<p>Other top news: Courier giant YTO forms logistics lab. 224 more blockchain firms get official thumbs up. VC in Singapore, UK and US.</p>

Current Forkast #11: Crypto surge before halving. SenseTime and China's CBDC. BitMEX shuns Japan.

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