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19 articles matching the search query.
Why is Hong Kong pushing crypto and web3?
Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars, and the zeitgeist has moved on from cryptocurrencies and web3. But the Hong Kong government is charging ahead with blockchain technologies.
September 14, 2023 Source: The China Project
Tencent dives into overseas blockchain projects in bid to rule the metaverse
Tencent has invested in Immutable, a Sydney-based NFT startup, as the Chinese tech giant looks to diversify into more blockchain opportunities overseas.
March 11, 2022 Source: The China Project
DeFi: Can decentralized finance defy China’s crypto controls?
Beijing has cracked down hard on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but China still has a thriving ecosystem of startups and entrepreneurs working on decentralized finance technology, or DeFi, based on the blockchain technology behind bitcoin.
October 27, 2021 Source: The China Project
Crypto crackdown: Three reasons why Beijing issued blanket ban on all trading and mining
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September 27, 2021 Source: The China Project
China’s Red New Deal: Tracking all the different crackdowns on companies going on right now
Updated October 26: The China Project’s tracker of all of China’s different crackdowns — now affecting 19 different industries or interest groups.
September 9, 2021 Source: The China Project
China’s private cryptocurrency sector effectively quashed after Sichuan mining ban, bank trading blocks
China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency mining has now shut down more than 90% of the country’s bitcoin production capacity, after a ban on mining in hydropower-rich Sichuan was put in place over the weekend. Additionally, the central bank moved to close remaining loopholes that allowed “cryptocurrency speculation.”
June 21, 2021 Source: The China Project
The two Chinese government moves that spooked the bitcoin market
China is continuing its ongoing restriction of cryptocurrency business and two recent announcements have added to global worries about the value of virtual money. But China’s cryptoheads are unlikely to change their plans.
May 19, 2021 Source: The China Project
Bitcoin mining is still huge in China despite new ban in Inner Mongolia
Since 2017, the Chinese government has imposed many regulations that have made life difficult for miners of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But they soldier on, and look set to prosper.
March 9, 2021 Source: The China Project
Beijing pushes digital currency amid fears of a dollar planet
China is on track to become the first country to launch a state-backed digital currency. Pilot testing is now being expanded beyond the four initial cities, and the Commerce Ministry wants to be ready for launch by the end of 2020.
August 14, 2020 Source: The China Project
Get ready for Beijing bitcoin
Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies, got a big boost in China last week. About two years after banning bitcoin exchanges and shutting down server farms that produced cryptocurrency in the country, China appears set to likely be the first country to launch its own sovereign digital currency.
November 4, 2019 Source: The China Project
A hotpot of mixed up news
In no particular order: The future of a bitcoin billionaire Bitmain is the dominant force in bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining in China, and therefore the…
August 14, 2018 Source: The China Project
Beijing aims to contain bitcoin boom, but does not ban mining
With the announcement of curbs on electricity use and, potentially, land-use and tax incentives that favor bitcoin miners, the Chinese government appears eager to discourage cryptocurrency production in China.
January 5, 2018 Source: The China Project
Bitcoin’s corpse: A prediction from China’s deputy central banker
Deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China Pan Gongsheng 潘功胜 told participants at a financial forum that China’s shutdown of bitcoin exchanges in September was…
December 5, 2017 Source: The China Project
Beijing brings the hammer down on cryptocurrency exchanges
Kaiser Kuo’s selection of the top stories from China on September 15, 2017. Part of the daily The China Project newsletter, a convenient package of China’s business, political, and cultural news delivered to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.
September 15, 2017 Source: The China Project
New Beijing regs take a bite out of Bitcoin
A summary of the top news in Chinese business and technology for September 5, 2017. Part of the daily The China Project newsletter, a convenient package of China’s business, political, and cultural news delivered to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.
September 5, 2017 Source: The China Project
A smiling president is censored
Jeremy Goldkorn’s selection of the top stories from China on June 15, 2017. Part of the daily The China Project newsletter, a convenient package of China’s business, political, and cultural news delivered to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.
June 15, 2017 Source: The China Project
News roundup: China bans ivory trade, Trump-China update and Bitcoin surges
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January 3, 2017 Source: The China Project
A Bitcoin mine in the mountains of Sichuan
A Q&A with a Chinese entrepreneur and miner of digital currency.
December 6, 2016 Source: The China Project