Blockchain News

China to Set Up Blockchain Research Centre in Beijing – SCMP

The centre will be tasked with exploring blockchain’s potential for the government, Chinese citizens and industries

1 year ago

Hong Kong Metaverse Pioneer Animoca Raises $75m

The firm - founded by Australian videogaming entrepreneurs - said the funding was backed by Liberty City Ventures and Kingsway…

2 years ago

Hong Kong’s Babel Defies Crypto Rout With $80m Fundraising

The firm had raised $40 million in its previous round, a year earlier. The cryptocurrency lender and asset manager is…

2 years ago

Japan’s Opn Payments Firm Secures $40m to Boost Asia Growth

Founded in 2013, Opn offers a digital payment system to merchants, enterprises, and financial institutions in Japan and Southeast Asia…

2 years ago

China Fired Up Over ‘Powerful’ Blockchain Project – CNBC

China has been working on a service network that enables the deployment of blockchain technology for businesses, notably those operating…

2 years ago

Singapore SPAC Plans to Invest $115m in Tech Startups

The SPAC plans to invest in Web3, blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital ledger, e-gaming and other new financial technology and services industries

2 years ago

Citizens Etch Shanghai Covid Lockdown Memories as NFTs

Shanghai residents are turning to NFT marketplaces like the world's largest, OpenSea, where users can mint content and buy or…

2 years ago

Asia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTs

Asia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion…

2 years ago

Animoca, Pantera Lead Metaverse Investment – Coindesk

Other investors include Hong Kong's Huobi Ventures as well as Shima Capital, Malaysia's OKX Blockdream Ventures, Mechanism Capital and Morningstar…

2 years ago

Indian Crypto Exchanges to Brief Policymakers on Tax Tangle – ET

Industry says tax will dent crypto trading volumes and drive small traders towards informal person-to-person trading and decentralised exchanges

2 years ago

Inside India’s Booming Crypto Industry – Mint

Some even believe crypto and underlying blockchain architecture will set off a new wave of financial innovation

2 years ago

Total Unit to Start Trading Renewable Energy in Asia

The move is expected to generate additional revenue for Renewables Distributed Generation for Asia to develop solar assets

2 years ago