# BIS marks CBDC pilot as ‘successful’ with M transacted

# BIS marks CBDC pilot as ‘successful’ with $22M transacted

” BIS marks CBDC pilot as ‘successful’ with $22M transacted “ A multi-jurisdictional Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) pilot has been marked “successful” by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) after a month-long test phase that facilitated $22 million worth of real-value cross-border transactions. The central banks of Hong Kong, Thailand, China and the United…

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# China GPU prices drop to new lows after the Ethereum Merge

# China GPU prices drop to new lows after the Ethereum Merge

” China GPU prices drop to new lows after the Ethereum Merge “ As the Ethereum network’s move to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism drives adoption from institutional investors, the prices for graphics processing units (GPUs), often used for mining cryptocurrencies like Ether (ETH), have gone down in China.  Following the historic Ethereum Merge on…

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# China accounts for 84% of all blockchain patent applications, but there’s a catch

# China accounts for 84% of all blockchain patent applications, but there’s a catch

” China accounts for 84% of all blockchain patent applications, but there’s a catch “ China accounts for 84% of all blockchain applications filed worldwide, according to the latest data shared by the country’s government official. China has steered clear of the cryptocurrency market. However, the Beijing government has been supportive of the underlying blockchain…

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#China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings .1 billion

#China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings $8.1 billion

“China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings $8.1 billion” A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, not seen in public since 2017, to 13 years in jail and fined his Tomorrow Holdings conglomerate 55.03 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), a record in China. Xiao and Tomorrow Holdings were charged with illegally siphoning away public deposits, betraying the use of entrusted property, and…

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#At least 300 TikTok employees worked for Chinese state media: report

#At least 300 TikTok employees worked for Chinese state media: report

“At least 300 TikTok employees worked for Chinese state media: report” A new report found some overlap between hundreds of employees at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance and Chinese state media outlets.  Forbes surveyed hundreds of LinkedIn profiles for the tech firm’s employees, finding at least 300 workers had previously held positions in Chinese state media – and…

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