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Korea

Proponents and opponents of regulation both spurn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's attempt at compromise.

South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms | KrASIA

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South Korea flounders in quest to restrain power of online platforms

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

Bilibili

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Content

Creative

Creator Economy

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

Entertainment

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

Live Streaming

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

Gaming and ad growth help Bilibili hit a profit, but sustaining this trajectory could be challenging.

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power | KrASIA

Bilibili hits profitability milestone but faces big questions about its staying power

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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36Kr English

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Podium nets Series A1 funding, Gyges Labs backed to redefine wearables, xAI raises USD 5 billion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

KrASIA | Fintech Archives

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

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

Insurance

Didi halts mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations. Major mutual aid platforms have been suspended as regulators rein in tech firms.

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations | KrASIA

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

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Jiaxing Li

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Malaysia

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy. Curlec was one of ten finalists of the Alibaba x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator Malaysia Demo Day

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy | KrASIA

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy

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Khamila Mulia

Digital Banks

Indonesia

Philippines

Vietnam

4 key stats from Finder's report on digital banking adoption. Indonesia currently has the highest adoption in Southeast Asia, but Vietnam will lead in 2026.

4 key stats from Finder's report on digital banking adoption | KrASIA

4 key stats from Finder&#8217;s report on digital banking adoption

MENA

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

Cryptocurrencies

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B. BitOasis is the Middle East and North Africa's first homegrown crypto exchange.

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B | KrASIA

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B

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MENAbytes

Crypto exchange Huobi's COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest. It has blocked new account registrations in mainland China.

Crypto exchange Huobi's COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest | KrASIA

Crypto exchange Huobi&#8217;s COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest

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Stephanie Li

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Q&amp;A

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis. Bbanks representing 20% of the global population are likely to issue CBDCs soon.

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis | KrASIA

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis

The startup plans to go public on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in two to three years.

Binance-backed Tokocrypto wants to grow beyond a cryptocurrency exchange for Indonesian investors | KrASIA

Binance-backed Tokocrypto wants to grow beyond a cryptocurrency exchange for Indonesian investors

Japan, Korea, and the West

An intro to fintech enablers: How every company can offer fintech. Fintech making the conventional financial institutions and finance sector defunct.

An intro to fintech enablers: How every company can offer fintech | KrASIA

An intro to fintech enablers: How every company can offer fintech

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Headline Asia

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says. Ovo was seen as the most complex part in the GoTo merger.