In response to the rapid rise of privately-issued cryptocurrencies (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Diem), global central banks have been leveraging on fintech to roll-out state-backed Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to modernise the fiat money system. China is one of a few major economies...

The emerging endocrine disruption chemicals organophosphate esters (OPEs) poses high risk to glycolipid metabolism. As the major endocrine and metabolic organ that remodel systematic metabolism, limited information is available on adipocytic physiology interruption after OPEs exposure. In this...