David Pan

David Pan was a news reporter at CoinDesk. He previously worked at Fund Intelligence, and interned at the Money Desk of USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. He does not hold investments in cryptocurrency.

David Pan

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Tecnologie

How Chainlink and Cosmos Fit Into China's Grand Blockchain Initiative

Chainlink will help the state-backed Blockchain-Based Service Network with oracles, and Cosmos-powered Irisnet will assist with interoperability.

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Mercati

Bitcoin Miner Maker Canaan's Stock Hits Record Low 1 Month After Halving

Shares of Canaan Creative, one of the few publicly traded crypto miner manufacturers, fell below $2 Monday, their lowest after going public last year.

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Mercati

Chinese Chip Maker With a Hand in Crypto Mining Plans $2.8B IPO

Hong Kong-listed SMIC plans to raise $2.8 billion via an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, in hopes of advancing its chip making practices. The company is working with Canaan Creative to build a new crypto miner.

China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) aims to raise fresh capital in a bid to further develop its chip-making technologies. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Politiche

Chinese Government Advisers Propose Regional Stablecoin for 4 Asian Countries

The stablecoin would help facilitate trade among four Asian countries, which is key to economic recovery in the region after coronavirus, proponents said.

Chinese legislators heard a proposal for a pan-Asian digital currency Thursday during the Two Sessions, the largest political gathering of the year. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tecnologie

CoinDesk 50: How the People’s Bank of China Became a CBDC Leader

China's central bank, part of CoinDesk's new 50 list, is a pioneer of central digital currencies. Now the rest of the world is racing to catch up.

Illustration by Sonny Ross

Mercati

Nervos Aims to Spur Blockchain Development With New Incubator Headed by Industry Vet

Open network Nervos has launched an incubator for early-stage startups that build user-centric decentralized applications.

Nervos co-founder Kevin Wang

Mercati

Fidelity-Backed Fireblocks Opens Asia Offices to Pitch Crypto 'Hot Vault'

Fireblocks, a platform that secures digital assets in transit, is expanding in Asia with two new offices, one in Hong Kong, the other in Singapore.

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Mercati

Ousted Bitmain Co-Founder Wins Partial Victory in Latest Legal Battle

Micree Zhan persuaded a Beijing municipal agency to stop Bitmain from changing its local legal representative – but not to give him back the title.

Micree Zhan, co-founder of Bitmain. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Finanza

Bitcoin Miner Maker Ebang Files for a $100M US IPO

Ebang International Holdings, one of the leading makers of bitcoin mining equipment, is taking another stab at going public, this time in the U.S.

RISK FACTOR: “The significant drop in the Bitcoin price is expected to have a negative effect on the value of our bitcoin mining machine inventory and incentivize us to increase credit sales,” Ebang’s filing warns. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Finanza

Meet Red Date, the Little-Known Tech Firm Behind China’s Big Blockchain Vision

The de facto architect of China's ambitious national blockchain project reveals his game plan for making the technology cheap and easy for businesses.

FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR: Red Date Technology Co. initiated the Blockchain Service Network project and has been spearheading the technical design. (Credit: Shutterstock)