Scope: Global
Digital Economy
Stablecoins and Payments: The Competition Shock Is Here
⚡ Key Takeaways The IMF Working Paper 2026/052, published March 20, 2026, estimates that pro-stablecoin U.S. legislation reduced the market...
Digital Economy
Digital Payments: The New Credit Infrastructure for Firms
⚡ Key Takeaways A March 2026 World Bank study covering nearly 50,000 firms across 101 economies finds that businesses receiving...
Digital Economy
Merchant Acceptance: The Last Mile of Cashless Economies
⚡ Key Takeaways World Bank 2026 work pinpoints merchant acceptance and identity-trust as the binding constraints on cashless economies. In...
Policy & Regulation
Google Search Data: A New DMA Enforcement Test
⚡ Key Takeaways On April 16, 2026, the European Commission proposed measures requiring Google to share ranking, query, click, and...
Policy & Regulation
EU AI Act: 2026 Is the Year It Gets Real
⚡ Key Takeaways The EU AI Act is in its decisive 2026 phase. The November 19, 2025 Digital Omnibus on...
Policy & Regulation
OECD Responsible AI: A More Practical Policy Playbook
⚡ Key Takeaways On February 19, 2026, the OECD published its Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI, backed by every...
Skills & Careers
Australia’s AI Skills Plan: A Workforce Model Worth Watching
⚡ Key Takeaways Microsoft’s April 23, 2026 commitment aims to help three million Australians build workforce-ready AI skills by end-2028,...
Skills & Careers
AI Literacy for the Trades: A New Workforce Playbook
⚡ Key Takeaways On April 21, 2026, NABTU and Microsoft expanded their AI training partnership to cover the 3 million...
Skills & Careers
Singapore’s AI Skills Model: It Goes Beyond Engineers
⚡ Key Takeaways Singapore’s April 2026 AI package combines a 5.5 billion dollar Microsoft infrastructure commitment through 2029 with Microsoft...
Startups
Q1 2026 Funding: AI Capital Concentration Reshapes Startups
⚡ Key Takeaways Q1 2026 venture funding hit $300B across 6,000 startups (Crunchbase), up 150% year-over-year. AI took $242B (80%),...
Startups
New Unicorns in 2026: Robotics and AI Infrastructure Lead
⚡ Key Takeaways Crunchbase counted 37 new unicorns in March 2026, the highest monthly total in nearly four years. Robotics...
