• Steem Justin Sun under the bus
    Alt coins,  People,  Technology

    Huobi, Binance throw Justin Sun under the bus

    The two exchanges have essentially repudiated their support of the mega-marketing Tron CEO’s hostile takeover of the Steem blockchain

    Facing widespread anger from the Steem community, two leading cryptocurrency exchanges have thrown Tron Foundation CEO Justin Sun under the bus after initially supporting his hostile takeover of the Steem blockchain.

  • Huobi’s regulator-friendly financial blockchain money laundering
    Regulation

    Huobi’s regulator-friendly financial blockchain launches beta

    Huobi’s regulator-friendly financial blockchain framework is aimed at DeFi applications ranging from payments and tokenized assets to lending and identity verification systems, according to a release. It also can host distributed exchanges (DEX) and private blockchains, among other services.

  • Seriously people, it’s Warren Buffet; can’t somebody wear a tie?
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    Justin Sun finally eats his $4.6 million meal with Warren Buffet

    Tron’s hype-happy founder quietly broke bread with the Oracle of Omaha for a rescheduled charity dinner two weeks ago

    Despite his reputation as an aggressive marketer, Sun made the belated announcement in a 12-part Twitter thread on Feb. 6, highlighting a receipt signed by Buffet for the $615.05 meal.

  • Huobi Global has launched an institutional brokerage (via Huobi).
    Cryptocurrencies

    Huobi Brokerage launches, targets institutional clients

    Huobi Group’s new digital asset brokerage platform also targets high net worth individuals

    Ciara Sun, Vice President of Global Business at Huobi Group, said 2020 is the beginning of the “next phase of crypto. 2019 brought the first wave of institutional interest but 2020 is when we expect to see the industry mature with growing demand.”