China’s Clean Tech Sector Remains Sluggish With Continuous Decline In VC/PE Investments
China's clean tech industry remained sluggish since the beginning of 2018, with both the investment deal volume and the deal…
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Chinese Healthcare Industry Sees Stable VC/PE Investments As New Funds Closing Collapse
During the third quarter of 2018, Chinese private equity and venture capital funds remained active in the country's healthcare industry,…
China Plans to Issue Three Blockchain Standards This Year
A government-backed organization is working to release three blockchain standards on smart contracts, privacy and deposits, in order to better…
China’s Bank Of Communications Issues $1.3B Securities Via Blockchain
Bank of Communications (BoCom), a state-owned commercial bank in China, has issued RMB9.3 billion (US$1.3 billion) of residential mortgage-backed securities…
Baidu Blockchain Lab Releases First Blockchain White Paper
Baidu Blockchain Lab has released its first “Baidu Blockchain White Paper V1.0”, focused on the independent development of a 'Xuper Chain'…
Alibaba’s Ant Financial To Launch Blockchain BaaS Service Platform
Jiang Guofei, vice president of Alibaba’s financial affiliate Ant Financial, said that Ant Financial will launch a blockchain BaaS (Backend…
Chinese Listed Firms With Blockchain Ambitions Find It Hard To Realize Their Dreams
Many Chinese listed companies have announced ambitious plans to develop blockchain applications since last year. But as the cryptocurrency market…
Hangzhou-Backed Blockchain Firm Seeks To Raise $12M For Japanese Yen Stablecoin Project
Hong Kong-listed Grandshores Technology Group Ltd is seeking to raise HK$100million (US$12.7 million) through a digital token fund to invest…
Binance To Launch Closed Beta Testing Of New Crypto-Fiat Exchange In Singapore
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance is set to begin a closed beta testing at Singapore fiat exchange on September 18,…
Public Chain Ultrain Raises $20M Cornerstone Investment, Valuation Touches $200M
Public-blockchain technology venture, Ultrain Technology Ltd. Raised US$20 million cornerstone investment from Danhua Capital, FBG Capital, BlueRun Ventures, 8 Decimal…
BRICS Development Bank To Research The Implementation Of Blockchain Technology
The state-owned development bank by BRICS member states signed the agreement on collaborative research on distributed ledger and blockchain technology…
Blockchain Startup TRON To Acquire Software Company BitTorrent For $140M
Blockchain startup TRON announced in a blog post that it has officially acquired San Francisco-based software company BitTorrent. (more…)
China’s Nanjing City Launches RMB10 Billion Fund To Foster Blockchain Projects
Nanjing, the capital of China’s eastern Jiangsu province, announced at the inaugural Industrial Public Chain Summit (IPCS) that it will…
Xiaomi Launches New Platforms Offering Blockchain-based Mili As Reward
In lieu of Xiaomi's Milutong platform, the electronics bigwig announced the release of 2B (for the enterprise) Milutong platform and…
Sequoia Capital China Leads $28M Private Placement Financing In Public Chain Nervos Network
Nervos Network, the public chain project, announced today that it has received US$28 million in private placement financing led by…
Hong Kong Monetary Authority To Launch Blockchain-based Trade Finance Platform
Hong Kong Monetary Authority will launch a blockchain-based trade finance platform, one of the earliest government-backed trade finance platforms with…
Crypto Exchange OKCoin Announces Fiat-To-Crypto Services In US
China-based cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin today announced to launch a branch in the U.S. market to offer fiat-to-crypto trading services. (more…)
Binance Invests In Malta-based Founders Bank – World’s First Community-Owned Bank
Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced an investment in Malta-based Founders Bank. (more…)
Geekbeans Capital Leads Strategic Investment Of Tens Of Millions Of RMB In Blockchain-based Medialink
Geekbeans Capital Capital led a strategic investment in blockchain-based media platform MediaLink, including participation from Byte Capital, S.Capital, SinceUs Capital,…
Bitmain Leads Strategic Investment In Hackathon Organizer DoraHacks
Bitmain Technologies, Chinese Bitcoin miner and mining chip designer has led a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in DoraHacks,…
Blockchain Cloud Computing Platform Oasis Labs Raises $45M With Participation From Chinese Investors
Blockchain cloud computing provider Oasis Labs announced it will raise US$45 million from Binance Labs, Gaorong Capital, Huobi Capital, Pantera,…
JRR Crypto Co-Leads A Strategic Investment In The Blockchainer Of Tens of Millions of RMB
Blockchain service provider The Blockchainer receives strategic investments of tens of millions of RMB from J One Capital, JRR Crypto,…
Social App YeeCall Receives Strategic Investment Of Tens Of Millions Of RMB
YeeCall Online completed a B1 strategic financing round of tens of millions of RMB, according to an announcement by YeeCall. …
Chinese Crypto Trading Platform Huobi Launches in Australia
An announcement by Huobi, Chinese crypto currency exchange, said it has started trading cryptocurrency in Australia from July 5. (more…)
Binance Labs Leads Seed Round In Blockchain Information Portal Zhidian
Binance Labs leads a seed round in blockchain information portal, including participation from LD Capital, and INBlockchain. (more…)
China Parenting Network Plans To Invest HK$50M In Blockchain Startup Ccloud
China Parenting Network Holdings Ltd. plans to invest HK$50 million (US$6.3 million) through its subsidiary to purchase 18% share of…
Baidu To Launch Totem Rewards And Unveil Its Blockchain Layout
Baidu Totem, a blockchain-based photo service launched by Chinese search engine Baidu Inc., will unveil Totem awards and its blockchain…
Binance Labs Co-Leads Retail Investment Platform Republic’s $12M Financing
Binance Labs led a US$12 million financing round together with NEO Global Capital (NGC) ECO Fund in a retail investment…
Hong Kong VC GSR Capital Invests $160 million in tZERO Security Tokens
GSR Capital, a Hong Kong-based venture capital firm, has entered into an agreement with security token exchange t0.com Inc. (tZERO)…
Crypto Exchange Binance Launches Uganda Fiat Crypto Exchange
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced to launch its first fiat crypto exchange: Binance Uganda. (more…)
OK Capital Leads Strategic Investment In Chinese Public Chain HPB
OK Capital has invested over twenty thousand ETH, around tens of millions of dollars in High Performance Blockchain (HPB), a…