Mayor reveals $108M plan for blockchain smart city in Seoul
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is planning to invest KRW123.3 billion ($108 million) to turn the South Korean capital into a blockchain-powered smart city.
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon is planning to invest KRW123.3 billion ($108 million) to turn the South Korean capital into a blockchain-powered smart city.
Bithumb DEX will target global cryptocurrency markets, and is being developed in partnership with One Root Network, which has already pioneered its own DEX which launched earlier this year.
The proposal for blockchain industry, as well as cryptocurrency exchanges, that would see entities in the spaces be permanently added to the government’s official list of certified venture firms has now been shot down.
The inaugural Block Seoul 2018 kicked off in South Korea last September 16, delivering discussions mostly centering on Korea’s crypto industry as well as blockchain technology and its footprints in certain industries, couple with a few dialogues about cryptocurrencies.
Coinnest CEO Kim Ik-hwan and COO Cho have received a total of KRW1 billion ($890,000) worth of BTC and S Coin from the latter’s CEO, a man also named Kim, in exchange for S Coin’s “unfair” listing on the exchange.
Squire is very pleased to announce Gaonchips as our design house and Samsung Electronics as our chosen foundry partner to manufacture our ASIC chips in Korea.
On the third and final day of Block Seoul conference, a panel of media and PR practitioners discussed the role of mass media and marketing to spread the message about the blockchain industry.
Kakao affiliate Dunamu, which operates South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, is gearing up to open a Singapore-based exchange in October.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales joined a strong panel on the future of cybersecurity at the day 2 conference of the Block Seoul 2018. Moderated by BTCC Founder Bobby Lee, the panel discussed the challenges of cybersecurity within the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem.
At the Block Seoul 2018 conference, a panel of investors and innovators came together to discuss what cryptocurrency is and define whether it is an asset class.
Two of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea are requiring accounts to provide real names before allowing withdrawals in Korean won.
The Korea Customs Service (KCS) is tapping tech giant Samsung’s blockchain technology for its customs clearance system.