Alibaba Group’s Ant Financial, the Chinese online payment firm formerly known as Alipay said it may apply for a digital banking license in Singapore — link

China Central Bank to set standards for 17 fintech categories, including blockchain — link

China shuts down blockchain accounts suspected of violating laws — link

Roger Ver announced a $200M USD Bitcoin Cash Ecosystem Fund at the headquarters of
Blockchain(.)com — link

Binance acquires India’s leading digital asset platform Wazirx to launch multiple fiat-to-crypto gateways — link

Kraken lauches lifelong affiliate program — link

Q4 turns red

Bitcoin mining company Canaan raises $90 million in U.S. IPO — link

Three Chinese firms to set up $1B blockchain investment fund — link

BitMEX Research and Coin Metrics announces txstats.com - high quality and timely information about how the Bitcoin network is used.

China triples US in blockchain patent filings — link