Huawei

Guochun He, left, and Zheng Wang are accused of attempting to obstruct a U.S. investigation. (Justice Department)

Policy

Chinese Intelligence Officers Used Bitcoin in Scheme to Undermine Investigation, US Officials Allege

The two officers tried bribing a U.S. law enforcement official with $61,000 in bitcoin to help support what appears to be Huawei.

By Nikhilesh De

Oct 24, 2022 at 7:38 p.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

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Virgil Griffith Jailed; Indian Exchanges Disable UPI

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Ethereum

Virgil Griffith Jailed; Indian Exchanges Disable UPI

Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith gets 63 months in prison. Coinbase snafu sets cat among the crypto pigeons in India. Huawei becomes latest of China’s tech giants to...

By CoinDesk Staff

Apr 13, 2022 at 4:47 p.m. UTC

Apr 13, 2022

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Finance

Hardware-wallets

Huawei's Mate 40 Phone to Ship With Digital Yuan Wallet

The upcoming Mate 40 line of devices will feature a built-in hardware wallet for China's central bank digital currency.

By Daniel Palmer

Oct 30, 2020 at 10:36 a.m. UTC

Oct 30, 2020

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Tech

China

Huawei Builds Blockchain Platform to Help Beijing Government Manage People’s Data

Huawei’s cloud services arm is helping the Beijing government set up a blockchain platform that would better track and manage people’s data.

By David Pan

Aug 24, 2020 at 5:13 p.m. UTC

Aug 24, 2020

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Tech

China

Huawei, Tencent, JD.com Among Big Names on China's New Blockchain Committee

The new national blockchain committee was formed to discuss and set industry standards for distributed ledger technology.

By Paddy Baker

Apr 14, 2020 at 2:50 p.m. UTC

Apr 14, 2020

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Markets

Libra

Huawei CEO Calls on China to Create a Rival to Facebook's Libra Crypto

Huawei's CEO said: "Even China is able to issue such currencies, why wait for Libra?"

By Daniel Kuhn

Jul 26, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 26, 2019

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Markets

Mobile wallet

Huawei to Offer First Crypto Wallet App on Latest Smartphones

Huawei's newly launched mobile app store will feature the tech giant's first cryptocurrency wallet offering, thanks to a partnership with BTC.com.

By Wolfie Zhao

May 11, 2018 at 7:20 a.m. UTC

May 11, 2018

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Markets

Insurance

Huawei Unveils Hyperledger-Powered Blockchain Service Platform

Huawei has become the latest Chinese tech giant to launch its own blockchain-as-a-service platform, following on the heels of Tencent and Baidu.

By Wolfie Zhao

Apr 18, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Apr 18, 2018

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Markets

Hyperledger

Huawei Is Building Tech That Can Stress Test Blockchains

Chinese telecoms and electronics giant Huawei has been secretly working on a project designed to gauge the abilities of various blockchains.

By Michael del Castillo

Mar 14, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 14, 2018

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Markets

Identity

Huawei Seeks Patent for Blockchain Rights Management

In a recently released patent application, tech giant Huawei touts a blockchain system for protecting digital property rights.

By Wolfie Zhao

Mar 7, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 7, 2018

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