ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, at the 9th Hong Kong FinTech Week, Ant Chain publicly launched the "Two Chains and One Bridge" platform specifically designed for RWA business. This platform consists of the "Asset Chain," "Transaction Chain," and "Ant Chain Trusted Cross-Chain Bridge," aimed at facilitating the RWA conversion of mainland new energy assets in Hong Kong.According to Yan Ying, Chief Scientist of Ant Group, the platform employs a digital-physical twin technology system, supporting a transaction processing capacity of up to 100,000 transactions per second and PB-level data storage. The platform has been applied in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Ensemble project, assisting the mainland new energy listed company Langxin in completing a cross-border financing of 100 million yuan in August this year. Currently, Ant Chain has provided on-chain services for over 12 million new energy devices, becoming the largest new energy blockchain device platform in the country.

ChainCatcher news, according to Sina Technology, Ant Group has posted multiple RWA architect positions on overseas social media platforms, all located in Hong Kong. Sources reveal that these new hires will participate in the sandbox work of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's (HKMA) wholesale central bank digital currency Ensemble project.

ChainCatcher news, Ant Group's CEO Zhao Wenbiao revealed at the Bund Conference media exchange that going overseas is one of Ant Group's important strategies. In the future, Ant Group expects its overseas business to contribute one-fifth of total revenue, becoming an important development direction.Currently, Ant Group has formed three major business segments: Cloud Services (Cloud+), AI Services (AI+), and Blockchain Services (Blockchain+). Ant Group is also actively promoting its technology overseas strategy, increasing localization efforts through various strategies such as ecosystem co-construction, to seize digital transformation opportunities in emerging markets like Southeast Asia.

ChainCatcher message, according to Jin10 reports, in the progress of the first phase of the Ensemble (sandbox) project announced by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Ant Group's digital technology and Longxin Technology have officially announced the first domestic transaction based on renewable energy physical asset RWA completed in Hong Kong. This is one of the four tokenization-themed cases in the progress of the Monetary Authority's sandbox project and is also the case that has attracted the most attention.

ChainCatcher news, Ant Group's CTO Wang Wei revealed in response to a question from Sina Technology that Ant Group is actively promoting a cross-border RWA project involving new energy assets. It is reported that Ant Group is currently participating in the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's digital currency project, jointly exploring the application scenarios of tokenized deposits, tokenized assets, and central bank digital currency settlements. Wang Wei told Sina Technology, "RWA is a new exploration for our overseas business segment, hoping to build a technological bridge for实体企业, providing unique value."

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, Sui developer Mysten Labs has announced a partnership with Ant Group's Web3 brand ZAN. By integrating Sui, ZAN aims to accelerate the development and adoption of its Web3 applications.This collaboration will focus on providing technical support from Mysten Labs in two key areas: KYC infrastructure and RPC node services. ZAN will provide KYC services for Sui-based projects, offering blockchain compliance solutions. ZAN will also officially launch RPC node services for Sui, enhancing the blockchain's scalability and accessibility for developers and users in the Asia-Pacific region.Mysten Labs and ZAN will jointly explore construction opportunities in areas such as payments, data, and digital identity, with the goal of providing innovative solutions that benefit consumers, businesses, and local communities, while looking to discover and support Web3 super application opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, according to the "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily," reporters have learned that due to personal life and work planning, former Vice President of Ant Group and President of Ant Digital Technology, Jiang Guofei, has resigned. The Ant Digital Technology previously led by Jiang Guofei will now be headed by Dr. Zhao Wenbiao, a senior vice president of Ant Group and former president of the Big Security Business Group, as CEO, with Ant's former CTO Ni Xingjun serving as chairman. Zhao Wenbiao previously led the construction of the Alipay and Ant Group's intelligent risk control system AlphaRisk and I MAGE, while also leading the team in tackling key technologies such as trustworthy AI and large security models.

ChainCatcher news, according to the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has announced the launch of a pilot project for wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC), which is the first platform aimed at tokenized deposits, tokenized assets, and Central Bank Digital Currency settlements. It will also establish an "architecture community" to develop common standards.Informed sources revealed that companies such as Microsoft and Ant Group will join this community. Public information shows that Ant Group launched the Web3 technology brand ZAN in 2023 for the Hong Kong and overseas markets, providing Web3 technology services for compliant institutions, and its products can help developers reduce development costs and technical risks.

ChainCatcher news, the Shanghai Municipal Government and Ant Group Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai. According to the agreement, Ant Group will increase its efforts in research in cutting-edge technology fields, actively participate in the construction of the Shanghai artificial intelligence industry ecosystem and the blockchain industry innovation platform, and contribute to the construction of Shanghai as an international science and technology innovation center.

ChainCatcher message, according to the report, HSBC announced the successful completion of an internal payment transaction test in Hong Kong using tokenized deposits in collaboration with Ant Group. This test explored the potential advantages of tokenized deposits and how they can effectively assist businesses in transferring funds anytime and in real-time between different HSBC accounts.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg citing informed sources, Ant Group is planning a major restructuring to spin off its non-core financial-related businesses, including blockchain and database management services as well as international operations, in order to apply for a financial holding company license and pave the way for the company's relaunch of its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong.

ChainCatcher news, according to official news from CertiK, CertiK has completed advanced formal verification of Ant Group's innovative open cross-platform Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) HyperEnclave.It is reported that Ant Group's Trusted Native Technology Team developed the open cross-platform software Trusted Execution Environment HyperEnclave, aiming to improve the efficiency and compatibility of Ant Group's privacy-preserving computing workloads.

ChainCatcher news, at today's Ant Digital Technology Developer Conference, Jiang Guofei, Senior Vice President of Ant Group and President of the Digital Technology Business Group, announced several key technological advancements of Ant Digital Technology during his speech.Jiang Guofei stated that Ant Digital Technology has launched a large-scale blockchain open architecture HOU that supports tens of thousands of nodes, hundreds of thousands of transactions per second (TPS) performance, and petabyte-level data ledger storage and processing capabilities. He also announced the open-source cross-chain heterogeneous protocol AntChain Bridge and initiated the establishment of the Web3 Open Alliance Chain in collaboration with multiple institutions, along with the release of a trusted baseband chip for new energy scenarios in partnership with Unicom Digital Technology and Ziguang Zhanrui.Among them, the open-source cross-chain protocol AntChain Bridge is built based on the world's first cross-chain universal international standard by IEEE. After being open-sourced, developers can use AntChain's cross-chain code to co-build the Web3 open ecosystem; the Web3 Open Alliance Chain covers the technical capabilities of four layers of the Web3 blockchain network layer, middleware layer, application layer, and access layer, and is compatible with ecosystem protocols such as Ethereum, further extending the Web3 ecosystem.From the现场, the multiple technological advancements announced by Ant Digital Technology this time further focus on "openness" in terms of architectural openness, cross-chain open-source, and ecological openness. It is understood that core technological breakthroughs and ecological openness have always been important technological strategies for Ant Digital Technology. Currently, Ant Digital Technology has collaborated with over 300 partner enterprises and more than 50,000 technical developers to jointly create over 80 industry solutions, serving more than 10,000 enterprises.

ChainCatcher news, at the Ant Group Developer Conference held today, Jiang Guofei, Senior Vice President and President of the Digital Technology Business Group of Ant Group, further proposed the summary of "Industrial Web3" under the framework of digital collaboration in the industry. Jiang Guofei stated that Industrial Web3 may run faster than the Web3 of the consumer internet.Jiang Guofei believes that the main characteristic of Industrial Web3 should be to enable technology to play a real value and create real benefits in the industry, supporting the real economy. "Industrial Web3 is where real participants gain real benefits, and it may even take shape earlier than the Web3 of the consumer internet."He pointed out that in the digital collaboration of the industry, all parties involved are both contributors to value and distributors of value. This value creation and distribution mechanism under contractual consensus is the best embodiment of the Web3 philosophy. "We believe that in the future, there will be more and more smart contracts to reach consensus on value creation and benefit distribution in industrial collaboration, and Industrial Web3 will have a solid development foundation in the digital economy."In addition, Jiang Guofei stated that Industrial Web3 has just begun, and there will be enormous development space and opportunities in the future. "We look forward to working with partners from various industries to jointly build an open, integrated, and symbiotic industrial ecosystem."

ChainCatcher news, regarding the former head of A&T Capital, who was investigated by the Hangzhou police on March 9 for suspected sexual assault. Some netizens claimed that the individual was an executive at Ant Group. Ant responded that the individual was previously a staff member sent overseas to the fund (i.e., A&T Capital) and submitted his resignation on March 6, with the resignation procedures completed on March 21.Previously, on March 26, A&T Capital released a statement on Twitter revealing that the individual had represented one of its investors while working at A&T Capital. According to public information, the individual is a founding partner of A&T Capital, which focuses on investments in areas such as blockchain. According to the official website, A&T Capital is led by three founding partners located in Berlin, Singapore, and Shanghai. (source link)