Crypto and Blockchain News | Adrealm
November 8 — November 15, 2018
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In the effort to better suit the needs of our audience and of our industry, day by day, 一天比一天, we’re focusing on optimizing our Crypto and Blockchain News, to make them stand out from the crowd (and news buzz) in order to carefully analyze the trends in the mobile advertising industry as well as in the blockchain sector.
In nuce: We have further categorized our selected array of news in different subsections, as you can well see. Our World-Wide Hot Spots unit (WWHS) has now become some sort of Word-Wide Hots Spots & Mobile Industry Trends (WWHSMIS), which maybe sounds a bit too long and chaotic, but well, isn’t the world a messy place?
The highlight of the week: A sensational news on a Ban on Airdrops in China.
Ehm… really?
WORLD-WIDE HOT SPOTS
On Governments, Cryptos, and Blockchain
China: After the ICO ban, the Airdrops one follows..are we sure?
Cointelegraph
You must live under a rock to know that ICOs have been banned in the People’s Republic of China. You may also have heard a rumour on airdrops being banned soon.
Is it true?
We looked for the official news and/or law in Chinese, and we couldn’t find anything.
We checked the report (in Chinese) linked by Cointelegraph in their article, The China Financial Stability Report 2018, and here is what we discovered.
- It is not an official source but a report published by China’s Central Bank.
- We looked into the report, and we did find a synonym (免费“赠币) for Airdrop (kongtou 空头) indeed, where airdrops are called “disguised ICOs” (Part II, Paragraph IV “Recommendations”). They are defined as illegal activities indeed but only a brief paragraph (and not even the full section) is dedicated to it. Furthermore, note that it is under “Recommendations”.
Of course, the field of cryptocurrencies remains a grey area skirting the Chinese law; nonetheless, the claim that Airdrops will soon be banned still does not represent the reality of facts.
We’re ready to change our mind as soon as we’ll see the regulation but till now, none has been issued.
Foshan and Zhongshan, China, are using blockchain to track offenders on parole
CCN
China again, this time in regard to blockchain technology. In fact, two cities’ officials are using blockchain technology to identify the city of the offender.
You say yes, I say no…India-Crypto-Beatles
Cryptoslate
India says no to Crypto but it is more than ready to embrace blockchain technology, just like China.
South Korea bets on Blockchain
Cointelegraph
The South Korean Government to triplicate the funds to Blockchain Projects compared to 2018, reaching the considerable sum of 35 USD. They’ve so far chosen 6 out of the 72 projects for the public sector presented, and the fundings will soon support a total of 12 projects.
On Crypto and Blockchain Companies
EtherDelta crypto marketplace fined with $75,000
Bloomberg
The company has to pay a fine for having executed more than 3.6 million orders without registering as an exchange in addition to $313,000 in disgorgement and interest.
Ethereum blockchain exceeded 1TB
Hacker Noon
An insightful article written by StopAndDecrypt on why the Ethereum blockchain will have some issues in the near future. Ethereum itself had stated the limit of 1 TB was not to be exceeded, and promised it was not going to happen.
Ay ay.
Ripple brought to State Court, now trying to move to Federal Court
NewsBTC
Ripple’s odds of winning against a lawsuit that involves the company are still unclear; nonetheless, the strategic attempt to move the case to the Federal Court has been defined “brilliant”.
Recap: Why has Ripple XP been suited?
Ripple has been accused by some investors of “offering investors an unregistered security product (XRP) that has been maliciously manipulated by Ripple in order for them to maximize their profits from the distribution and sale of these tokens”.
“To Blockchain or not to Blockchain”
Forbes
Dante Disparte, founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a specialized strategy, and risk advisory firm focused on risk, readiness, resilience, and serving the board of the American Security Project, seems to have the right credentials to make some clarity on the risks and potential of blockchain technology.
On the Advertising Industry
Two-thirds spent on Digital Advertising
WSJ
According to a report issued by IAB, marketers channel their financial resources mainly into mobile advertising. $30.9 billion were spent on mobile advertising in the first half of 2018, 63% of the total digital expenditure, +9% in comparison to last year.
3 Predictions on the future of mobile app ad monetization
VentureBeat
You need to read the article to know what the three predictions are. No holy prophecies, but still worth noting.
A hint?
A.I. and machine learning will have an increasingly important role.
Cross-Platform And Mobile Advertising Market 2018–2023
Herald Keeper
Report on trends, structure, size, analysis, and outlook on the industry by WiseGuyReports.com
On Mobile Games and Mobile Tech
Mobile Games are the future
DigitalTrends
Making more than 50% of the global game revenue, mobile games are increasingly popular, especially in India, China, and the US.
Mobile Gaming 2.0 in India
Economic Times
The above-mentioned report by TheWiseGuyReports.com finds the Asian region to be the hot spot for mobile gaming. In connection to the report, here’s a short article on the smartphone competition to win the mobile games war.
The best Mobile Games for iOS and Android
Metro.co.uk
From Graveyard Smash to Element, from See/Saw to Castle Crush. If you love mobile games, GameCentral just released a list of the best games by November 2018.
Weekly Mobile Games Chart by PocketGamer
PocketGamer
Together with SensorTimer, PocketGame released the chart of the best mobile games of the week. The top spot belongs to Voodoo’s Fire Balls 3D, followed by Jagex, and OldSchool RuneScape.
The Indian Oscar-nominated animator who moved to the mobile gaming industry
PocketGamer.biz
The story of Sanatan Suryavanshi, the creator of The Breadwinner, who moved to the mobile industry and created Fracter together with 4L.
Ripokord building an interactive mobile game-show network
Variety.com
ripkord.tv is building the mobile game that will drive us all nuts by merging mobile gaming, live video and TV-style games show for a new kind of social game.
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