China’s central bank digital currency, or CBDC, will provide backup for major retail payment services like AliPay and WeChat Pay as its key objective, according to an official at the People’s Bank of China.Mu Changchun, head of...
Read MoreChinese holding conglomerate Ping An Group filed the largest number of blockchain-related patents in 2020, according to a new report.Intellectual property-focused magazine Intellectual Asset Management has released a report on...
Read MoreFor the past several years, the trade war between China and the U.S. has been at the center of international relations, with technology playing an outsized role.Within crypto, advancing interest in central bank digital...
Read MoreEvery Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor’s noteA wise man once said, “there’s security and there’re securities,”...
Read MoreChina has finalized new guidelines to aid in antitrust battle against tech giants. On Feb. 7, the State Administration for Market Regulation released finalized rules for its anti-monopoly push against e-commerce and...
Read MoreAnt Group, the financial affiliate of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, has reportedly reached an agreement with Chinese regulators over the company’s status.According to a Feb. 3 report by Bloomberg, Chinese regulators...
Read MoreJack Ma, the founder of Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, has made his first public appearance since October, bringing almost three months of intense speculation about his possible whereabouts to a close.In a new video...
Read MoreWith just two weeks left in office, President Donald Trump has sent out a new executive order targeting Chinese payment apps. The Tuesday order bars United States citizens or people located in the U.S. from using...
Read MoreJack Ma, the now-retired founder of Alibaba Group, recently spoke to a crowd of bankers and regulators at the Bund Summit in Shanghai about the role digital currencies will likely play in the future global financial...
Read MoreChinese fintech Ant Group — which is now poised to launch what could be the world’s largest initial public offering — has announced a new platform via its blockchain business. Ant Group spun out from e-commerce giant...
Read MoreFrederik Gregaard, the incoming CEO of the Cardano Foundation, shared his perspective on FinTech’s competitive landscape and major technology trends with Cointelegraph.Discussing competition, Gregaard said that the...
Read MoreDespite Alibaba filing more patents, the United States still takes the lead as the country with the most blockchain copyrights, a Sept. 17 report from intellectual property consultancy KISSPatent.The U.S. has 2,112 patents,...
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