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China has directed construction of a state coordinated national blockchain network and related computing infrastructure, positioning distributed ledger technology as a foundational layer for industry while reaffirming the ban on private cryptocurrencies.
Beijing moved this week to accelerate construction of a state backed national blockchain network and related pilots that tie the infrastructure to the digital yuan, trade finance and regional pilot projects. Officials and industry participants described fresh project launches and interoperability efforts at a major conference on October 31, 2026.
Beijing’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission on October 23 released a five year informatization plan that names a national blockchain network as a core infrastructure project, targeting substantial completion by 2030 while keeping existing prohibitions on cryptocurrency trading intact.
China on October 22 moved the construction of a national blockchain network from policy discussion to an explicit item in a top level science and industry blueprint, signaling tighter state control over blockchain infrastructure while accelerating standards and hub development in cities such as Shanghai.
Following a central policy that put a national blockchain network on the infrastructure agenda, Shanghai this week published concrete measures to accelerate a Shanghai hub, prioritizing distributed digital identity, privacy computing and cross chain services to connect industry and government systems.
An international blockchain conference in Shanghai was abruptly paused on October 16 after law enforcement intervened, underscoring the tension between China’s strict crypto controls and a state-led push to build a national blockchain network and local hubs for trusted data services.
China’s Communist Party and State Council have directed construction of a state controlled national blockchain network, pairing it with a nationwide computing grid to accelerate the integration of the digital and real economies while keeping crypto trading barred.
Beijing has placed a national blockchain network at the center of a 19 point policy package aimed at tightening the link between the digital economy and the real economy. The move reinforces China’s permissioned, state controlled approach to distributed-ledger technology while leaving cryptocurrency bans intact.
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.
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.
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.
The SEC has created a five-year regulatory pathway for qualifying tokenized US stocks to trade on blockchain-based venues, potentially opening new opportunities for crypto platforms as traditional finance moves further onchain.
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.
A new five-year US regulatory framework is opening the door for qualifying platforms to trade tokenized versions of traditional stocks, potentially bringing blockchain settlement and digital ownership infrastructure deeper into mainstream finance.