Alibaba2026-10-16 03:09:33Alibaba Wan video model lead Zhang Yingya reportedly leaves after team restructuringBlockBeats, citing Dongcha Beating AI, reported that Zhang Yingya, the lead behind Alibaba Tongyi Wanxiang’s Wan series of video generation models, has recently left the company, with his next destination still unclear. Zhang joined Alibaba through campus recruitment in 2015 and had worked there for about 11 years. Earlier in his tenure, he focused on visual recognition and image detection before moving into diffusion models and video generation research. In 2023, he took part in the development of ModelScopeT2V, Alibaba’s early open-source text-to-video model, and later became a core researcher on the Wan series. His name also appeared on the Wan technical report released in 2025. The reported departure came after Alibaba reorganized its multimodal teams. In July this year, the company folded the Tongyi Wanxiang team into the Future Life Laboratory led by Vice President Zhang Di, placing it under the same management structure as the HappyHorse video model and the HappyOyster world model.20
Wanchain2026-07-23 06:40:14Wanchain (WAN) Goes Live on BitMart: What Does the Listing Mean for Price?Wanchain's WAN token started trading on BitMart on Feb 5, 2026, with deposits open since Feb 3. The token trades around $0.066. Community is split on liquidity boost vs short-term volatility.480
Binance2026-07-10 13:52:13Binance to Delist WAN Margin Trading Pairs on April 10, 2026Binance said it will remove WAN cross margin assets and delist related cross and isolated margin pairs on April 10, 2026, urging users to close positions or transfer assets before the deadline.1340
