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From Banking Giants to Tech Darlings, China Reveals Over 500 Enterprise Blockchain Projects

As President Xi called on China to seize blockchain opportunities, industry heavyweights are already leading hundreds of enterprise projects.

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Hedera Hashgraph, Touted as High-Speed Blockchain Alternative, Now Live

Hedera Hashgraph has launched its long-awaited public network, backed by major corporations and promising faster transactions than any blockchain.

Leemon Baird, Mance Harmon

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Deloitte 'Blockchain in a Box' to Help Enterprises Showcase Tech

The "Big Four" auditing firm has launched a mobile plug-and-play product aimed to help enterprises demo blockchain solutions.

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Ethereum Foundation Director's New Role to Help Business Use Public Blockchain

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has appointed the executive director of the Ethereum Foundation to help drive its new "Mainnet Initiative."

Ethereum Foundation Executive Director Aya Miyaguchi (CoinDesk archives)

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Zooko Wilcox Pushes for New Developer Fund to Support Zcash

Zcash founder Zooko Wilcox has called for the creation of a new "Dev Fund" to support the operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Zcash developer Electric Coin Company

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A UK University Is 'Fingerprinting' National Archives With Blockchain

A British university and the Open Data Institute have built a blockchain system to secure records of national video archives against tampering.

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Firefox Browser Adds Option to Automatically Block Crypto Mining Scripts

Mozilla has released an update for its Firefox browser which includes an option to block cryptocurrency mining scripts on websites.

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PBoC’s Fintech Research Institute Is Hiring Blockchain Experts

A research institute under the Chinese central bank has just announced 29 job openings – three of which focus on blockchain-related expertise. 

People's Bank of China, Beijing

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The Elk Is a Tiny Prototyping Board for Building Blockchain-Connected Devices

Elk aims to make it easy to connect hardware devices to blockchains and control electronic components or accept payments.

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All of It Dark, All of It P2P: After the Binance Hack, Bitcoin Doesn't Cut It

That Binance could have colluded with miners to roll back hack transactions means bitcoin is not resistant enough to censorship, says Amir Taaki.

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