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The stiffening competition that may be tagged as a healthy twist for Chinese retail consumers can be said to be a major bane for e-commerce giant JD.com Inc (HKG: 9618). According to a report by Bloomberg, the shares of JD.com are moving negatively in tandem with a recent report that the company is planning a subsidy program to reposition itself against the stiff competition it is currently facing.
The competition is specifically coming from its top rival Pinduoduo Inc, a subsidiary of PDD Holdings Inc – ADR (NASDAQ: PDD). With more favorable pricing that has earned Pinduoduo a growing market share from JD.com and other top giants like Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd (HKG: 9988), the onus now lies on the legacy old firms to devise a way to win back those customers.
JD.com’s approach is the planned $1.5 billion subsidy program. The performance of the stock following the report showcases investors’ negative sentiments on what the future holds for JD.com and its peers should this competition persist. The company’s shares slumped by 8.53% in Hong Kong at the time of writing to HKD 189.70.
“Embarking on an aggressive subsidy campaign could be an acknowledgment on JD.com’s part that it is facing market share pressure from Pinduoduo,” said Vey-Sern Ling, managing director at Union Bancaire Privee said. The move is “negative for the entire e-commerce industry, including Alibaba,” he added.
The shares of Alibaba also slipped by 4.23% to HKD 95.20. Overall, the Hang Seng Tech Index fell by 2.9% as it prepares for its worst closing thus far this year. The growth or implosion of tech stocks in China is very correlated and the current trend is a vote of no confidence which may or may not persist.
While the trio of JD.com, Alibaba Holdings, and Tencent Holdings Ltd (HKG: 0700) are considered the tech giants that have held the forte in China to date, the outlook is shifting imminently from newer entrants like ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok.
Should JD.com be operating in a whole new niche, the prediction of its ability to bounce back might be somewhat difficult. However, as an e-commerce outfit, JD.com can unveil a set of initiatives including this proposed $1.5 billion subsidy campaign to incentivize enhanced embrace of its products and services.
Since the advent of COVID-19, retail supply has generally been on the receiving end positively. Many of the firms operating in the niche recorded a high transaction throughput and growth uptick, some of whom are not sustainable.
With the Chinese government now largely softer on crackdowns in the industry, JD.com can harness its subsidy program appropriately to help maximize impact, drag back lost users, and create immense value for all at the end of the day.
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Crypto Facilities, a fully-owned subsidy of popular crypto exchange Kraken has got the approval of the top financial regulators in the UK. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued an MLR license which indicates that Crypto Facilities is now compliant with the UK’s anti-money laundering regulations, making it one of the selected few crypto companies to have got FCA’s clearance.
The clearance comes as a huge relief for the Kraken exchange in particular as it would allow the firm to offer crypto derivatives services in the country via its subsidiary. The FCA has tightened its grip around unregulated crypto derivative products forcing many mainstream crypto exchanges to withdraw derivative services. Now, Kraken would be among the very few crypto platforms to offer the derivatives services giving it a necessary market push.
Crypto Facilities CEO Gary Worrall said,
“It paves the way for us to enhance and expand our offering, ensuring clients have access to the various exposures that best fit their investment needs,”
Apart from Kraken-owned Crypto Facilities, Mode Global Holdings, two Gemini entities, Archax, Ziglu, and Digivault, and the custody business of Diginex have also received to get an MLR license.
The Crypto market might have come a long way in 2021 both in terms of adoption and valuations, but governments around the globe remain skeptical. This is the reason governments around the globe are working towards introducing stricter policies around the crypto market. The US government passed the controversial infrastructure bill despite wide protests from the crypto community as well as several senators themselves.
The likes of China, Russia, Nigeria, and a few others have also outright banned the use of digital assets in their financial system. However, small nations such as El Salvador which has made Bitcoin a legal tender this September are already reaping the benefits of a decentralized currency. The President of the country Nayib Bukele has bought BTC in September at a discounted price and now that the BTC is near ATH, he is using the profits to build schools and hospitals.
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