China has emerged as the leading nation for blockchain patent application numbers, according to a new report from a leading fintech think tank. China currently accounts for approximately 63.2% of global blockchain patent applications with a total of approximately 33,000, according to figures from the “2021 Global Blockchain and China Blockchain Finance Patent Innovation and Tech Capability Report” (2021???????????????????????) released by the Zhihuiya Innovation Research Centre (?????????) on 9 November. The US comes in second place with an 11.8% share, followed by South Korea, at 5.3%. According to the report from Zhihuiya the quality of China’s blockchain patents has also...