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The US tech giant has agreed to buy a controlling stake in the start-up as Japan only now begins to embrace the cashless culture of many of its rivals
A new law in South Korea requires crypto exchanges to partner with banks and ensure accounts are held by real...
The Latin American start-up, which can count the Japanese tech, energy and fintech investor SoftBank as one of its major supporters, has customers in more than 30 countries, including Sony, Nestle and McDonald's
Officials say a data centre will be set up in Guangdong and a data trading market created in Shenzhen in...
Scams are rife in crypto, partly because crypto exchanges are at fault, but also because of sudden hacks, plus teams...
A major rejig of Alibaba and Ant’s operations was undertaken to reduce financial risks of the online lender, which also...
The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker has hinted at a 53% quarterly profits boost – its best for three years – largely off the back of its booming semiconductor operations
Organisations ordered not to “provide premises, commercial display, advertising… and other services for cryptocurrency-related business activities” China’s central bank warned...
Shares in Chinese online retailer soar after it announces $1.36-billion deal to sell 17% stake to Alibaba, Xiaomi and local...
Japan’s digital yen may spark a turf war, says Hideki Murai, who heads the ruling party’s digital currencies panel. Digital...
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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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