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The grant aligns with China's broader push to dominate AI, quantum computing, and next‑gen cryptography—areas that directly intersect with blockchain scalability and security. As global competition for talent intensifies, China’s long‑term funding may accelerate proprietary blockchain protocols and hardware, subtly shifting the tech‑innovation landscape in favor of crypto‑adjacent ecosystems.

China selected its first researchers for 15-year mega grants, starting with a 5-year grant that could be extended for another ten years.

China Names First Researchers to 15-Year Mega Grants

China's 15-year grants are a talent-export signal: Beijing is locking down its top AI/crypto researchers just as US stablecoin regulation could trigger a global brain drain into tokenized science.