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Guangzhou city is following the lead of Beijing’s financial district in banning http://bit.ly/2NsZQ1C A report by South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB) suggests that Also, a technology firm in the country is developing an exchange platform for bitcoin. North Korea has been mining cryptocurrencies. http://bit.ly/2MEctdM *China media* Starting 8/28, . FCoin will not provide services to users in mainland China Google translated despite the cryptocurrency ban. A nationwide ‘Blockchain Reform’ kicks off in China http://bit.ly/2PeCiOw 💰 Deals Four of the world’s largest crypto exchanges — , a stable-coin. Binance Labs, OKEx, Huobi Capital, and Dunamu — the firm behind Korea’s Upbit — have all poured $32mn capital into Terra https://tcrn.ch/2Pdt8BY has made the first close of its second venture capital fund at $6.18 million. 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OKEx will no longer be allowing withdrawals http://bit.ly/2NrAuRL Randi Zuckerberg, the elder sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has to develop Huobi’s new public blockchain. joined the advisory board of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi http://bit.ly/2MX72pD Bithumb, South Korea’s second-biggest crypto exchange by daily trading volume behind UPbit, as early as this week. will officially resume registrations for new investors http://bit.ly/2Nsakys 🎌 Regulation News China, forms a new fund on communicationand media, covering technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet-of-Things, virtual and augmented reality, robotics, and blockchain technology. Singapore and Chongqing, http://bit.ly/2LvbM1a in FinTech- including payments, cryptocurrency and blockchain. Monetary Authority of Singapore and Dubai Financial Services Authority strengthen ties http://bit.ly/2Phwh3x Despite an infamous crackdown on digital assets, the explore avenues and unique use-cases pertaining to blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies. Reserve Bank of India has created a task force to http://bit.ly/2MzT4ej 💼 Business News will be listed on the Korean cryptocurrency exchange CpDAX. Content Box, the reverse ICO of the global audio content platform Castbox, To learn more about the reverse-ICO phenomenonin Korea, check out the podcast we had with GBIC . http://bit.ly/2MxPL7f three of the world’s largest bitcoin mining equipment makers plan to raise billions of dollars with initial public offerings in Hong Kong. Bitmain, Canaan Inc and Ebang, http://bit.ly/2MCtFAE solutions to curb unsolicited commercial communication. India mobile phone operators are currently reviewing blockchain technology-based http://bit.ly/2LwSLv7 BankSign, to allow people to make transactions at different Korea banks more easily. Samsung has unveiled its blockchain based platform, http://bit.ly/2MEktvq Cambodian rice farmers turn to blockchain to gain pricing power. Blocrice rice cracker makers and other buyers. is intended to promote contract farming between farmers’ cooperatives and exporters, https://s.nikkei.com/2LzPTOf 🌹🌹🌹 What did you guys think of our thus far? What do you want to read or learn more about on Asia? Global Coin podcast Check our past 7 weekly pieces on , , , , , , and Southeast Asia Cryptocurrency Developments A Guide to Asia Crypto funds/investors Takeaways on Asia Crypto from Techcrunch Zug Cryptokitties Binance Bitmain China’s Crypto winners
