Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a surprise cryptocurrency platform, unconfirmed sources surface today.

CnLedger, The local information provider on crypto based on Twitter relayed the report of Chinese Internet service qq.com, stating that the platform "P2P Nodes" of Alibaba had been "launched" after a recording in October 2017.

According to the available material of cnLedger, Alibaba "may incorporate" P2P Nodes into its platform. e-commerce form "in the future" :

Tencent News: Alibaba launches a "P2P Nodes" virtual currency trading platform, registered in Nanjing . May incorporate with the e-commerce platform in the future. (Unconfirmed) https://t.co/w0ZzgKk773 – cnLedger (@cnLedger) January 16, 2018

In a later development, the Chinese conglomerate Tencent recorded a "Blockchain-related registered trademark " for an entity named" Ether Lock "and" Ethernet Lock ".

The Chinese Internet giant Tencent registered the trademark "Ether Lock" https: //t.co/fQKn0rHnMq – cnLedger (@cnLedger) January 16, 2018

The moves are against the current regulatory speech from Beijing. The authorities have recently signaled their desire to slowly reduce participation in Bitcoin mining, while regulators are also trying to eradicate the latest traces of centralized crypto-centralized trading.

P2P nodes also represent a U-turn The founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma, who said in December that the world was "not ready" for involvement in cryptocurrency.

In an interview with CNBC at the same time, Ma revealed that Alibaba "had spent a lot" researching Blockchain technology, but that Bitcoin is "not for [him] ".

The cryptocurrency markets continue to feel the pressure partly from China's latest regulatory changes, with Bitcoin losing almost 15% and altcoins much more over the past 24 hours.