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Beijing to enshrine in law a ban that’s forced miners from the country. Proposed list of prohibited industries is shortened, however
Companies reportedly looking at plans for project to be part-funded by the Japanese government
Mobikwik, backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Sequoia Capital, says it is India's biggest buy now, pay later fintech company.
The Taiwanese tech giant has moved to reassure customers after White House politicians warned they had ‘tools’ to help them collect data about the ongoing semiconductor shortage
The unprecedented global shortage in semiconductor chips has helped boost the South Korean tech giant’s revenues and shares, which soared 45% last year and hit a record high in 2021
Move has sparked concerns that young but booming gaming sector – which has seen foreign investors pump in millions of dollars – will suffer catastrophically
New research from the blockchain analytics firm claims that crypto transactions surged 706% in Central and Southern Asia, plus Oceania over the past year.
Southeast Asian payments firm buys stakes from Indonesian conglomerate Lippo and Tokopedia to lift its holdings to 90% from 39%
The IMF says the market value of crypto assets surged 10-fold since early 2020 to surpass $2 trillion and warns that increased trading of the assets risks triggering destabilizing capital flows.
The leading cryptocurrency was closing in on its biggest single-day advance since the middle of June
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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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