China crackdown blocks crypto social media accounts

A string of crypto-related accounts on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform were blocked over the weekend, as Beijing stepped up a crackdown on bitcoin trading and mining. Cancer breakthrough: new drug ‘stabilises 90% of rare tumour type’. YouTuber Logan Paul goes boxing distance over eight rounds with Floyd Mayweather - and walked on wearing rare Pokémon card. Facebook and Amazon told to pay their way for Covid relief by G7 finance chiefs - but could loopholes scupper big settlements? Virtual stickers show if online lonely hearts have been Covid vaccinated. How an organic future farm startup smashed its crowdfunding target to boost biodiversity and help us eat better.

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