{"id":404522,"date":"2025-09-09T12:59:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/jack-mas-ant-digital-taps-blockchain-to-tokenize-8-4b-in-chinas-energy-assets-report-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:45:04","slug":"jack-mas-ant-digital-taps-blockchain-to-tokenize-8-4b-in-chinas-energy-assets-report-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/jack-mas-ant-digital-taps-blockchain-to-tokenize-8-4b-in-chinas-energy-assets-report-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Ma&#8217;s Ant Digital Taps Blockchain to Tokenize $8.4B in China\u2019s Energy Assets: Report &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<div class=\"pt-8 pb-10 border-t border-b border-decryptGridline \">\n<h4 class=\"sc-b2a202e4-4 bNRGqr gg-dark:text-white\" color=\"#333\">In brief<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Ant Digital linked $8.4B in Chinese energy assets to AntChain, tracking 15M renewable devices.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">It raised 300M yuan ($42M) for three clean energy projects via tokenized assets, Bloomberg reported.<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-meta-serif-pro font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Adoption is expected to remain institutional, with offshore listings hinging on regulatory approval, Decrypt was told.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Jack Ma-backed Ant Group&#8217;s enterprise arm has reportedly connected over $8.4 billion worth of Chinese energy infrastructure to its blockchain platform, with experts saying early adoption will likely remain institutional rather than draw in retail investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Ant Digital Technologies has been monitoring power output and potential outages from wind turbines and solar panels across China, uploading real-time data to its AntChain blockchain platform, according to a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Bloomberg<\/span><\/i> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-09-09\/ant-digital-arm-puts-8-billion-energy-assets-on-its-blockchain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The fintech firm has already finished financing for three clean energy projects using <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-are-tokenized-real-world-assets-rwa\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">tokenized assets<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">, raising approximately 300 million yuan ($42 million) in total.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/myriad.markets\/embed\/market\/will-donald-trump-visit-china-in-2025-fd342253-a881-4f70-b1f1-b4c1b2c4cbd2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"415px\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The company has reportedly been tracking 15 million new energy devices, including wind turbines and solar panels, with plans to potentially list tokens on offshore decentralized exchanges to create more liquidity, though such moves remain subject to regulatory approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Musheer Ahmed, Founder &#038; MD of Finstep Asia, told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Decrypt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> that he does not expect significant retail interest in energy infrastructure tokenization in the early stages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8220;It tends to be more of an alternative investment, hence we will likely see more professional investors or institutional investors being the ones who show a key interest in these projects,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cWhat becomes vital is the use of IOT devices, which can relay the output and information of each device periodically,\u201d Ahmed added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">That data could then be connected to the chain to provide information on how much energy is being generated, as well as a status update on the health of the assets\/infrastructure itself, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8220;Each token acts as the bearer of a pro-rata claim on the asset&#8217;s cash flows,&#8221; Rishabh Gupta, Director at TD Group, told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Decrypt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400\">. &#8220;As electricity is sold and costs are settled, the net returns are distributed to token holders in line with their fractional stake.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Gupta described how &#8220;each solar panel or turbine acts as a data node, producing meter readings that oracles relay on-chain.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">&#8220;A validator set permissioned or open verifies those readings before they are written to the blockchain,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Once recorded, the data is immutable and transparent, giving auditors, regulators, and investors a clear, tamper-proof view of production and payouts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/resources\/what-is-tokenization\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 bJsyml\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Tokenization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> projects often face liquidity challenges in the secondary market, Ahmed said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Still, beyond investment access, tokenization improves project efficiency through &#8220;better tracking of data&#8221; 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