Blockchain industry update (Libra, Ripple, Digital Yuan, Satoshi Nakamoto)

This week more on the Crypto market and Bitcoin.

::Proclamation::

Brad Garlinghouse¸ Ripple chief executive officer, has threatened to move the company’s headquarters overseas should the U.S. fail to level the playing field with an unambiguous regulatory framework.
Libra Association hires former HSBC executive Ian Jenkins as the Chief Financial Officer.
Binance destroys $68 Million of BNB in most expensive burn to date. The exchange has completed its latest quarterly burn as the biggest in history.
Digital Yuan now accepted by gas stations in China. China plans to spread the acceptance to over 100 gas stations before next month.
Monero adopts a long-awaited upgrade with groundbreaking software. The network’s scalability improvement upgrade was carried out recently.

::Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto::

Stone Ridge, New-York based $10 billion investment management company, has purchased more than 10,000 BTC, worth over $100 million at that time, as part of its treasury reserve strategy.
Bitcoin is getting two major improvements in historic code update. The two proposals were merged into Bitcoin Core earlier today and will be activated at a later date.
Chainlink brings on BitGo CTO to build scaling tech. Ben Chan, former CTO of crypto custody service BitGo, has joined Chainlink to build layer-2 scaling for the network.
Coinbase Custody, the custody arm of top crypto exchange Coinbase is exploring support for a number of new assets.
Ethereum’s DeFi is nearing 2017 ICO Boom Levels. Altcoins and decentralized finance projects are gradually outpacing Bitcoin in terms of trading volumes.
The total value of all assets in the Ethereum ecosystem has breached $100 billion dollars.
Satoshi Nakamoto’s uphill climb to surpass Bezo’s net worth. Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest man, but someday if bitcoin crosses a certain valuation then Satoshi Nakamoto will be the wealthiest if he is still alive.

:: Funding, Launch ::

Boardroom, a company developing a platform for DeFi governance, has completed a $2.2 million raise. The round was led by Standard Crypto.
Filecoin mainnet launches, FIL trading at a $120 Billion fully diluted valuation.
Ripple puts up $10 Million to bring digital finance to the unbanked. Ripple will help Mercy Corps to provide digital financial solutions for 10 million people in the next decade.

::Governance::

The Bank of Russia, the central bank of Russia, said it’s exploring the possibilities of issuing the central bank digital currency, a digital ruble.

European Central Bank seeks public input on digital euro. A digital euro would not replace cash, but complement it.
Kengo “Ken” Suzuki, a professional player of crossover action fighting game Super Smash Bros, signing a contract to receive his salary in major cryptocurrency XRP.
The financial watchdog of the Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown dependency, has clarified Bitcoin and Ether are not considered securities.
SEC Commissioner says recent legal action taken against BitMEX sends a message to global exchanges.
OKEx has suspended all cryptocurrency withdrawals indefinitely, as one of the trading platform’s private key holders has “been out of touch” with the exchange because he is “cooperating with a public security bureau in investigations.
Central Bank of Spain to prioritize the design and study of a CBDC. Spains new Strategic Plan for 2020-2024 has five priorities and studying a CBDC is one of them.

::Others::

Rare Batman NFT art raises $200,000 in sale led by a mysterious collector. It’s the work of Trevor Jones and José Delbo.
Neo Foundation teases surprising Neo3 features. Neo3 promises to provide file storage and digital identity, though the demand is questionable.

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