Asia’s tech news #123: Tiny guest houses, social trolls in Australia, Asia-Pac marketing…

In this issue: Australia’s proposed social media troll laws, Dragons of Asia advertising and marketing awards, tiny guest houses land funding, SenseTime IPO uncertainty, Sempre’s secure cell towers technology…

Taiwan: Intro & 101 to XY Finance, cross-chain crypto swap aggregator — cointelegraph.com

XY Finance has built an efficient and user-friendly cross-chain swap for decentralized (DeFi) & Metaverse and single-token liquidity provision service through X Swap and Y Pool…

Dragons of Asia Awards unveils 2021 winners in Asia Pac’s advertising & marketing space — www.digitalnewsasia.com

SEEK Asia, the holding company for multinational career platforms JobStreet and JobsDB, was recently recognised at the Dragons of Asia Awards Programme for its effective marketing campaigns…

Aus/Sg: Big Tiny hits Au$4.2M pre-A with design, manufacture, assembly of tiny houses as guest… — shorttermrentalz.com

Big Tiny has offices in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia [Sydney and Melbourne], where it designs, manufactures and assembles the tiny houses and partners with hosts to operate them as small guest accommodations.

China: SenseTime IPO uncertain as US blacklists company over AI-driven facial recognition — asia.nikkei.com

‘…in jeopardy after the U.S. added the company to an investment blacklist over allegations that its technologies are used to enable repression of China’s Uyghurs.’

ICYMI: Sempre, aiming for a more secure, smarter alternative to traditional cell towers — www.axios.com

The company has also won a bid for an early trial with the military and is exploring other ideas for working with first responders and other governmental agencies.

Unicorn Battle Worldwide 2022: Startup applications are open now

Australia: Gov’t proposes defamation laws holding social platforms accountable for troll comments — www.theverge.com

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is proposing new laws that would force social media platforms to reveal the identity of online trolls. If the platform is unable to disclose the troll’s identity…

Decentralized VC: “…the entire investment process…happens upfront before the final…” — www.entrepreneur.com

The galvanizing power of the blockchain and decentralized systems offer tremendous opportunities to everyone willing to participate…

Australia: West Tech Fest conference gains $500K commitment for 2022 edition from WA gov’t — startupnews.com.au

Established in 2017, the New Industries Fund enables initiatives such as West Tech Fest, which support and accelerate Western Australia’s innovative startups, emerging businesses and small to medium…

Joint Exhibition & Junction of Startup Landscape in Indonesia — Dec 13 — finance.yahoo.com

JEJALA ID is a 3-month, multi-faceted event and roadshow meant to share information for investors interested in taking advantage of the growing tech startup scene in Indonesia.