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Digital Yuan Launch Draws Near: JD.com Employees Paid in e-CNY, Tencent, Ant, Mastercard Engage With PBoC
4.5.2021
China, the world’s most populous country, has jumped leaps and bounds in comparison to a great number of other countries when it comes to the creation of a central bank digital currency. As each day passes, China’s digital yuan is seemingly getting closer to large-scale adoption,...
Ant Group highlights private sector's role in developing digital yuan
26.4.2021
Major tech and commerce firms have been instrumental in helping China's central bank develop the digital yuan
China’s digital yuan os backup to AliPay and WeChat Pay, says official
26.3.2021
Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay reportedly account for 98% of the mobile payment market in China
Chinese holding firm Ping An overtakes Tencent in blockchain patents race
15.3.2021
Ant Group remains the world’s biggest blockchain patentee, while IBM is considered to be the most cited developer of patents in the industry
China’s CBDC is about domestic dominance, not beating the dollar
26.2.2021
The notion of China racing to launch a CBDC that will end U.S. monetary supremacy doesn't hold up if you look at the facts on the ground
Law Decoded: Of ICBMs, BTC and ETFs, Feb. 5–12
12.2.2021
Exploring where national security meets securities offerings in this week's crypto news
China releases final anti-monopoly rules targeting major tech and payments firms
8.2.2021
China's market regulator finalizes rules that have been three months in the making
Report: Ant Group to overhaul structure per agreement with China authorities
3.2.2021
Several of Ant Group’s offerings including the blockchain division will reportedly become part of a financial holding company
Jack Ma resurfaces in new video after an almost 3-month ‘disappearance’
20.1.2021
A representative for the Jack Ma Foundation confirmed to reporters that the businessman had “participated in the online ceremony of the annual Rural Teacher initiative event on January 20.”
Is China Poised to Nationalize Alibaba?
12.1.2021
The International Business Times reports China might nationalize Alibaba. Here’s what that has to do with China’s digital currency efforts
Trump bans Chinese payment apps, including AliPay and WeChat Pay
6.1.2021
The trade war with China homes in on the country's thriving digital payments industry
Goldman Sachs Expects Digital Yuan to Reach 1B Users Within 10 Years
20.11.2020
Goldman Sachs predicts China’s digital yuan will attract 1 billion users within a decade, helping China’s commercial banks compete with fintech companies
Alibaba’s Jack Ma praises the disruptive nature of digital currencies
26.10.2020
The current conservative international financial system doesn't suit young people or young economies, says Ma
China's Ant Group releases digital copyright platform on AntChain
22.10.2020
The platform is just the latest product in the fintech's long-evolving blockchain solutions
Asia Games 2022 Tickets to Be Issued on Alibaba-run Blockchain Network
16.10.2020
Sports fans heading to the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, will need to make use of blockchain technology – with organizers of the two-week-long competition set to issue all tickets using a blockchain network.
Per China News, the organizers have struck a deal with Demai, an online ticketing...
Trump Administration Said to Mull Putting Digital Payments Giant Ant Group on Trade Blacklist: Report
14.10.2020
The move comes as Ant, a global leader in digital payments, is readying to go public in what could be an offering worth up to a record $35 billion
Cardano's real competition is not who you'd expect, says new Cardano Foundation CEO
30.9.2020
Hint: It's not a blockchain company
Ants Accelerate – Alibaba’s Blockchain Arm Goes into Overdrive
25.9.2020
Ant Group, the blockchain and e-pay subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is accelerating its business operations with the launch of a new cross-border trade blockchain platform, stepping up its bid to go public – and has sealed a key deal with the busiest container port on the planet.
Ant...
The US is number one...in blockchain patents
20.9.2020
But the company with the most patents isn’t even American
Report: Blockchain Patents ‘Skyrocket’ in 2020, Alibaba Owns the Most Crypto Patents
20.9.2020
A study from the team at Kisspatent shows that Alibaba Group is the largest blockchain patent holder in 2020 capturing 10x the number of patents held by IBM. The report notes that blockchain patents “are skyrocketing” this year and so far in 2020, there’s been more distributed...