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Investing.com -- A blockchain protocol developed by Ant Group, the Chinese fintech giant behind Alipay and an affiliate of Alibaba Group, has powered the launch of the first institutional-grade onchain vault focused on emerging-market consumer lending, Investing.com has learned.

Alibaba Group on Wednesday unveiled a new AI chip, the Zhenwu M890, as the Chinese technology giant intensifies efforts to build domestic alternatives to ‌Nvidia processors amid tightening U.S. export curbs. The chip, developed by Alibaba's semiconductor design subsidiary ‌T-Head, delivers three times the performance of its predecessor, Zhenwu 810E. Alibaba said the new processor is well-suited to handle the heavy memory and communication demands of agent workloads, where models must retain long stretches of context and coordinate with one another in real time.