Ant Group took the lead in dedicating resources to the research and development of blockchain technologyFinancial Cloud's public cloud service was made available to external usersThe first cloud-native bank supported by Financial Cloud officially went live
2016
An internal blockchain research team was established, leading to the deployment of the first blockchain application.The Alipay Charity Donation Platform was launchedAnt Mobile Development Platform mPaaS 1.0 was released
2017
The Ant blockchain team was officially establishedBlockchain was incorporated into Ant Group's BASIC technology strategyAnt mobile development platform mPaaS achieved success in its collaboration with 12306
2018
The Ant blockchain partner program was launched, and the Ant blockchain BaaS platform was opened to external partnersThe world's first blockchain-based cross-border remittance service was launched in the AlipayHK e-walletIn collaboration with the Hangzhou Internet Court, the nation's first judicial evidence platform using blockchain technology was established
2019
The Supreme People's Court built a unified judicial blockchain platform for people's courts using AntChain technologyAntChain won the IDC Global FinTech Real Results Awards in the field of digital trustThe Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China officially adopted Ant Group Digital Technologies’ mobile development platform mPaaS
2020
The new brand AntChain was officially launchedListed in Forbes Global Blockchain 50The digital international trade and financial services platform, Trusple, was released AntChain received the "Shanghai Financial Innovation Award", the first provincial and ministerial-level government award in China focused on financial innovation
2021
IDC released its first China Blockchain BaaS Vendor Assessment Report, ranking AntChain in the top positionThe International Asset Management (IAM) journal published an article ranking AntChain first globally for blockchain patent strengthAntChain, in collaboration with the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), initiated the establishment of an international standard for blockchain privacy protectionAntChain became an official global partner of UEFA EURO 2020AntChain became an official global partner of UEFA EURO 2020. The number of international users of Ant Security Technology's trusted identity authentication surpassed 100 million
2022
The Digital Technology Business Group of Ant Group was establishedAntChain was the only blockchain platform included in Forrester's Leader Quadrant for China Blockchain PlatformsAntChain ranked first in market share in IDC’s China BaaS (Blockchain-as-a-Service) report for consecutive yearsSOFAStack was recognized by IDC’s China Cloud-Native Market Analysis as the vendor with the most comprehensive cloud-native technology coverage in ChinamPaaS was listed as a representative product in Gartner’s Market Guide for Mult experience Development PlatformsZOLOZ was included in Chartis Research’s "RiskTech 100 (the top 100 global risk technology providers)"
2023
AntChain ranked first globally in blockchain patent filings for the sixth consecutive yearAnt Security Technology ranked first globally in security technology patent filings for the third consecutive year, according to IPRdailyForrester released its Asia-Pacific Fraud Management Technology Providers report, ranking ZOLOZ firstSOFAStack ranked first in market share for financial cloud (platform) solutions in China, according to IDCAntChain’s RLWE homomorphic encryption algorithm won first prize in the "Financial Cryptography Cup" innovation competitionAntChain’s Morse team won the championship of the global privacy computing competition, iDASH, for the sixth consecutive yearThe Chip-Device-Cloud-Blockchain Integrated Trusted IoT Platform was recognized as a "Best Practice Pioneer Case for AIoT" by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT)
2024
Ant Group Digital Technologies began independent operationsAntChain ranked first in IDC’s China BaaS market share for the fourth consecutive yearAnt Group Digital Technologies ranked first in IDC’s China Privacy Computing Platform market share for the second consecutive yearZOLOZ was included in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for AuthenticationAnt Group Digital Technologies was recognized as a representative technology provider in IDC's "Panorama Research on Data Elements"IDC's "Panorama Research on Data Elements"Ant Group Digital Technologies received the "Top 10 Solutions" award at the 7th Digital China SummitAnt Group Digital Technologies' privacy-preserving collaborative computing platform (FAIR) won first prize in the inaugural "Golden Lingguang Cup" Innovation Competition at the 2024 China Internet ConferenceTwo practices by Ant Group Digital Technologies were selected as part of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's first batch of tokenization-themed casesAnt Group Digital Technologies' "AI Data Synthesis and Generation Platform (AIGD)" was recognized as a key innovation achievement at the "Light of the Internet" Expo during the World Internet Conference.The Morse team won first prize in the "Financial Cryptography Cup" 2024 for cryptography application and technological innovationTwo technological achievements by Ant Group Digital Technologies were selected for presentation at "SIGMOD 2024," an international database conference, and "DAC 2024," an international integrated circuit design conferenceThe "Secure and Trusted Core Technologies" project won the first prize for "Scientific and Technological Progress" from the China Institute of Electronics in 2024
