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Matt Haldane
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At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. APAC Crypto Editor for Bloomberg News.

One significant challenge to overcome, though, is a lack of agreed standards for exchanging trade data on a blockchain and between blockchains. Shipping containers and electronic data interchange documents were only widely adopted after a push from standards bodies.

Why use blockchain at all when trade seems to work just fine without it? Advocates say it can help reduce some of the remaining barriers to digitization, like the fact that the bill of lading is still largely paper-based.

Supply chain management was supposed to be a killer application of blockchain outside cryptocurrencies and NFTs. But the end of Maersk and IBM’s TradeLens last fall caused some to doubt the tech’s applicability – but not Hong Kong’s GSBN. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3216365/blockchain-based-logistics-looks-increasingly-chinese-after-exit-maersk-hong-kongs-gsbn-has-global

Hong Kong's New crypto policy proposal shows its "commitment towards being the leading Web3 hub", but it also limits retail investors to big-cap coins and requires exchanges set up committees to regularly review tokens to determine if they should still be traded.

https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3210863/hong-kong-allow-retail-investors-buy-big-cap-crypto-tokens-boost-global-digital-asset-hub-ambitions

Censorship in China has created a restrictive media environment that hampers the development of large language models.

https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3210754/chatgpt-has-grabbed-headlines-developing-chinese-competitor-will-face-censorship-cost-and-data