| Venezuela enacts laws governing all Bitcoin mining activities; Kusama parachain auction precedes Polkadot parachain auction

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Venezuela Enacts Law Regulating All Bitcoin Mining Activities
Venezuelan authorities issued a decree on Monday that states that bitcoin mining in Venezuela must be controlled by the state, requiring all bitcoin miners to join a national mining pool and regulate all aspects of their activities. ASIC manufacturing, mining farm construction, equipment import and distribution of funds will all be regulated by laws issued by the National Supervision and Administration of Cryptoassets and Related Activities (SUNACRIP). Additionally, Venezuela has established the Register of Miners (RIM), which will process licenses online. (Decrypt)
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Bitcoin-Related Art and NFTs to be Auctioned at Christie's
Christie's New York will auction off part of an art project, Portraits of a Mind, consisting of 40 paintings that contain transcriptions of the code behind the bitcoin blockchain. Auctions of 20 such paintings from the project will begin on "Block 21" and will take place at Christie's in New York on October 7. Created by the Robert Alice project, the first half (Block 0 to 20) of the painting is privately offered to collectors and is currently held by some of the biggest names in the blockchain industry, including Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, Bloq Chairman Matthew Roszak, Coinscrum founder Paul Gordon et al. (CoinDesk)
Polkadot founder: Kusama parachain auction will be held before Polkadot parachain auction
Bitcoin-Related Art and NFTs to be Auctioned at Christie's
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Argentinian savers buy cryptocurrencies to hedge against falling peso
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The founding meeting of the Hebei Blockchain Alliance was held in Shijiazhuang on September 23. Leaders of relevant departments in Hebei Province, well-known blockchain experts, Chinese Academy of Sciences Software Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Computing, Xiongan Blockchain Laboratory, Xinhuanet, Hebei News 62 initiators such as the Internet and other organizations and representatives of 17 alliance committees attended the meeting. The Hebei Provincial Blockchain Alliance is initiated by the Hebei Provincial Academy of Sciences and is committed to a communication and sharing platform for blockchain technology innovation and industrial development. (Hebei News Network)
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Chengdu released the country's first blockchain physical gold
On September 23, under the guidance of the Chengdu Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau, the "2020 Gold Technology Innovation Roundtable Conference" hosted by the Chengdu Gold Industry Development Promotion Association was held in Chengdu. A gold product of the BSN blockchain initiated by the National Information Center on the chain. (Red Star News)
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Block chain comprehensive solution service provider Xita Technology has completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing
Encrypted trading platform Robinhood raises $660 million in Series G round
Encrypted trading platform Robinhood raises $660 million in Series G round
Ethereum analytics platform Dune Analytics raises $2 million led by Dragonfly Capital
RockX launches a $20 million investment plan to support Polkadot's ecological development in the next five years
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Blockchain venture capital fund Alphabit invests in open financial platform DeFiner
VietnamThe open financial platform DeFiner announced that it has received investment from blockchain venture capital fund Alphabit. The specific amount has not yet been disclosed. DeFiner is a completely decentralized encrypted asset savings, financing, and payment platform. The team was established in the United States in 2018 and won the US Fintech Challenge in 2019. (Prnewswire)
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