Bitcoin
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Major crypto exchanges' Weibo accounts blocked, that's not a good sign
The Weibo accounts of Huobi, OKEx, and Binance have all been blocked on Thursday, which could signal that cryptocurrency investors may have to start worrying that something bad may be about to happen next.
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Chinese online sports lottery firm transforms itself into bitcoin mining company
500.com was originally an online lottery trading platform that provided lottery ticket buying services such as soccer and sports lottery tickets, as well as related consulting, tools, and communities.
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Chinese beauty app Meitu spends $40 million on Ether and Bitcoin
Meitu has spent $40 million on cryptocurrency purchases, including 15,000 units ($22.1 million) of Ether and 379.1214267 units ($17.9 million) of Bitcoin.
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Chinese game operator buys 26,000 Bitcoin miners to gain 0.36% of world's computing power
The9 Limited, China's earliest World of Warcraft distributor, announced that it has signed a legally binding memorandum of understanding with five mining machine owners to purchase 26,007 Bitcoin mining machines.
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GAC NIO says it becomes first automaker in China to accept payments in Bitcoin, then deletes post
GAC NIOannounced on Weibo today that it will accept Bitcoin payments for car purchases, the first of its kind in China.
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A major Chinese bank issues offshore bond that accepts payment with Bitcoin
China Construction Bank, one of the country's big four state-owned banks, has partnered with a digital exchange to raise up to $3 billion from a sale of bond that individuals and institutions can trade with US dollars or Bitcoin.
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SMIC is rumored to be making chips for virtual currency mining
A 14nm chip for virtual currency mining jointly manufactured by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) and Canaan Technology has completed testing and will be mass-produced and shipped in the second quarter of this year, according to Laoyaoba.com.
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Baidu engineer sentenced to 3 years in jail for using its server to mine Bitcoin
From mining, selling Bitcoins to being sentenced to 3 years, this was the experience of a former Baidu employee in just 7 months.