Citing risks to financial stability from the rising number of crypto transactions, central bank officials said last year they did not see room for cryptocurrency
Commentator Li Hualin said the ban helped to “extinguish the ‘virtual fire’ of virtual currency speculation"
Three US agencies said Pyongyang dispatches thousands of information technology workers worldwide, taking advantage of existing demands for specific skills
Stablecoins are meant to offer a reliable investment option, unlike unpegged cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or ether, which are very volatile
While the US accounts for more than a third of all bitcoin mining - as measured by power consumption - China has taken the second spot, with 21.11% of the total
China’s achievement was made with local technology, which it was forced to develop due to Washington's imposition of technology sanctions
Liu He spoke at a meeting convened by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the strongest sign yet that Beijing would ease off on the sector
There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
The Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
Asia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade