Chinese steel trading website Zhaogang.com is nearing a deal to merge with a Hong Kong-listed blank-check company backed by China Merchants Bank Co.’s overseas asset management arm, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The surprise launch of a sophisticated $900-plus Huawei Technologies Co. smartphone has captivated China’s technology industry, inspiring hopes that the country’s biggest firms can overcome US sanctions seemingly designed to thwart their ascendancy.

Luxury houses are now tracking the authenticity and origin of their most-coveted products using crypto’s underlying technology.

China’s economy isn’t as bad as the prevailing mood suggests and growth is moving in the right direction as consumer spending picks up, according to an official at the British Chamber of Commerce in China.

One of the Bank of Japan’s leading advocates for unwinding monetary stimulus indicated the central bank might attain its long sought-after goal of reaching 2% inflation by early next year, a development that he said could pave the way for an interest rate increase.

Inflation in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia rose to 5.9% on the year in August, up from 5.8% in July, indicating German inflation may unexpectedly rise.

Spanish inflation quickened again in the first of a string of reports from around the region that will help European Central Bank officials judge whether to keep raising interest rates.

The risks of the new industrial policy.

China has asked two of the nation’s biggest financial firms to examine the books of Zhongrong International Trust Co., potentially paving the way for a state-led rescue of the troubled shadow lender, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Base launched on Aug. 9 without a native version of Circle’s stablecoin, which resulted in a bridged version having to be used instead.

DeFi protocol Velodrome has launched Aerodrome, a new decentralized exchange (DEX) built for Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain Base.

OpenZeppelin has unveiled Defender 2.0 — designed to support the entire development lifecycle of blockchain applications.

TVL continues to sink, while some projects announce airdrops and incentivized testnets. Read on to find out more DeFi news and alpha!

“The defense’s proposed experts suffer from an array of deficiencies that warrant preclusion of all seven witnesses,” said the DOJ.

Balancer, a prominent decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity protocol, finds itself in the spotlight following an alarming exploit driven by a …

dYdX investors hold the highest allocation at 27.7%, followed by trading rewards and community treasury at 20.2% and 16.2% respectively.

The native token of Akropolis, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol focusing on under-collateralized loans, has been on steroids since the beginning of the year.

As Mukesh Ambani’s children join the board of flagship Reliance, the market wonders if they can unlock value from the tycoon’s bold bets.

TOKYO (AP) — Sitting alone before a grand piano in a stark studio, Ryuichi Sakamoto takes the listener on a journey of his life, playing 20 of his compositions.

Tickets for Singapore’s Formula 1 Grand Prix in September are almost sold out after the event organizer was forced to reduce capacity.

President Vladimir Putin touted Russia’s close ties with India in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as world leaders prepare to gather in New Delhi next week for the Group of 20 summit.

The US, Japan and South Korea held a joint military drill to practice hunting for missiles from the likes of North Korea in their first such exercise since the leaders of the three nations pledged to improve security cooperation.

New Zealand will introduce legislation this week that enables a digital services tax on large multinational companies, though the levy won’t be imposed until 2025.

Toyota Motor Corp. has suspended daytime operations at 12 of 14 plants in Japan due to an ongoing systems glitch, though it said it doesn’t suspect it’s the victim of a cyberattack.

Instacart Inc. will be holding its much anticipated IPO in a matter of weeks. So what’s the grocery delivery company worth? That’s up for debate, but the guessing game is on.

Workers at two Chevron Corp.-operated liquefied natural gas export plants in Australia are threatening to begin strike action next week, ratcheting up pressure on negotiations and putting global energy supply at risk.

Arab Israelis are purchasing luxury homes in Jericho, adding a new dynamic to their complex relationship with other Palestinians and Jewish Israelis.

Vietnam’s exports fell for a sixth straight month in August, extending the longest plunge since 2009 amid softer global demand for goods and China’s worsening economic outlook.

The Bank of Japan should stop trying to keep policy normalization speculation at bay by offering an inflation outlook that doesn’t reflect reality, according to one of the country’s leading experts on prices.

China vowed to strengthen policy support and speed up government spending as the economy’s recovery comes under strain.

Country Garden Holdings Co. has proposed a grace period of 40 calendar days for a maturing yuan bond, marking the distressed Chinese developer’s latest effort to avoid what would be its maiden default.

China is continuing to permit massive amounts of new coal power plants, raising questions about its promises to consign the fuel to a supporting source for renewables.

Cointelegraph spoke to crypto educators, hedge funds and others to get tips on how to plan for the next bull market.

Scouting for a new property, the buyer can’t define what he wants.

The growth of unlicensed stores across Manhattan and the other boroughs has exposed lenders and building owners to illegal drug sales.

Staring at a March 4 trial on 2020 election obstruction charges, Donald Trump’s legal team has one possible strategy to delay or avoid it altogether: Tee up a high-stakes presidential immunity fight for the US Supreme Court.

Senator Chuck Schumer plans to bring together several technology industry chiefs to discuss the ramifications of artificial intelligence, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who have been discussing whether to bring their rivalry to a cage match.

The artificial-intelligence boom has investors transfixed on finding the next hot stock to explode out of the market. But Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has a different idea for playing the AI trade: forget today, think long-term.

Databricks Inc., the closely held software maker widely viewed as a candidate to go public, is in discussions with T. Rowe Price about a new funding round that would value the company at $43 billion, two people familiar with the matter said.

The new version of its best-known product offers extra privacy safeguards, longer text prompts

Google will likely be off the hook for paying damages to 21 million users who claim in an antitrust lawsuit they were overcharged in the company’s app marketplace as a federal judge retracted a ruling that gave them class-action status.

Xpeng Inc.’s shares soared after it agreed to buy Didi Global Inc.’s smart-car development arm in a deal that both eliminates a potential competitor in the crowded electric-vehicle market and gives it a tech-savvy partner in a new venture.

The electronics arm of electric-vehicle maker BYD Co. agreed to buy Jabil Inc.’s manufacturing business in China for 15.8 billion yuan ($2.2 billion), expanding its production base in the world’s largest mobile arena.

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani said his Reliance Industries Ltd. will expand into wind power equipment with the help of more established firms to boost the conglomerate’s suite of clean energy products.

Minerva SA, South America’s top beef exporter, agreed to buy some assets from rival Marfrig Global Foods SA for 7.5 billion reais ($1.5 billion).

Bank of America Corp raised its forecast for Brazil’s economic growth, citing falling interest rates, a robust labor market and an improving investment climate.

US workers are becoming gloomier about the near-term business outlook for their employers, according to a new index.

China’s economic outlook is showing no signs of improvement, with forecasters broadly trimming their expectations for the nation’s recovery, prices and trade.

South Korean retail investors are cycling through meme stocks so quickly that it’s alarming regulators.