Bloomberg Warnings from Indian crypto exchanges that a controversial new transaction tax would erode trading are coming true, with volumes evaporating since the levy took effect. Three exchanges — ZebPay, WazirX and CoinDCX — suffered declines of between 60% and 87% in the value of daily trading immediately after the 1% tax deductible at source became effective on July …

  BEIJING / WAM China’s digital economy logged rapid expansion in recent years, with its scale increasing from 11 trillion yuan ($1.65 trillion) in 2012 to over 45 trillion yuan in 2021, official data showed. According to the state news agency (Xinhua), the proportion of the digital economy in China’s GDP rises from 21.6 percent to 39.8 percent in the …

Bloomberg For all it’s been a tough year for equities, food delivery stocks have had it much worse. Just Eat Takeaway.com NV and Delivery Hero SE are among the 10 biggest losers in the Stoxx 600 Index in 2022, both down more than 60%, and when Deliveroo plc is added, the combined market value losses stand at $30 billion. The …