. Source
Business
Underground Bitcoin Business in China: $10k for Creating a Cryptocurrency run like a Ponzi scheme. Source
Tencent Security report that they monitored a Virus-ransomware named Ryuk encrypts data on an infected device and demands a ransom in bitcoin. The ransom is generally very high (recent ransom reached 11 Bitcoins, worth about 750,000 yuan). Source
U.K. Releases economic crime action plan, which details regulatory action on cryptocurrencies to prevent their use in criminal activities. Source
Nearly 70% of polled companies by E&Y in Asia-Pacific don’t trust blockchain technology because they are still grappling to understand how reliable it is. Over two-thirds of enterprises also lack a solid understanding of blockchain tech and how to apply it. Source
Regulation
The Hangzhou Internet Court pointed out that “virtual property” attribute of Bitcoin, recognized it as a virtual property with value. Source
Taiwan is the new home for Hong Kongers seeking political safety. Source
Municipal-Crypto is Spreading Around the World, in areas such as Berkeley, California, to Busan, Korea Source
Thailand economist: Libra is not just about Facebook, it is about the US’s continued domination of the world financial market. Source
Thailand SEC says its stablecoin won’t be employed as a fundraising tool, but instead as an e-payment medium for clearing and settlement. Source
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