Tencent’s Survey: 51% of Top Chinese Economists Support a Central Bank Digital Currency

Feb 2, 2019

A recent survey conducted by Tencent's fintech think tank reveals that top economists in China are divided over the impact of blockchain technology and whether the central bank should issue a state-backed digital currency, according to Jiemian News. Tencent's fintech think tank on Wedn...

Alipay Empowers Pakistan’s First Blockchain Remittances

Jan 10, 2019

Ant Financial (formerly known as Alipay), the payment affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has updated its cross-border remittance processes. On Jan 8, Tariq Bajwa, governor of State Bank of Pakistan announced the launch of the country’s first blockchain-based international...

Chinese Governmental Research Institution Launches Top 10 Public Blockchain in 2018

Jan 7, 2019

China’s Center for Information and industry development (CCID) has launched its ranking for 2018 top 10 public blockchains in basic tech last Friday. Most popular public blockchain projects including BitShares, EOS, Ethereum, Ripple and Stellar are all upon the list. The CCI...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

2019 Year of Blockchain Use Cases, Experts say

Dec 14, 2018

As 2018 draws to an end, some industry experts who use blockchain technology have shared insight on what to expect of the budding technology in the coming year. Though their views cut across several aspects of the crypto industry, they agree that blockchain would see an implementation trend in 201...