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The AI Trust Gap: Why China Will Win the AI War
People cannot be forced to use AI, trust drives mass adoption
Nov 22, 2025
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Tokenized Deposits: Banks' Answer to Stablecoins
Banks won't go down without a fight!
Nov 8, 2025
The AI Bubble Bursts: Implementation Results Reveal Difficulties
A special collection of papers that confirms the AI bubble is ready to pop.
Nov 1, 2025
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Digital Dollar Drama: EU Clashes With US Over Stablecoins!
From Allies to Rivals—Understand How the US's "Cryptomercantalism" Threatens EU Sovereignty
Aug 11, 2025
Your Survival Guide to the GENIUS Act
Avoid the Risks that No One is Talking About!
Jul 14, 2025
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Stablecoins: Clean Up or Miss Out on the Future
Mar 9, 2025
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Rich Turrin
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Chinese New Year Shockers: DeepSeek Innovations and X’s Superapp Goals
Feb 2, 2025
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Rich Turrin
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The U.S. Dollar Goes Digital: Stablecoins' Moment Of Truth
Mar 30, 2025
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Rich Turrin
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STABLECOIN SPECIAL: BANKS, RISKS & CHINA UNVEILED
Jul 20, 2025
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Rich Turrin
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The Global Digital Payment Revolution Is Now and Asia is Leading The World
Mar 16, 2025
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Rich Turrin
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CBDC, Stablecoins and Related Topics
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Top 2026 Trends, No. 5: Digital Public Infrastructure Goes Global — Powered by Payments Success in India, Brazil, and China
The West’s “it won’t happen here” excuse just died with the digital euro.
Jan 15
Top 2026 Trends #6: Sanctions Scrutiny Intensifies — Crushing Weak Enforcement in Stablecoins, RWAs & New Rails
The US will not tolerate a two-tier dollar system
Jan 15
Top 2026 Trends, No. 2: Stablecoin Reality Check – Transformational Innovation, But Not All New Coins Will Profit
Declining interest rates and regulatory restrictions will reduce the returns on stablecoins
Jan 8
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Stablecoins Complement TradFi—Not Replace It: Pitchbook’s 5 Inconvenient Truths
5 Stablecoin Problems the Entire Hype Machine Pretends Don’t Exist
Dec 10, 2025
Not So GENIUS Act: Stablecoin Holders Rank 5th in Bankruptcy – Not 1st
The “safe 1:1 reserve” promise collapses in bankruptcy.
Dec 6, 2025
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Asian Banks Lead Agentic AI Surge: Targeting Operations — 70% of Overall Costs
Forget the flashy front-office hype — 75% of AI’s value lives in operations
Jan 16
Top 2026 Trends, No. 5: Digital Public Infrastructure Goes Global — Powered by Payments Success in India, Brazil, and China
The West’s “it won’t happen here” excuse just died with the digital euro.
Jan 15
Top 2026 Trends, No. 1: AI Inequality and Why APAC Is the Ultimate AI Testing Ground
Losers in the "AI Race" will not bow out gracefully.
Jan 8
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UNDP’s “Great AI Divide”: APAC Rich Nations Leap Ahead, Poor Nations Left Behind
Why China's open-source models are the only way not to be left behind
Dec 3, 2025
The AI Trust Gap: Why China Will Win the AI War
People cannot be forced to use AI, trust drives mass adoption
Nov 22, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence
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Growing AI Divide: North-South Gap Widens – 6.8B Left Behind, DeepSeek Delivers in Africa
Open-source AI is a game-changer in making AI affordable.
Jan 16
Asian Banks Lead Agentic AI Surge: Targeting Operations — 70% of Overall Costs
Forget the flashy front-office hype — 75% of AI’s value lives in operations
Jan 16
Top 2026 Trends, No. 4: Strong AI Governance Will Become The Norm — But Only After a Meltdown Forces Companies to Act
IBM reveals AI governance boosts profits 34%
Jan 13
Top 2026 Trends, No. 3: Tokenization Gets Real as JPM Launches MMF on Ethereum
Tokenization won't happen overnight—securities regulations must change first.
Jan 11
Top 2026 Trends, No. 1: AI Inequality and Why APAC Is the Ultimate AI Testing Ground
Losers in the "AI Race" will not bow out gracefully.
Jan 8
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Banks
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Top 2026 Trends #6: Sanctions Scrutiny Intensifies — Crushing Weak Enforcement in Stablecoins, RWAs & New Rails
The US will not tolerate a two-tier dollar system
Jan 15
Top 2026 Trends, No. 3: Tokenization Gets Real as JPM Launches MMF on Ethereum
Tokenization won't happen overnight—securities regulations must change first.
Jan 11
S&P Global: The AI Divide in Banking Will Impact Banks' Credit Ratings Sooner Than You Think
Excitement around AI overshadows the risks
Dec 19, 2025
Agentic AI in Banking: Banks Stuck in Pilot Mode—Only 26% Ready to Scale
Three reasons why banks' AI efforts are stalling
Dec 17, 2025
AI's Next Frontier: Fintechs Grab Customer AI Crown — Banks Stuck in Back-Office
Agentic AI needs digital ID to scale
Dec 16, 2025
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