Disclaimer: This article contains a video that may be disturbing for some readers. A brazen attempt to kidnap the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, the co-founder and CEO of French crypto exchange Paymium, was foiled after the daughter and passersby reportedly fought off the kidnappers. Three masked men attacked Noizat’s daughter and a male…

China is building megaports in South America to feed its need for crops - China has reassured its citizens they would have enough to eat without U.S. crops. It will have to unclog Latin America’s largest port first. Wall Street Journal is gated, link here if you can access. Main points: China state…

The X account of the Ethereum layer 2 network ZKsync and its developer Matter Labs were compromised early on May 13, with hackers falsely claiming the network was being probed by US authorities, among other scam messages. A ZKsync-related X account posted on May 13, confirming the accounts for ZKsync and Matter Labs were…

Deal stokes optimism among investors that Donald Trump will de-escalate trade war

China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) has called on central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to accelerate innovation and strengthen their role in strategic and emerging industries, as part of efforts to meet 2025 targets and prepare for the 15th Five-Year Plan. At an expanded Party Committee meeting, SASAC emphasized the need to implement key…

Japan PM Ishiba: Autos, agriculture, airplane parts are all separate from security matters Economy minister Akazawa chimes in similarly: Security and forex are not part of trade discussions …

Goldman Sachs on crude: “We still expect Brent/WTI prices to edge down and average $60/56 in the rest of 2025 and $56/52 in 2026” Expects solid supply growth outside US shale to weigh further on oil prices …

Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng said a joint statement would be released in Geneva on Monday. Vice-Commerce Minister Li Chenggang said it would contain "good news for the world". As yet I haven't found a scheduled time for the release of this expected joint statement. What we have had so far from official statements has…

Chinese company’s offering is set to be Hong Kong’s biggest share sale this year

Controversial series ‘Zero Day’ is first to realistically depict a Chinese invasion of the democratic but divided island