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Samsung Electronics’ Q4 Operating Profit Rises 53.3%
Samsung Electronics’ Q4 Operating Profit Rises 53.3%

Profits in the chip business, Samsung's largest division, more than doubled from the same quarter a year ago to 8.84 trillion won

Tesla Forecasts 50% Growth in Vehicle Deliveries in 2022
Tesla Forecasts 50% Growth in Vehicle Deliveries in 2022

The upbeat outlook came after the world's most valuable automaker posted record quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street expectations

China Tech Giants Take Stakes in More Firms – Caixin
China Tech Giants Take Stakes in More Firms – Caixin

Tencent invested in 258 companies, 60% more than in 2020. Alibaba made 70 investments, up 59% and ByteDance bought into 58 companies, 87% more

Tsinghua Unigroup Axes Memory Chip Projects – Nikkei
Thailand’s Bitkub Plans to Grow in Southeast Asia – FT
Korea’s BTS to Feature in ‘Eco-Friendly’ NFTs – FT
Hangzhou Party Chief Expelled Over Corruption Charges
China’s Realme Eyes Europe’s High-End Smartphone Market
‘Teenage’ Bitcoin Correlates More Closely with S&P 500
Power Returning to Central Asia After Massive Blackout

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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