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Singapore’s ‘Crypto King’ has no clothes

Ryan Tan, an influencer who runs a social media channel called Crypto King, shilled digital coins to his followers. These turned out to be bad bets.

Here are 100+ Women in Power in Southeast Asia’s tech and startup community
In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the leading women in SEA’s tech and startup scene, and we’re starting off with this list.

Former Coinbase exec launches new Web3 firm
Spencer Yang has launched Gomu, which provides the gateway for wallets, apps, and services based on Web3.

SG firm launches VC arm with investments in 2 startups
TC Ventures is targeting firms working on decarbonization and digitalization solutions, with focus on transportation-related use cases.

Singtel’s NCS shells out $239m for its largest acquisition
NCS acquired Australian IT services major Dialog to further advance its expansion efforts in Asia Pacific.

Indonesian edtech firm bags funding from MDI Ventures
The deal pushes Zenius’ total funding raised to date to US$40 million.

Deep Dive: Asia’s crypto fever
Countries across Asia are adopting crypto in varied and interesting ways, but regulation remains a hurdle.

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AWS SaaS Forum on March 8th
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Jakarta, Indonesia
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