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Li Jiaqi was considered to be the last surviving top-tier livestreaming influencer after his biggest rival Viya (Huang Wei) was shut down over tax evasion in December
Thiam's Freedom Acquisition I Corporation has parted ways with Pimco, which offloaded its stake to Next G, an affiliate of Zeng’s advisory firm China Bridge Capital
Online beauty products retailer Purplle has become the latest Indian startup to become a "unicorn" after being valued at $1.1 billion, Deal Street Asia reported
Billionaire Jack Ma's fintech group aims to file a preliminary prospectus for the share offering in Shanghai and Hong Kong as early as next month, sources told Reuters
The Shenzhen-based company's multiplayer action game, which has more than 95% of its users in China, raked in $10 billion in revenue between 2015 and September 2021
``To kick them out, we must understand the tradecraft and detect them beyond just initial access,'' tweeted a National Security Agency official.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is the latest company to enter the region, with plans to launch satellite internet service in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Myanmar by next year, the report said
The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said it had launched an investigation into allegations about an employee of crypto billionaire Do Kwon's Terraform Labs
The eight largest stablecoins had an aggregated market capitalisation of $154 billion at May 30 and accounted for around 96% of the total market
China's Didi Global is in talks to buy a third of Sinomach Zhijin Automobile, a small maker of electric vehicles, sources revealed on Wednesday
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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