The proposed testing of China's central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Suzhou is going to involve the fintech arm of JD.com accepting digital yuan as payment for some prod…

With the majority of China's vast government spending copious amounts of time and money into pushing for the development of blockchain technology, it was only a matter of t…

Parallel to the massive government-led initiative to boost blockchain development in the country, Chinese private companies are also taking the lead when it comes to blockc…

Alibaba-affiliated fintech giant Ant Financial has recently set up an X plan to expand its talent pool in blockchain. The plan is intended to grow its reserve of blockchain…

The global shipping industry is set to see a massive, top-to-bottom digital transformation thanks in large to the latest partnerships established in the ecosystem. Accordin…

With new cases of blockchain use emerging almost every day around the world, we are yet to see how blockchain technology will be changing our daily life. While large corpor…

China took the lead in blockchain-based patent applications in 2019, according to a joint report from Chinese outlet IPR Daily and global patent database IncoPat. The repor…

Ant Financial, a spin-off of Chinese e-commerce giant Alipay and akin to PayPal in the U.S., has launched a consortium blockchain platform which enables developers and smal…

Alibaba DAMO Academy, the e-commerce giant's $15 billion global research institution, published its prediction of 10 key trends that will hit their stride in the new year o…

Alibaba Group's Ant Financial, the Chinese online payment firm formerly known as Alipay said it may apply for a digital banking license in Singapore, a move that would add …