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中国の暗号資産（仮想通貨）マイニング（採掘）向け機器最大手、ビットメインは、中国政府のビットコイン採掘規制強化を受けて自社製品が中古市場に大量に流れているため、新たな販売を停止したと発表した。

１４日の取引で、暗号資産（仮想通貨）のビットコインは４万ドル弱と２週間ぶりの高値となっている。テスラのイーロン・マスク最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）がビットコインでのテスラ車支払いを再び認める可能性があるとツイートしたことを受けた。

The head of the Egyptian stock exchange told Reuters on Sunday he expects four companies in the IT, agriculture and chemicals industries to conduct initial public offerings (IPOs) in the second half of 2021.

政府は、新たな経済財政運営の指針（骨太方針）で、基礎的財政収支（プライマリーバランス、ＰＢ）を２０２５年度までに黒字化させる財政目標を堅持する方針だ。新型コロナウイルス感染症の経済的な影響を年度内に検証し、目標年度を再確認することも打ち出す。複数の政府関係者が８日までに明らかにした。

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will spend about 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) to support the development of its first quantum computer and related technologies in the next four years, the economy and science ministries said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, April 27, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS The science ministry will spend 1.1 billion euros by 2025 to support research and developm...

6 Min Read SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - Zhang Yiming will step down as chief executive of TikTok-owner ByteDance, handing over to college roommate, long-time colleague and current human resources head Liang Rubo. FILE PHOTO: Zhang Yiming, founder and global CEO of ByteDance, poses in Palo Alto, California, U.S., March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Zhang, 38, turned ByteDance into a social media powerhouse which has also had many brushes with global regulator...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) - An official of China’s market regulator said on Thursday that the authority will step up inspection in major anti-monopoly cases in accordance with the law, state news agency Xinhua reported. The regulator will further enhance supervision ability to protect interests of consumers, said Liu Weijun, head of the Department of Certification Regulation at the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR). (Reporting by Beijing newsroom;...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read TORONTO, April 16 (Reuters) - Canadian asset manager Purpose Investments Inc said on Friday that it has been cleared by Canadian securities regulators to launch the first direct custody Ether exchange traded fund in the world. The Purpose ETF is designed to provide investors with exposure to the cryptocurrency by investing directly in physically settled Ether tokens, Purpose Investments said. In February, the company launched the world’s first Bitcoin ETF. (Reporti...

A dozen Chinese Internet platform companies pledged to avoid anti-competitive behaviors such as forcing vendors to use their platform exclusively, according to a statement on Wednesday from the State Administration for Market Regulation.

China's Alibaba does not expect any material impact from changes to its exclusivity arrangements with merchants, CEO Daniel Zhang said on Monday, after regulators fined the e-commerce giant a record $2.75 billion for abusing its market dominance.