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Sideloading, the practice of downloading apps without using an app store, is among the reforms lawmakers hope will open up the market
The exemption means Korean companies won't have to secure licences from Washington for exports using US technology before they can be shipped to Russia
Analysts expect property, accounting for a quarter of the economy, to get more regulatory support while internet firms will remain a crackdown target
The government wants to make the change in order to promote services using "self-driving" vehicles, Nikkei said
Sotheby's has already sold NFTs, the ubiquitous digital objects that are linked to pieces of art or other items, for millions of dollars over the past year
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, announced the plan on Twitter on Thursday and said Kyiv would reveal details soon
"We should take measures to prevent listed persons and institutions from switching to unregulated crypto-assets,” Germany's finance minister said
The agreement between DSSA, part of the Sinar Mas conglomerate, and the DANA owner was filed with the Indonesia Stock Exchange
Grab, whose Q4 revenue fell 27%, said it had invested aggressively in improving incentives for drivers as ride-share demand recovered from pandemic lows
Many of the world's largest crypto exchanges – including Binance, Kraken and Coinbase – have refused to ban Russian clients raising fears of a sanctions backdoor
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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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