Ganesh Kumar Bangah sees leveraging influencers as way to get the masses to start using Web3

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National sandboxes and policy frameworks need to keep up with Web3
Web3 communities more engaging, greater monetising opportunities Web3 gained much interest from cryptocurrency enthusiasts, large technology companies, and venture capital firms last year, marking its evolution from a nascent community into a budding industry. However, optimism over Web3, a new iteration…Continue Reading

In the red tech firms welcome to list in HK

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The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing flag, China's national flag and the Hong Kong flag outside the exchange. Photo: Reuters/Bobby Yip

It’s never been a better time to be in the red in Hong Kong. The financial hub plans to ease its listing rules to allow more firms that have never turned a profit to go public as part of a plan to attract at least 100 innovative tech firms to list on the local bourse […]Continue Reading

Russia-China ties strengthen as global recession looms

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The much-vaunted economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic was short-lived. The global economy is now once more in the midst of a slowdown – the sharpest after any post-recession recovery since 1970. In this context, there is a growing recognition in Europe that the burgeoning Chinese economy can be seen from two angles. From a […]Continue Reading

How Vietnam can win even more from China decoupling

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People move past a clothing boutique selling locally made products in downtown Hanoi on October 29, 2014. A EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement promises to boost Vietnamese exports and growth. AFP / Hoang Dinh Nam

In late August 2022, news broke that Apple was in talks to manufacture its famed Apple Watches and MacBooks in Vietnam for the first time. Some view this as a move by transnational corporations and their core suppliers to diversify their production away from China, buffering themselves from intensifying US-China geoeconomic competition. Others interpret this as a sign of […]Continue Reading

America’s failed quest for energy independence

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The US pursuit of “energy independence,” let alone “energy dominance,” did not last long. Like presidents before him, Joe Biden finds himself in the position of first pleading with OPEC states, then expressing anger at their decisions on oil production. But a new, more active American oil policy threatens changes. The meeting in Vienna of the OPEC+ […]Continue Reading