Crypto Is Illegal in China. Binance Does $90 Billion of Business There Anyway.

Retaining its Chinese footprint will be crucial for Binance as it navigates a global regulatory crackdown that executives worry threatens its future.

• 2023-08-02
• Changpeng Zhao China Binance China-based The Wall Street Journal global exchange

What’s at the center of the U.S.-China power struggle? Crypto

The way the U.S. can win is with bold thinkers and entrepreneurs pushing the limits of the system with responsible technological innovation.

• 2023-07-29
• global markets China Bank of China crypto cryptocurrency exchanges U.S. technological innovation America

Crypto’s Dream of an Embrace by China Gets a Reality Check

(Bloomberg) -- A shakeup at China’s central bank has poured cold water on speculation that the nation may be about to loosen a ban on digital-asset trading.Most Read from BloombergTesla and BYD Post Record Sales on Surge in Electric-Car DemandIt’s Getting a Lot Harder to Chase the Stock Rally From Here OnFrench Riots Begin to Abate Even as Economic Costs MountSingapore’s Star Banker Creates a Succession Dilemma for DBSIndustry executives including Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Chief Executive J

• 2023-07-03
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Global shifts in crypto capital are underway. Here’s where the money is going

Digital assets funds have been flowing in waves all over the world since crypto’s inception, writes Amy Yu, CEO of SEBA Bank. Where is crypto capital going now?

• 2023-07-03
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Alibaba's Crypto Friendly Joseph Tsai Set to Become Chairman

Joe Tsai, one of Alibaba’s founders, has been an active Web3 investor and once tweeted “I like Crypto.”

• 2023-06-20
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Last Week on Crypto Twitter: Anybody Still Home?

It may be quiet last week, but that doesn't mean nothing went down on Crypto Twitter — check out our weekly CT roundup.

• 2023-06-05
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Hong Kong's crypto rules help it fit in more than stand out, but experts say that's good

With its new cryptocurrency rules now in effect, Hong Kong's strategy to become a global virtual asset hub looks less like trying to stand out than trying to fit in. Under rules that went into effect this month, cryptocurrency exchanges serving or marketing to Hong Kong residents must be licensed in the city. While the city is courting crypto business, it is not alone in pushing to regulate a once-freewheeling industry in the wake of disasters like the collapse of FTX last year. Experts say the

• 2023-06-05
• Hong Kong Chengyi Ong China financial centre cryptocurrency exchanges crypto legislation

What’s next for crypto miners after US debt ceiling deal?

Top blockchain and crypto news: Miners dodge tax bullet. Blur, Binance heat up NFT lending. Chinese cities' plans reveal nationwide Web3 ambition.

• 2023-06-01
• debt ceiling China miners China President Joe Biden Hong Kong crypto

Hong Kong is bringing back retail crypto trading. Will China be next?

Mainland China officially banned cryptocurrencies in 2021.

• 2023-06-01
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Hong Kong Retail Crypto Trading Move Is a 'Very Big Step': Justin Sun

The crypto mogul thinks this will help turn China's digital asset fortunes around.

• 2023-06-01
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