Blockchain & Technology · Oct 12, 2026
China’s top leadership has for the first time put a nationwide blockchain network into a high level economic and technology blueprint, spelling out plans to fold blockchain infrastructure into national data and computing strategies and accelerating state-backed deployments for industry and public services.
Blockchain & Technology · Oct 11, 2026
China on October 9 included construction of a national blockchain network in a 19 point policy to fuse the digital and real economies, a move that accelerates state controlled blockchain infrastructure while keeping cryptocurrency restrictions in place.
Blockchain & Technology · Oct 10, 2026
China’s state research arm has begun public trials of an identity and interconnection network for autonomous AI agents that uses blockchain and decentralized identifiers. The move formalizes a domestic trust layer for machine agents and raises new questions about security, commercial control and cross border interoperability.

Business & Finance · Sep 25, 2026
New government finance statistics published on September 25, 2026 show Canada’s public sectors raised substantial funds in the second quarter, driven by federal bond and treasury bill issuance and continued large external investment inflows that widened the country’s international financial position.

Blockchain & Technology · Sep 25, 2026
On September 25, 2026, Chinese authorities took fresh, coordinated steps to formalize blockchain infrastructure and deepen the institutional footprint of the digital yuan, signaling Beijing will couple tighter technical standards with broader institutional rollout as it pushes to make e CNY integral to cross border and industrial finance.

Business & Finance · Sep 17, 2026
S&P Global has agreed to acquire blockchain-security specialist OpenZeppelin, bringing smart-contract risk analysis into one of traditional finance's largest financial-data businesses as tokenized assets and stablecoins move further into the mainstream.