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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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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

Photo of Ayoconnect’s co-founders. From left to right: Alex Jatra (CFO), Jakob Rost (CEO), and Chiragh Kirpalani (COO). Adi Vora, co-founder and CTO of Ayoconnect, is not in the photo.

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Indonesia

Indonesian B2B fintech developer AyoConnect raises USD 10 million to advance open finance. AyoConnect has more than 100 clients.

Indonesian B2B fintech developer AyoConnect raises USD 10 million to advance open finance | KrASIA

Indonesian B2B fintech developer AyoConnect raises USD 10 million to advance open finance

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Khamila Mulia

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

Ovo is the most used and most popular e-wallet platform, according to the report.

4 takeaways from Kadence International on mobile payments adoption in Indonesia | KrASIA

4 takeaways from Kadence International on mobile payments adoption in Indonesia

Cryptocurrencies

Thailand

Thai regulator pitches new rules for crypto custodians. Thai citizens lifted trading volumes on crypto exchanges to USD 2.5 billion in 2020.

Thai regulator floats new rules for crypto custodians | KrASIA

Thai regulator floats new rules for crypto custodians

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Stephanie Li

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

The Singapore-based firm became a unicorn after raising USD 100 million in a Series C round in August.

Matrixport lures high-net-worth investors with unique products like dual-currency crypto investments | KrASIA

Matrixport lures high-net-worth investors with unique products like dual-currency crypto investments

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

India Tech

India

Khatabook, which has raised over USD 200 million to date, competes with digital ledger solution providers such as OkCredit and Vyapar.

Indian digital ledger startup Khatabook raises USD 100 million from Tribe, Moore | KrASIA

Indian digital ledger startup Khatabook raises USD 100 million from Tribe, Moore

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Digital Banks

Philippines

Number of challengers to traditional lenders to be capped at seven for now.

Philippines to stop accepting digital bank license applications | KrASIA

Philippines to stop accepting digital bank license applications

In April this year, Amazon announced a USD 250 million venture fund to invest in Indian startups.

Amazon places its bet on India's wealth tech space with investment in Smallcase | KrASIA

Amazon places its bet on India&#8217;s wealth tech space with investment in Smallcase

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Avanish Tiwary

Indonesia and Thailand launch cross-border QR payment link. Thailand has similar agreements with Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Singapore.

Indonesia and Thailand launch cross-border QR payment link | KrASIA

Indonesia and Thailand launch cross-border QR payment link

Co-founders of Aeloi: Sonika Manandhar (left) and Tiffany Tong (right)

Q&amp;A

Entrepreneurs should put themselves in their users’ shoes, co-founder Sonika Manandhar says.