Ecosystem Roundup: North Korea’s US$6.4B Binance heist took 54 minutes and isn’t over

For years, Southeast Asian founders were told to win their home market before expanding abroad. Prove the product, build the team, establish revenue, then move into neighbouring countries. That advice still makes sense. But for startups seeking institutional venture capital, it is becoming less sufficient. Investors are paying closer attention to the limits of domestic […] The post In Southeast Asia, winning at home may no longer be enough appeared first on e27.

But surprisingly, they’re cheaper than their predecessors at launch.

MANILA, Philippines – The Final Frontier is making its way to the Commander table as Star Trek joins Magic: The Gathering (MTG) with four new preconstructed decks set to release on November 13, 2026. As the final major release in MTG’s 2026 lineup, the Star Trek collaboration brings some of the franchise’s most recognizable characters,

An interview with Ria Lu and an analysis on the perception of video games and young gamers in the Philippines. MANILA, Philippines – There’s been so much attention on video games and heat on the Philippine video game industry because of the spate of school shootings of the last couple months.  These events have been

Empyrean Technology, China’s top provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, plans to acquire a majority stake in a domestic start-up, reinforcing Beijing’s drive for tech self-sufficiency and bolstering support for Huawei Technologies’ semiconductor ambitions. The Beijing-based firm said in a Shenzhen Stock Exchange filing on Sunday that it would acquire a 50.38 per cent stake in Easy-Logic Technology for 218.8 million yuan (US$33 million). Once completed, the start-up would be...

At about 4.20am Singapore time on October 30, while most of Southeast Asia’s crypto traders were asleep, money began leaving Binance. By the time the region’s markets opened, the world’s largest crypto exchange had suffered the biggest theft in crypto history. Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has now published its reconstruction of the attack. It puts […] The post Binance’s US$6.4B hack was decided in 54 minutes, and the chase isn’t over appeared first on e27.

On paper, Malaysia’s trade figures read like a victory lap. Technology-related exports jumped about 55 per cent year-on-year in September, and the monthly trade surplus hit its second record high of MYR 34 billion (US$8.38 billion). When looking closer, though, the boom appears to be largely borrowed. In a new note, CGS International argued that […] The post Malaysia is selling more chips, but it isn’t winning more of the market appeared first on e27.

You don’t have to imagine what an AI Home looks and feels like, because LG has it all set up for you at one of its most important Harvey Norman stores.

For the first time, the amount of inference data generated by artificial intelligence systems in China has surpassed the amount of data used to train those systems, according to a new government-backed report, illustrating how the country is increasingly adopting AI at scale. The report released on Saturday by the China Centre for Information Industry Development (CCID), which operates under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), cited recent official data showing that...

The new safety measures alerts parents when their teenager’s searches or conversations with Meta AI suggest they might need help.

A passport is not a clever piece of paper. Anyone with a good printer and bad intentions can fake one. What makes it work is the government standing behind it, an authority that vouched for the holder and can withdraw that vouching the moment something goes wrong. Evin McMullen has spent a decade thinking about […] The post AI agents need someone standing behind them, says AmanTrue CEO Evin McMullen appeared first on e27.

Startup Island TAIWAN, the national startup brand of Taiwan, backed by the National Development Council (NDC), led 33 Taiwanese deep-tech startups to the Taiwan Pavilion at SWITCH 2026 in Singapore from October 27 to 29, in partnership with Startup Terrace, Hsinchu Science Park Bureau, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and Taiwan Digi Gold Card. Exhibiting […] The post Startup Island TAIWAN leads 33 deep-tech startups to SWITCH 2026, advancing their expansion into Singapore appeared first on e27.