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Alibaba Predicts 10 Tech Trends for 2019: Faster Deployment of Blockchain Applications, Specialized AI Chips on the rise

Jan 3, 2019

From 5G technology and speech AI to blockchain and autonomous driving, Alibaba DAMO Academy---the e-commerce giant’s global research institution working on next-generation technologies---- published its prediction for the Top 10 tech trends in 2019 on Tuesday. According to the...

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KPMG Adds Four Blockchain Startups in Top China Fintech Company Index 2018

Dec 30, 2018

December 28, KPMG one of the ‘big four’ auditing firms has launched the Top Chinese Advanced Fintech Companies Index 2018. In addition to financial firms including Lufax and Baixin Bank, the Internet companies including Ant Financial Services Group, JD digital Digits (former...

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China Unveils a Blockchain Pilot Zone in Shanghai for Intelligent Manufacturing

Dec 29, 2018

Lingang, a seaside satellite town south of Shanghai, has recently launched a blockchain pilot zone with an aim to set up 15 blockchain-powered smart factories for intelligent manufacturing, according to ChinaZ.com. Sitting on the coast of Pudong, about 47 miles southeast of the center...

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China’s Blockchain Industry Scale Expected to Reach Over 800 Million In 2019

Dec 26, 2018

In the first half of 2018, there are 425 active blockchain enterprises in China with the industrial scale reaching 450 million yuan, and the number is expected to surpass 800 million yuan ($116 million) in 2019. In 2018, big Internet companies make the foray into blockchain one after another...

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Beijing Internet Court Launches a Judicial Blockchain System with Baidu

Dec 24, 2018

The Beijing internet court has recently announced a judicial blockchain system called the Scale Chain, or “ Tianping Chain” in Chinese, to store digital evidence, the Beijing News reported on Sunday. “Tianping Chain” is China’s leading blockchain-based platform for de...

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30% of Blockchain Stocks Have Been Investigated by Chinese Stock Exchanges in 2018

Dec 21, 2018

As cryptocurrencies are getting crushed during 2018, has the hype around blockchain died down in the mainland Chinese stock markets? Since January this year, a growing number of Chinese public companies---ranging from gaming companies to IT services firms---publicly link their busine...

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China Releases Four Domestic Blockchain Standards

Dec 20, 2018

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the nation's top industry regulator, released four domestic blockchain standards on December 19 as a way to propel development and implementation of blockchain technology in the country, according to Chinese-language interne...

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Blockchain Insight 2019: China’s Jan 4 Crypto Gathering in Hangzhou

Dec 20, 2018

The continuous blockchain fever has bred a large number of highly creative entrepreneurs and projects. They are becoming the future power and frontier walkers, pathfinders and disruptors of the times. To this end, 8BTC, along with TokenInsight, creates the Blockchain Insight 2019, in an ef...

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Shanghai Coal Exchange Complete the First Blockchain-Based Securitized Financing for Bulk Commodity

Dec 19, 2018

SHANGHAI DEC 18, 2018 – China’s first blockchain-powered securitized financing for bulk commodity has been successfully conducted by Shanghai Coal Exchange. The batch of business consists of six coal trade transactions, totaling 104,000 tons. The financing process was completed...

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49 % of Blockchain Patents in China Concentrated in Two Cities

Dec 14, 2018

Despite a nationwide clean-up of the cryptocurrency market and hard-handed policy towards  token-based fundraising activities, China’s blockchain crazy is in full swing. As of today, a total of 2,482 blockchain related patents ( including patent applications and granted patents) are fro...