Shanghai Man: Blockchain Week with Vitalik still happening, ‘Bitcoin’ searche...

Shanghai Man: Blockchain Week with Vitalik still happening, ‘Bitcoin’ searche...

This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industrys most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations.In this 30th edition of the Shanghai Man column, we preview the Wanxiang Shanghai Blockchain Week, an offline event that normally is the biggest blockchain conference on the Chinese calendar. Next week, despite all the regulatory crackdowns, the event is still planning to go ahead, albeit with a one-month delay from its usual place in mid-September.The flagship....


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