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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Rachelle Abbott

China crackdown blocks cryptocurrency social media accounts

A string of crypto-related accounts within China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform have been blocked.

It comes as Beijing steps up a crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining.

Analysts say more enforcement is expected, likely including linking illegal crypto activities more directly with Chinese criminal law.

Researchers in Britain and the US say they’ve discovered a new experimental treatment for an advanced form of cancerous tumour.

Known as PEN-221, it has been shown to stabilise neuroendocrine tumours in almost 90 per cent of patients and reduce the size of tumours in almost 40%.

British and American finance ministers have agreed to fight tax avoidance from tech giants by making them pay more in the countries where they do business.

The deal announced in London between the G7 countries could see billions of dollars flow to governments to pay off debts incurred during the Covid crisis.

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