Today’s Crypto News on Asia — July 13th

Companies operating in Korea to be tax-free; OKCoin launches in US; Binance invests in Malta bank; Sichuan flood little impact on mining _In case you missed our email yesterday, we just shared our guests for the upcoming podcast. Send us your questions to them or topics you’d like us to discuss!_ What Crypto insiders are reading on Asia. This week , our two guests will be Hope Liu, CEO, and co-founder, of EximChain and Ryan Fang, co-founder and COO of Ankr. Both of these teams are based in the states, and EximChain has ICO-ed while Ankr is in the process of launching. Both Ryan and Hope grew up in China and have unique perspectives on the Chinese and Asian markets. In the episode, we will be covering topics around how to find customers in Asia and hiring talent in Asia. We will also ask for their thoughts on the Chinese government view of Crypto, as well as their thoughts on China’s large tech companies’ role in the Crypto space. Subscribe now Top News *China Media* Korea regulators have dubbed blockchain-related technology as the “Fourth Industry”, and just , regardless of which country the company originates from. declared that “fourth industry” companies operating in Korea will be tax-free Google translated article to offer fiat-to-crypto trading services between USD and bitcoin, bitcoin cash, litecoin, ethereum andethereum classic. China-based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin to launch a branch in the U.S. http://bit.ly/2uin035 Binance has taken a 5% stake alongside other investors at €133 million (US$155 million) pre-money valuation in Malta-based Founders Bank. http://bit.ly/2ukUBtg “Last month’s , and only a few devices were destroyed by the massive flood”. heavy rain in Sichuan Province had little impact on the bitcoin mining farms there http://bit.ly/2ujD6d5 to cooperate on using the blockchain for traceability management. City of Beijing’s Business Committee and e-commerce company JD.com http://bit.ly/2ujcpFr Business and Regulation News THEKEY publishes the summary of AMA with CEO Catherine Li. http://bit.ly/2ujN65T with ONT tokens via a free airdrop. NEO token holders are getting rewarded http://bit.ly/2uh42tO Nuls, ranked #82 in , is an adaptable blockchain for enterprise solutions invested by Bitmain. coinmarketcap.com Company has just launched its mainnet. http://bit.ly/2ujBRdV Coin and Exchange News India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a Bitcoin scam estimated to be worth $763M. the current ruling political party, is receiving accusations of involvement http://bit.ly/2uiwATI Liu Cixin, , will join IDG Capital as Chief Thinker. author of The Three-body Problem http://bit.ly/2ujvqaK , where users can share the idle bandwidth to the community through the Box hardware and then are rewarded with One chain Token as an incentive. LeTV launches One-chain Box along with tokens Highlights from the China Internet Conference: The Future of Blockchain. http://bit.ly/2uiJgKt What did you guys think of our thus far with co-founder and Fortune Cat, , from Cryptokitties? And be sure to check out our latest collaboration with TechBuzz China on , with commentary directly from and . Global Coin podcast Benny Giang their 12th podcast episode Bitmain Jimmy Song Tim Swanson Check our past 5 weekly pieces on , , , , and Takeaways on Asia Crypto from Techcrunch Zug Cryptokitties Binance Bitmain China’s Crypto winners