DGLD, a network with more than $20M in investment grade gold allocated in Swiss vaults and secured using Bitcoin, has launched and is now available for purchase exclusively on The PIT, Blockchain.com's cryptocurrency exchange. DGLD is a digital asset (token) created by CoinShares, Europe's Largest Digital Asset Manager, Blockchain.com, the most trusted platform for cryptocurrency products, and MKS (Switzerland) SA, part of the world's most trusted gold group.

OKEx, the world's largest spot and futures digital asset exchange by trading volume, today announced a partnership with FirmaChain, a blockchain-based electronic contract platform. Through this partnership, customers can use OKEx's global utility token, OKB, for purchases on FirmaChain. In addition, FirmaChain's FCT token will be listed on OKEx on December 18, 2019

On Dec 10 2019, the world leading crypto exchange OKEx launched OKB Ecosystem Monthly Report. According to the report, OKB ecosystem made great progress mainly on two aspects: transaction and new use cases expanding. OKB is newly listed on five C2C exchanges covering major countries and areas recently. In addition to that, the number of OKB new use cases reached 36, including 11 platform-empowered use cases and 25 external use cases.

As a founding co-organizer of the Hainan Free Trade Zone & Global Digital Economic Forum, Huobi Group today shared key takeaways from the forum which commenced on the morning of December 5th. During the forum, notable Chinese government officials gave opening speeches commenting on the development of blockchain in mainland China. Prominent government officials expanded on details of Hainan and Greater China as a whole.

Fight to Fame BMS has successfully signed a contract with BKEX, one of the top crypto exchanges in the world. BKEX is designated as the world 's first exchange to launch FF Tokens, and it is a highlight in the global cryptocurrency industry. This has caused many investment institutions in the global cryptocurrency industry to pay close attention to the cooperation between Fight to Fame BMS and BKEX.

Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) ("Ideanomics" or the "Company"), Mobile Energy Global (MEG) division has today announced its planned expansion into two additional key areas of Electric Vehicle (EV) enablement, including energy storage and energy management solutions, and the trading of manufacturing components essential in the future development of battery technology, such as Graphene.

nChain, the global leader in advisory, research and development of enterprise blockchain technologies, today announced that digital entrepreneur Calvin Ayre will join the company's Strategic Advisory Board based on his longstanding involvement in the Bitcoin sector. Ayre will also be making a sizeable investment in nChain to further its role as a leader in development of enterprise-grade blockchain solutions.

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) ("Riot" or the "Company"), one of the few Nasdaq listed public cryptocurrency mining companies in the United States, announced the purchase of 3,000 next generation Bitmain S17 Pro Antminers for approximately USD $5 million from BitmainTech PTE. LTD. ("Bitmain"). This upgrade was funded from Riot's available cash on hand.

Steemit, the first and largest blockchain-based social network, has released their ground-breaking token-launching protocol, Smart Media Tokens (SMTs), on a testnet. With SMTs, anyone can launch a powerful cryptocurrency with 3-second fee-less transfers, without having to write a single line of code. SMTs also feature trust-less ICOs.

In partnership with the Department of Industry and Information of Hainan Province and the Hainan Resort Software Community, Huobi Group today announced the 'Hainan Free Trade Port International Cooperation Forum on Digital Economy and Blockchain,' a global gathering of top government officials being held on December 5th and 6th at the Ritz Carlton and Renaissance Hotel in Haikou, Hainan Province, China.