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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.
Covid lockdowns in China lifted Alibaba's earnings, thanks to surging demand for cloud services as millions of citizens work from home and shop online
Development of new iPhones is "falling behind schedule" because restrictions on movement have yet to be fully lifted in Shanghai, Nikkei has reported
Curbs in China to contain the spread of Covid-19 appeared to boost demand for Baidu's cloud services and AI products, helping the group record revenue that topped estimates
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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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