China Goes After the Cryptocurrency Market with ICO Ban
Last week, the value of crypto tokens OmiseGO (OMG) and Qtum passed the $1 billion mark, making them the first initial coin offering (or ICO) unicorns on the Ethereum market. Seattle FinTech app developers with their fingers on the pulse of the crypto market knew that this day would come, but it has happened so […]
Farewell Online Anonymity as China Scales Up Great Firewall
Last month, we wrote about Apple’s troubling compliance with the Chinese government’s rules about VPNs. Many Toronto iOS app developers saw Apple’s decision to remove VPNs from the Chinese App Store as a sign that the company is putting its business relationship with China above its so-called principles. On a practical level, this makes sense; […]
Apple Assists Chinese Government with Its Crackdown on VPNs
Apple is the largest company in the world by market valuation, thanks in large part to its controversial relationship with China. Other than the United States, China is Apple’s largest market, and the company has had to fight in recent years to hold onto its business there. The Chinese government continues to crack down on […]