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The UK’s antitrust watchdog has narrowed its probe of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid for video game giant, Activision Blizzard, it said today. In February, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally concluded the merger “could harm U.K. gamers” through higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation. Today it’s updated that position — saying new evidence “provisionally […]

UK narrows antitrust probe of Microsoft-Activision by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Tracking secondary deals gives us insight into how investors are thinking about a company’s valuation and exit timeline.

How to use the secondary market to find clues about who will IPO first by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

Google has taken down hundreds of loan apps from the Play Store in Kenya, after its new policy, which requires digital lenders in the East African country to submit proof of license, took effect in January. The policy followed the coming into force of Kenya’s Digital Credit Providers (DCP) regulations last year, requiring entities providing […]

Google removes hundreds of Kenya-focused loan apps from Play Store by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said Friday it has temporarily suspended all spot trading on its platform as it works to resolve an issue. The exchange did not identify the nature of the issue, but said it was working to bring it back “as soon as possible,” suggesting the bottleneck isn’t significant. Binance commands […]

Crypto giant Binance temporarily suspends spot trading by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch