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ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba Invest in China’s Regulated Metaverse
ByteDance, Tencent, Alibaba Invest in China’s Regulated Metaverse
February 14, 2022  |  Metaverse

Chinese tech giants are beginning to invest more in the metaverse, CNBC reported Sunday (Feb. 13). The ‘metaverse’ usually refers to a virtual world where...

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ByteDance Launches Non-Metaverse Virtual World
ByteDance Launches Non-Metaverse Virtual World
January 28, 2022  |  Metaverse

TikTok owner ByteDance has launched an app in China that lets users explore and interact in a virtual community. Just don’t call it a metaverse....

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ByteDance, Tencent, Added to Senate Antitrust Bill
ByteDance, Tencent, Added to Senate Antitrust Bill
January 20, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

A new antitrust bill headed to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday (Jan. 20) has been expanded to include two Chinese social media giants. As Bloomberg...

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ByteDance Scales Back Investments Ahead of Crackdown
ByteDance Scales Back Investments Ahead of Crackdown
January 19, 2022  |  Regulation

TikTok owner ByteDance is scaling back its investment operations in expectation that China will restrict the type of deal-making that has fueled the growth of...

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ByteDance Valuation Tops $400B
ByteDance Valuation Tops $400B
October 15, 2021  |  Investments

TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation has reached $400 billion based on anonymous sales by online traders, with some analysts seeing that number climb higher, according to...

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Report: TikTok Parent ByteDance Seeking $4B in Debt Financing
Report: TikTok Parent ByteDance Seeking $4B in Debt Financing
September 08, 2021  |  Loans

Chinese firm ByteDance, owner of video-driven social media sites TikTok and Douyin, is looking for roughly $4 billion in loans as its initial public offering...

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TikTok Parent ByteDance Curtails FinTech Biz, Spins off Stock Trading Unit
TikTok Parent ByteDance Curtails FinTech Biz, Spins off Stock Trading Unit
September 02, 2021  |  Regulation

TikTok parent ByteDance is curtailing its FinTech operations and selling off its stock brokerage business as Chinese regulators continue to wield power over companies that...

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ByteDance Allows Other Companies To Buy TikTok AI Tech
ByteDance Allows Other Companies To Buy TikTok AI Tech
July 05, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

ByteDance has begun selling the artificial intelligence that powers its blockbuster TikTok app to other companies outside China, the Financial Times reported. The Financial Times...

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China Intensifies Antitrust Scrutiny On Domestic Tech Businesses
China Intensifies Antitrust Scrutiny On Domestic Tech Businesses
June 17, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Chinese officials are stepping up antitrust probes into numerous domestic technology firms, popping into facilities unannounced, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. The agencies involved...

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