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LoserSwap's LOWB Is Badge of Honor for Self-Deprecating Chinese Crypto Traders

Bitcoin is for the establishment. LOWB is for losers.

A screenshot of the loser coin project's official website.

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Card-Based Digital Yuan Wallet Manufacturer to Use Fingerprint ID Tech

China’s Chutian Dragon, a smarts cards manufacturer, is reportedly making a card-based wallet for the digital yuan with fingerprint identification technology. “The Hash” panel weighs in on the global direction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), surveillance, and tracking.

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Card-Based Digital Yuan Wallet Manufacturer to Use Fingerprint ID Tech

The new digital yuan wallet will require users’ biometric information to enable payments.

Signage for the digital yuan

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Chinese Crypto Traders Are Pouncing on SHIB Coin Known as ‘Doge Killer’

The dogecoin phenomenon is spreading around the world. Just please read the woofpaper.

The Shiba inu token's website.

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SNL Lights Too Bright for Dogecoin; ESG Investments Join Crypto

Dogecoin flops after Elon Musk’s “SNL” hosting gig while it drives historic trading volumes in Indian cryptocurrency exchanges. Cryptocurrency’s carbon footprint concern gives way to ESG investment opportunities. Introducing biometrics into China’s DCEP testing could up the level of privacy concerns already shown by some.

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BCH Gets the Nod from Japan; Digital Yuan Travels to the Countryside

While Bitcoin Cash surges, we talked to a Japanese coffee shop owner who just started accepting BCH as payment yesterday. Buying bubble tea with a digital yuan China’s DCEP pilot program continues to expand. Police in Korea are told no to crypto, but who will police the police?

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Amazon Offers Mining in the Cloud for New Chia Cryptocurrency

Users in China can set up on AWS to "farm" Chia's XCH cryptocurrency.

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What's Ahead for Bitcoin Next Week?

Chinese bitcoin miners are back online after a series of coal mining accidents left them without power, and the Taproot upgrade is getting closer to implementation. "All About Bitcoin's" Week Ahead panel discusses what the crypto sphere can expect from bitcoin in the coming week.

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