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Kadena co-founder and President Stuart Popejoy
Web3 Studying How to Integrate Kadena's Smart Contract Language on Polkadot
The Web3 Foundation is studying how to adopt blockchain startup Kadena’s smart contract programming language for the Polkadot ecosystem.
Kadena co-founder and President Stuart Popejoy

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Alibaba’s Ant Financial Starts Pre-Launch Testing of Business Blockchain
The fintech arm of Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group said it expects the blockchain to go live in around three months.
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HTC Will Support Binance Chain With Special Edition Smartphone
HTC's special edition EXODUS blockchain smartphone will allow users to directly access Binance's decentralized exchange and token.
HTC EXODUS image via Nikhilesh De for CoinDesk

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MAS, JPMorgan Build Payments System With Inter-Blockchain Connectivity
Working with JPMorgan and Temasek, Singapore's central bank has developed a prototype blockchain-based cross border payments system.
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How Bitcoin's Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging
Bitcoin's lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments, thanks to an experimental version called Whatsat.
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Bruce Fenton and Vitalik Buterin
Longtime Bitcoin Advocate Launches Broker-Dealer for Crypto Firms
Longtime bitcoin advocate Bruce Fenton has created a new broker-dealer for digital asset firms and financial advisors called Watchdog Capital.
Bruce Fenton and Vitalik Buterin

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Ripple Invests in Biometric Cybersecurity Startup's $2.2 Million Round
Keyless, a London-based cybersecurity startup, claims to be the first firm to combine biometrics and cryptography.
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Canaan chairman Kong Jianping
Avalon Bitcoin Miner Maker Canaan Officially Files for $400 Million US IPO
Avalon bitcoin miner maker Canaan Creative has just formally filed for a $400 million US IPO.
Canaan chairman Kong Jianping

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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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As Lightning's Economy Takes Shape, Devs Are Split on Proposed Fee Hike
At the lightning network's inaugural conference in Berlin, the future economics of the bitcoin payment technology took center stage.
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