From Google, Amazon and Microsoft to Alibaba and Tencent, US and Chinese tech firms have set up or are building dozens of data centres in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
Scientists in Australia and other countries with a keen interest in Antarctica have been closely following China's activities in the southern polar region
Stepn lets users buy and trade NFTs and in-game crypto by walking or running in the real world and they then convert in-game earnings to other crypto or cash
The firm had raised $40 million in its previous round, a year earlier. The cryptocurrency lender and asset manager is now valued at $2 billion.
Founded in 2013, Opn offers a digital payment system to merchants, enterprises, and financial institutions in Japan and Southeast Asia using blockchain
Crypto exchanges crowded the sidelines of the main conference aiming to gain credibility with mainstream companies ranging from Tyson Foods to Salesforce.com
Republican-sponsored bill would ban US app stores from supporting apps that enable payment with China's digital yuan.
There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
The 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.
The Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
Asia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade