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Crypto
Bitrue highlights 8-year ties with Cardano, but XRP still dominates
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue marked its eighth anniversary by highlighting its long history of supporting Cardano and said the project had been with it from the start. It said it listed ADA at launch in 2018, moved early to support Cardano native tokens and introduced ADA as a base currency. Bitrue also cited technical work and ecosystem participation. Data showed ADA accounts for a small share of Bitrue trading and reserves, while XRP dominates.
People & Appointments
LG Chem\'s Kim Se-hyun, Emtech\'s Choi Yang-il win July Korea Engineer Award
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Industrial Technology Association said on July 13 that Kim Se-hyun of LG Chem and Choi Yang-il of Emtech were selected as July winners of the Korea Engineer Award. The award recognizes engineers who contribute at technology sites and includes a deputy prime minister\'s award and 5 million won in prize money. Kim developed mass-production technology for carbon nanotubes for secondary batteries. Choi was recognized for localising photoresist filling equipment.
Industry
LG Energy Solution first global battery maker to top 100,000 patent applications
LG Energy Solution has become the first battery company to surpass 100,000 patent applications globally, the company said on Saturday. As of last month, it had about 59,000 registered patents and more than 100,000 patent applications. It said it invested 1.33 trillion won in R&D last year after first exceeding 1 trillion won in annual R&D spending in 2023, and cited patents spanning materials, electrode design, cells, packs, BMS and manufacturing.
