New research from Florida Atlantic University and the University of Mississippi suggests that blockchains with "full" blocks and transaction queues provide an extra layer of protection against fraudsters and money launderers. The study, titled "Bitcoin Blocksize, Custodial Security, and Price," examines the Mt.Gox crash and other instances of cryptocurrency theft from exchanges. The researchers found that cybercriminals prefer to launder stolen bitcoin quickly, and that full blocks act as a deterrent to hackers and scammers by signaling network congestion and a rise in network security that affects bitcoin price. The study also found that block fullness is 20% lower on average during incidents of cryptocurrency breaches or fraud.

On the afternoon of the 24th, the "Digital Economy Lecture Hall" blockchain special session seminar of the Hainan Free Trade Port and the release conference of the Haikou City Blockchain Development White Paper were held. At the press conference, it was learned that the white paper summarized and analyzed the problems and challenges faced by the development of the Haikou City blockchain from the overall development status, the development conditions, and the development effectiveness, and referred to the development experience of other regions' blockchain, proposing development ideas and application prospects. In early 2022, Haikou City was approved as a comprehensive pilot area for national blockchain innovation and application, and the development of the Haikou City blockchain has entered a substantial acceleration stage. The Fuxingcheng Internet Information Industry Park, as a provincial key industrial park, is also the main carrier park for promoting the development of the blockchain industry in our city, with a total of 52 registered blockchain companies. The Haikou City blockchain industry has initially formed a breakthrough, and multiple "blockchain+" application scenarios have landed. It is reported that the "Haikou City Blockchain Industry Development White Paper" was led by the Haikou City Science and Technology Bureau, and the China Unicom Research Institute and the China Unicom (Hainan) Innovation Research Institute were responsible for compiling it.

Since the beginning of this year, the People's Court of Qingjiangpu District, Huai'an City has taken information technology and intelligent construction as a powerful means to promote judicial law enforcement work and the construction of judicial police teams. They have focused on building a "smart police integrated platform" by using technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain. Through informationization, intelligence, visualization and other means, they have built a smart judicial law enforcement construction and application system for the people's court, providing strong security guarantees for the smooth progress of the court's trial and enforcement work.

Guardio Labs, a cybersecurity firm, has identified a new threat called "EtherHiding" that targets WordPress websites. The attack involves embedding malicious code into blockchain contracts to siphon off partial payments. The attackers can modify their code and attack methods, making it difficult for traditional defense mechanisms to keep up.

TowneSquare is a Web 3 native social network “everything” app that Bixin Ventures invested in. The TowneSquare team is building an ecosystem of application and infrastructural primitives to enable the value network experience described above.

European encryption fund Eureka Partners has raised $40 million, with full participation from Nordic Venture Innovations AB. The funds raised by Eureka Partners will be used to accelerate its development in the blockchain and cryptocurrency fields. 

Blockchain tool and infrastructure developer Nethermind has announced on social media that the Nethermind client v1.20.4 has been launched. Due to the unsuccessful first launch of the Holesky network, it is scheduled to be restarted on September 28 at 12:00 UTC (8:00 PM Beijing time), with an epoch time of 1695902400.

2023 Shanghai Blockchain International Week and Global Blockchain Summit hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab, Wanxiang Blockchain Chairman Xiao Feng delivered a welcome speech, stating that the theme of this summit is "Next Stop, Web3", which includes blockchain, the internet, metaverse, AIGC, and not only technology but also innovative business models, organizational forms, economic mechanisms, and financial models.

Global blockchain mainnet XPLA, in which Com2uS Group participated, announced a strategic partnership with Web3 infrastructure company "Nefta". Through the partnership with Nefta, "NeftaToolbox", which includes basic functions for Web3 game development, has been connected to the Xpla mainnet, creating a simple development environment. It supports various Web3 technology infrastructures, including the creation and distribution of tokens and NFTs.

The recent finance and fintech news has caused uncertainty for some financial institutions and digital assets skeptics, but it has also led to a shift from blind confidence to educated optimism regarding cutting-edge financial technologies, particularly DLT. Institutional investors are increasingly recognizing the potential of blockchain technology, with a large majority believing in its potential for finance and planning to increase their allocations to the digital asset sector in the coming year.