CHINA:
1 China issues new anti-monopoly rules targeting homegrown tech giants
2 China’s national blockchain network embraces global developers
3 Pandemic Pushes China’s Sports Tech To New Heights And New Models
4 Police Detained Piracy Suspects from China’s Largest Subtitling Site Renren Yingshi
5 JD.com funds $4.6 million Suzhou digital yuan test
7 Alibaba Group Announces Offering of $5B Senior Unsecured Notes
8 Kuaishou Shares Jump 194% in Hong Kong Trading Debut
9 EV Maker NIO to Spend $850M to Purchase 3.305% of Subsidiary
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 Betatron Venture Group, PTI join hands to invest in proptech startups in Asia
2 India is restoring 4G internet in Jammu and Kashmir after 18 months
3 India-based Sugar Cosmetics bags $21m in Elevation Capital-led round
4 India’s Mental health platform InnerHour raises $5.2m led by Lightbox
5 India’s digital payments firm PhonePe leads UPI transactions in January
6 India’s investment platform Vested Finance nabs funding from Moving Capital, Ovo Fund, others
7 Former Paytm execs team up to chase gold in India
8 Malaysian MDEC seeks to encourage SMEs’ digitalisation with US$1.5M grant
9 Singapore-based edtech firm Cialfo lands $15m in Vulcan-led round
10 SG’s Goldbell acquires BlueSG’s EV car-sharing firm
11 Insurtech firm CXA to sell brokerage unit as it doubles down on SaaS business
12 Indonesia’s InsurtechPasarPolis raises $5m from IFC
CROSS-BORDER:
1 Luckin Coffee Files For Bankruptcy In New York
2 Tesla’s New Supercharger Factory Begins Production in Shanghai
4 PayPal to wind down domestic payments business in India from April
5 Myanmar military government orders telecom networks to temporarily block Facebook
6 Myanmar’s new military government is now blocking Twitter
OVERSEAS
1 SoftBank third-quarter earnings recovery seen driven by IPO boom
2 SoftBank invests in Brazilian VC firm Igah Ventures’s $130m new vehicle
3 Amazon responds to Elon Musk’s accusations of impeding SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet plans
4 Amazon is using AI-equipped cameras in delivery vans and some drivers are concerned about privacy
6 Ford boosts investment in electric and autonomous vehicles to $29 billion through 2025
7 Starlink already has 10,000 users, according to a SpaceX FCC filing
8 Firefly will light up the moon with $93M lunar lander contract from NASA
9 Ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, hits a record high above $1,700
10 Ad tech company Magnite is buying SpotX in play to deepen its strength in streaming ads
11 Pony.ai raises $100 million more to advance its autonomous vehicle tech
12 Metalenz raises $10 million for 3D sensors that are 1,000 times smaller than a hair
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