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Two high-profile Chinese livestreamers are being investigated for tax fraud. Personalities who shape internet commerce may be targets in deepening scrutiny.

Two high-profile Chinese livestreamers are being investigated for tax fraud | KrASIA

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Two high-profile Chinese livestreamers are being investigated for tax fraud

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A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Singapore gains in China's strictest crypto ban. Regulators have outlawed all crypto transactions and services in China, prompting shifts.

Singapore gains from China's strictest crypto ban | KrASIA

Singapore gains from China&#8217;s strictest crypto ban

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Content

Alibaba to sell entire stake in Mango Excellent Media at USD 356 million loss. The media sector generates sizable revenue for Alibaba, but that may change.

Alibaba to sell entire stake in Mango Excellent Media at USD 356 million loss | KrASIA

Alibaba to sell entire stake in Mango Excellent Media at USD 356 million loss

Luckin Coffee

Embattled Luckin Coffee to pay USD 187.5 million to settle US investors’ claims. The company has released its 2020 fiscal report, showing narrowing losses.

Embattled Luckin Coffee to pay USD 187.5 million to settle US investors’ claims | KrASIA

Embattled Luckin Coffee to pay USD 187.5 million to settle US investors’ claims

Electric Vehicles

Troubled EV maker Faraday Future cruises into China. It has formed partnerships with Chinese automakers to sell cars in the world’s largest EV market.

Troubled EV maker Faraday Future cruises into China | KrASIA

Troubled EV maker Faraday Future cruises into China

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Music

ByteDance to launch music streaming app for Chinese listeners. Changes in TME’s business offer an opening for ByteDance to step into music streaming.

ByteDance to launch music streaming app for Chinese listeners | KrASIA

ByteDance to launch music streaming app for Chinese listeners

Tencent CSO: Bitcoin Is An Intrinsically Valueless Asset That Tencent Will Not Bet on

Crypto mining rig maker Canaan reports record-high profits. As crypto becomes increasingly popular, demand for freshly minted coins is higher than ever.

Crypto mining rig maker Canaan reports record-high profits | KrASIA

Crypto mining rig maker Canaan reports record-high profits

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Chinese game developers jump on metaverse bandwagon, sending stock prices soaring and propelling stock prices of video game companies to new heights.

Chinese game developers jump on metaverse bandwagon, sending stock prices soaring | KrASIA

Chinese game developers jump on metaverse bandwagon, sending stock prices soaring

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Lending

Chinese regulators break up Alipay, split off loan business. Online lending is being curbed while Beijing builds a stake-backed credit scoring system.