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Bank of China issues $28M in digital structured notes on Ethereum blockchain

On June 12, Bank of China's investment bank subsidiary BOCI announced the issuance of 200 million Chinese Yuan ($28 million) worth of digital structured notes minted on the Ethereum blockchain. The move makes the BOCI the first Chinese financial institution to issue a tokenized security in Hong Kong. Investment banking

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Sequoia Capital announces three-way split to separate China business

Venture capital firm Sequoia announced an impending split that will see the company break into three distinct partnerships serving the United States, China, and Asian markets separately. The move, announced on June 6, is intended to decentralize back office functions for the company. Citing increased global financial complexity and a growing

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Standard Chartered, PwC make case for programmable CBDC in China Greater Bay Area

British multinational bank Standard Chartered and PwC China have teamed up to produce a white paper on applications for central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the so-called Greater Bay Area of China – Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao. Programmability will make all the difference, they concluded.The Greater Bay Area

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren points to crypto payments as facilitating fentanyl trade in China

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has suggested a link between cryptocurrency payments and companies based in China that provided precursors for the opioid fentanyl.In a May 31 hearing of the United States Senate Banking Committee on China, Warren pointed to a report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic to suggest a

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls for Shutdown of Crypto Funding for Fentanyl from China

“Unfortunately, that is a mode that some of these precursor manufacturers and illicit drug organizations have used – the receipt of bitcoin payments in wallets, cryptocurrency wallets,” said Elizabeth Rosenberg, the U.S. Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, in testimony during the panel’s hearing. Original Source

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China Telecom Invests 3B Yuan to Establish Quantum Technology Group in Anhui Province

China Telecom has noted that the establishment of a quantum tech hub is in line with President Xi Jinping’s long-term tech adoption. China Telecom Corp Ltd (Hong Kong: 728), a Chinese telecommunications company, has announced plans to venture into the supercomputer quantum industry to streamline its services. According to the company’s

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China to gain most from restrictive US crypto regulations: Coinbase CEO

“Adversary nations” like China could ultimately benefit from restrictive crypto policies in the United States, warns Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. In a May 30 op-ed for MarketWatch, Armstrong again warned that while recent turbulence in crypto markets might tempt U.S. policymakers “to write it off as an unstable asset class,” doing

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China Persuades Japan to Lift Restrictions on Semiconductor Chip Export to Harmonize International Trade

China has agreed to work with Japan to promote practical cooperation in key economic and trade areas including advancements in the semiconductor industry. The global geopolitical crisis has significantly impacted the overall development of technology. The ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, which is estimated to take several years to

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