China News

Insights on policy shifts, CBDC pilots, mining trends, and the broader impact on global crypto markets.

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Ethereum to onboard 1.4B new users as Chinese AliPay megacorp launches own L2

Ant Group's Ethereum-based Jovay aims for 100k transactions per second, potentially transforming global finance infrastructure.

6 months ago

Regulation

China outlaws crypto fundraising, offenders could face jail sentences

China has criminalized raising funds using crypto–the country’s top court said in a new interpretation of national law.

4 years ago

Stablecoins

Tether latest reserve attestation shows slash in commercial paper

Tether’s treasury bills and money market allocation increased significantly by 77.6% and 200%, respectively.

4 years ago

NFTs

Chinese NFT project Bored Wukong accused of monkey business

Bored Wukong, a Chinese NFT project that looks awfully reminiscent of mega-popular Bored Apes, called out for plagiarism.

4 years ago

Mining

Bitcoin mining difficulty increased today, hitting a new ATH

As a programmatic consequence of the Bitcoin network hitting a new all-time-high in total hash rate in the beginning of this year, the Bitcoin mining difficulty was adjusted to a new all-time-high today.

4 years ago

Banking

Op-Ed: The fallacies of the Bitcoin energy debate

An increasingly common critique of crypto is the notion that Bitcoin mining accelerates climate change. This claim is inaccurate.

4 years ago

NFTs

China preps infrastructure for state-backed NFTs

China’s state-backed network won’t be compatible with external NFTs.

4 years ago

Adoption

Why China’s crackdown on mining is actually good for Bitcoin

The ban on Proof-of-Work mining in China helped turn Bitcoin into a more resilient network.

4 years ago

CBDCs

China enters 2022 with a first-mover advantage on the CBDC front

China’s central bank is rushing to finalize the country’s CBDC plans and releases trial versions of digital yuan wallet applications on mobile phone app stores.

4 years ago