Weekly News ( ~ 2020.11.25)

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我是 Jonathan,在美國 University of Rochester 取得光學工程與金融經濟雙學位後,就職於日本三大投資銀行之一的 SMBC Nikko。之後在創投 SBI 負責海外投資,主要專注於區塊鏈,金融科技,人工智能等領域的成長期新創。2020 年加入基石創投。

英文版


  • TOP NEWS
    • VMWare launched its enterprise blockchain platform after years of development. The software giant’s blockchain platform has been used by projects including Australian Securities Exchange (Details
    • Google is launching mobile banking service. The tech giant is partnering with Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union to offer mobile bank accounts and P2P payment through Google Pay. (Details)
    • Singaporean startup iSTOX is to set up a digital securities exchange in Chongqing, China  (Details


  • IPO / FUNDRAISING
    • Crypto tracing firm Chainalysis is raising its $100M C round. The financing participated by Addition, Accel, Benchmark, and Ribbit, will make it the first unicorn in crypto tracing sector . (Details)
    • The world largest blockchain software company ConsenSys, has acquired Dapp development platform Truffle, which spun out from the blockchain giant in 2019. (Details)


  • APPLICATION OF CRYPTO & BLOCKCHAIN
    • Digital Asset Investment Advisor, the crypto investment adviser, has launched the first company-sponsored crypto retirement plan in US.. (Details)
    • MUFG plans to launch the blockchain payment network next year. The Japanese banking giant is partnering with CDN provider Akamai to provide the service through their joint venture. (Details)
    • Airbnb implied its planning of blockchain application in its IPO prospectus. The vacation rental giant’s disclosures includes tokenization, cryptocurrencies, and authentication. (Details)
    • To address the incoming opening of US pork import, General Chamber of Commerce of the ROC applied blockchain on pork originality tracing. The system which cover the supply chain will start from Yunlin with cryptocurrency reward distribution. (Details)


  • GOVERNMENT & REGULATION & CBDC
    • Three French Banking giants are grouping for Digital Interbank Currency (DICB). BNP Paribas, CA CIB, and Caisse des Dépôts collaborate with blockchain startups to test DICB on Ethereum and Tezos.  (Details)
    • Vietnam Ministry of Education is to archive students’ record on blockchain with Singapore firm TomoChain. The project becomes Vietnam’s largest exploration of blockchain to date. (Details)
    • South Africa’s regulator indicated that cryptocurrency assets would be treated like financial products under FAIS Act. The act regulated all VASP should seek for authorization to become financial services provider. (Details)
    • Crypto exchange giant Binance sued Forbes for defamation. The media disclosed “Tai Chi”, a document recorded Binance’s US expansion plan with regulation evasion purpose. (Details)


  • CYBER ATTACKS
    • DeFi protocol Pickle Finance loss almost half its value from a $19.7M hack. (Details)
    • Yield-generating stablecoin project Origin Dollar is hacked with loss of $7.7M. (Details)

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中文版

  • TOP NEWS
    • VMWare 推出了企業區塊鏈平台。 經過多年發展,這家軟體巨頭將於 IBM、R3 競爭,已拿下包括澳洲證交所的數個專案 (Details
    • Google 推出了銀行服務。這家科技巨頭正在與花旗史丹福聯邦信用社合作,通過 Google Pay 提供移動銀行賬戶和 P2P 支付 (Details)
    • 新加坡新創 iSTOX 將在中國重慶成立數位證券交易所 (Details


  • IPO / 募資
    • 虛擬貨幣追踪公司 Chainalysis 正在進行 1 億美元 C 輪融資。此次融資由 Addition、Accel、Benchmark Ribbit 參與,並將使其成為區塊鏈追踪賽道的第一隻獨角獸 (Details)
    • 世界最大的區塊鏈軟體公司 ConsenSys 收購了 2019 年從這家區塊鏈巨頭中剝離出來的 Dapp 開發平台 Truffle (Details)


  • 區塊鏈與虛擬貨幣應用
    • 虛擬貨幣投資顧問 Digital Asset Investment Advisor 推出了美國首個企業虛擬貨幣退休計劃 (Details)
    • MUFG 計劃在明年推出區塊鏈支付網絡。這家日本銀行巨頭正與 CDN 提供商 Akamai 合作,通過他們的合資企業提供支付服務 (Details)
    • Airbnb 在其 IPO 招股書中揭示了其對區塊鏈應用的規劃。這家度假租賃巨頭披露的內容包括代幣化、加密貨幣和認證系統 (Details)
    • 為應對即將開放的美豬進口,中華民國總商會將區塊鏈應用於豬肉原產地追溯系統。此覆蓋豬肉供應鏈的系統將從雲林開始,並研擬搭配虛擬貨幣獎勵發放 (Details)


  • 政府監管與 CBDC
    • 法國三家銀行業巨頭正在為銀行間數位貨幣(DICB)結盟。法國巴黎銀行、法國東方匯理銀行Caisse des Dépôts 與區塊鏈心創公司合作,在 區塊鏈網路 EthereumTezos 上測試 DICB (Details)
    • 越南教育部將與新加坡公司 TomoChain 在區塊鏈上對學生的記錄進行存檔。該項目將成為越南迄今為止對區塊鏈最大的探索應用 (Details)
    • 南非監管機構在草擬聲明中表示,根據 FAIS 法案,虛擬貨幣資產將被視為金融產品。該法案規定,所有 VASP 都應該尋求授權成為金融服務提供商 (Details)
    • 虛擬貨幣交易所巨頭 Binance 起訴 Forbes 誹謗。富比世先前披露了 “太極” 文件,聲稱記錄了 Binance 包括規避監管目的的美國擴張計劃. (Details)


  • 網路攻擊事件
    • DeFi 協議 Pickle Finance 因一場1970 萬美元黑客攻擊事件損失其近半價值 (Details)
    • 收益型穩定幣項目 Origin Dollar 被黑客攻擊,並損失770萬美元 (Details)

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