[today in history] June 18: JD was born; The online store platform Etsy was established; Facebook releases Libra white paper

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It's today 2022 year 6 month 18 Japan , stay 2007 Years of today , Youku has reached cooperation with Xunlei , Xunlei will obtain more video distribution copyrights . The cooperation between Youku and Xunlei is not limited to this . Previously, youku.com has cooperated with Shanda 、 Baidu in the game video , And cooperation in the search field . Review the history of the Internet 6 month 18 Japan , Today, there is also a far-reaching company , Let's go back to 1998 year , Look at the e-commerce website competition in that era .

1998 year 6 month 18 Japan ： Jingdong was born

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JD group is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing . Mainly for B2C Pattern of shopping websites , On 2014 In, it was listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange . The company was founded by liuqiangdong in 1998 year 6 month 18 Founded in Japan , Its retail platform was established in 2004 Annual online . It started as an online magneto-optical store , But it soon became diverse , Selling electronics 、 mobile phone 、 Computers and similar products .2007 year 6 month , The company renamed the domain name as 360buy.com,2013 Renamed as jd.com. It is reported that , The purchase cost of the latter is 500 Thousands of dollars . meanwhile , Jingdong has announced a new logo and mascot . It is partially owned by Tencent , Tencent owns the company 20% Shares of .

2014 year , Tencent acquired JD in cash 15% Equity of , Take photos of its e-commerce business 、QQ The shares of online shopping and Yixun are transferred to JD , To build a stronger competitor of Alibaba . 2015 year , JD and Tencent announced the launch of “ Beijing Teng plan ” , This is a combination of the names of the two companies , It will provide merchants with complete brand solutions and link JD consumption data with Tencent social data , Improve the marketing effect . JD offers online shopping , And claimed “ Cheap and fine ” and “ customers first ”. The Jingteng plan has made progress in three areas ： JD owns about 1.7 Billion e-commerce platform users , Tencent has the largest wechat and mobile phone in China QQ user . The program integrates consumer behavior data and social data .

2021 At the beginning of year , JD established JD technology , The business is mainly JD cloud and artificial intelligence . Now , JD also uses drones 、 Autonomous technology and robotics have invested in high-tech and artificial intelligence delivery , And has the largest UAV delivery system in the world 、 Infrastructure and capacity . It recently began testing robotic delivery services and building drone delivery airports , And launched its first automated truck to operate driverless delivery . Once a year “6.18” The promotion Festival is here again , While consumers are constantly shopping , Logistics staff are also facing a sharp increase in workload ; When do you think AI delivery will be popularized in China ？ Welcome to share your insights in the comments area .

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2005 year 6 month 18 Japan ： Online store platform Etsy establish

Etsy It is an American online store platform , The main feature is the sale of finished handicrafts , Used to be used by the New York Times and eBay,Amazon Compare , Known as the “ Grandma 's basement collection ”（Rooting Around Grandma’s Basement in Cyberspace）.2005 year 6 month 18 Japan ,Robert Kalin,Chris Maguire and Haim Schoppik Set up the Etsy Website ; Its predecessor was a company called iospace A small company . Then there are Matthew Stinchcomb（French Kicks Website founder ） and Jay Nuzzolillo,Simon Forman And Alex Somma Join in . Investors are Union Square Ventures also Flickr And Del.icio.us The founder of .

stay 2007 year 5 month ,Etsy The sales of the website reached 170 Thousands of dollars .7 month 29 Japan ,Etsy Up to onemillion sales , And expect to be in 2007 year 12 We can achieve twomillion dollars of sales in the middle of the month .2007 year 11 month , A total of Etsy The buyer spent US $4.3 million on about 300000 items Etsy The goods published in , In the same year 10 Monthly comparison , Grow up 43%. The station was originally expected to 2007 year 6 The month can begin to make a profit , But it was not until the 2007 Year of 12 month ,Etsy Are still a website company with no profit revenue .

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2007 Years later, , By charging a handling fee for displayed goods ,Etsy Began to have a profit revenue . Each item is charged us $ 20 branch , Such as selling goods , The price of the goods will be charged 3.5% The handling charge ; Most of the Etsy The price of our products is in US dollars $15 To $20 Yuan Jian , And most of the sellers are women . at present Etsy There is a permanent office in Brooklyn, New York City , be called “Etsy Lab”. all Etsy Public relations of 、 This office is responsible for sales promotion and finance . 2011 year 9 month ,Etsy Sell... In a single month 2340 10000 items , At present, there are 1.1 million registered users in 150 countries , And has climbed to Alexa Top 200 websites in the world .

2020 year 4 month ,Etsy Call all sellers on the website , Ask them to start making masks to fight the epidemic . Masks accounted for about% of total merchandise sales in the third quarter 11％, About... Sold 2400 ten thousand . stay 2020 year COVID-19 During the pandemic ,Etsy Its share price has more than quadrupled . D.A. Davidson Tom Forte The stock analyst of said , The pandemic gives customers the incentive to return to the website many times , Instead of the usual occasional purchase of a unique product .2021 year 6 month 2 Japan ,Etsy Declare to agree to 16.3 $billion acquisition of shopping apps Depop. This June ,Etsy It was also announced that it would be in 8 In June, the company launched a purchase protection plan for both buyers and sellers . The company said , Damage on arrival 、 Items that do not arrive or do not match the description will be returned to the buyer in full .Etsy It was also reported that , It will invest 2500 Million dollars to pay the seller for the refund without fault for the damage or loss of the goods .

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2019 year 6 month 18 Japan ：Facebook Release Libra white paper

Libra It's a kind of Facebook Proposed “ Cryptocurrency ”, It is intended to build a simple 、 Borderless virtual currency . Its core feature is , Based on blockchain Technology , Backed by asset reserves , from Libra The founding members manage .Libra Plans to 2020 Issued in , However, due to many disputes, the plan was suspended .2020 year 12 month ,Libra Renamed Diem,Libra The association was renamed Diem association . By 2020 year 12 month ,Diem The association has 27 Members .2022 year 1 month ,Diem The association began to dissolve , According to the report at that time ,Diem Our assets are represented by 2 It was sold to the California based company for $billion Silvergate Capital.

Blockchain technology is the domain of financial technology and even the whole industry IT Major technological innovations in the field . This technology is essentially based on data encryption 、 Based on basic technologies such as timestamp and distributed consensus algorithm , Realize chain storage 、 Distributed ledger technology with advanced functions such as smart contracts and privacy protection . Why? Facebook Will encounter Waterloo in this new field ？ Let's go back a long time ago 2017 year .

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Morgan Beller On 2017 Year begins Facebook Parent company Meta Study cryptocurrency and blockchain , This person was originally Meta The only staff of the blockchain program .Meta Vice President, David A. Marcus On 2018 year 5 Month from Facebook Messenger Move to a new blockchain Department . A few days later , of Facebook The first report of the plan for cryptocurrency appeared , from Marcus be responsible for . To 2019 year 2 month , existing 50 Many engineers are engaged in this project .2019 year 5 month , confirm Facebook Plan to use a cryptocurrency , It was also called “GlobalCoin” or “Facebook Coin”. Project on 2019 year 6 month 18 Officially announced on , The name is Libra.

2019 year 7 month 15 Japan ,Facebook Declare that all regulatory issues have been resolved and Libra get “ Appropriate approval ” Before , The currency will not be introduced .2019 year 9 month 18 Japan , mark · Zuckerberg promise , Not approved by U.S. regulators ,Libra It will not be launched anywhere in the world .2019 year 10 month , A number of companies began to leave Libra association ：PayPal On 10 month 4 Day out ,eBay、 Mastercard 、Stripe、Visa and Mercado Pago On 10 month 11 Day out ,Booking Holdings On 10 month 14 Day out . Overall speaking , The project has aroused the regulatory authorities of various countries and the public as well as the public's sovereignty over the currency 、 Financial stability 、 Strong opposition to privacy and antitrust issues , Eventually lead to being strangled . What do you think about digital currency ？ Welcome to share your insights in the comments area .

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