China's Biggest Blockchain Startup Will Release New Tech in 2017
Juzhen Financials plans to launch its own blockchain tech for banks in 2017. The largest China-based blockchain startup, Shanghai-based Juzhen raised $23m in September 2016 to target a similar demographic to Western startups Digital Asset Holdings and R3CEV. Since then, Juzhen has been actively working with the ChinaLedger blockchain consortium, as well as paying attention to developments from the West, including, its representatives said, the launch of Hyperledger's Fabric and R3's Corda products. Ada Xiao, Juzhen's director of overseas marketing, told CoinDesk: "We are designing our....
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