CoinShares Reshapes US Strategy as It Withdraws Select Crypto ETFs Ahead of Nasdaq Listing

CoinShares, one of Europe’s most established digital asset investment firms, has taken a decisive strategic turn by withdrawing plans to launch multiple cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds in the United States. The move marks a significant recalibration ahead of the company’s anticipated Nasdaq listing, signalling a broader shift in how mid-sized crypto asset managers intend to compete…

Vietnam’s 5G Pivot: How Warming China Ties and U.S. Tariffs Opened the Door for Huawei and ZTE

Vietnam’s decision to award new 5G contracts to Huawei and ZTE marks a significant strategic shift shaped by trade pressures, geopolitical recalibration and domestic economic priorities. After years of hesitance toward integrating Chinese technology into sensitive digital infrastructure, Hanoi is now moving toward deeper cooperation with Chinese telecom firms. The change follows deteriorating trade conditions…

Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Why Heat Has Become the Defining Constraint for Data Centers and AI Expansion

The rapid expansion of data centers and the accelerating global race to deploy artificial intelligence have created an engineering challenge that is now central to the future of the digital economy: managing heat. As companies shift vast volumes of information to cloud infrastructure and scale their use of high-performance computing, data centers are becoming hotter,…

Retailers Race to Redefine Online Identity as AI Rewrites the Rules of Digital Shopping

U.S. retailers are entering this holiday season with an unprecedented strategic shift: they are no longer competing only for human attention but also for visibility inside artificial intelligence systems that increasingly act as intermediaries between consumers and products. As generative AI begins shaping shopping behavior—from gift recommendations to direct in-chat purchases—retailers are confronting a fundamental…

Tesla’s Slide Deepens as Company Struggles to Stem Decline in Global Sales

Tesla finds itself entangled in a growing sales slump across its core markets — Europe, China and the United States — even as its founder and CEO prioritizes long-term ambitions in robotics and autonomous driving. The fundamentals of its automotive business are under strain: falling deliveries, shrinking market share, intensifying competition, and an ageing product…

Deutsche Bank Signals a New Era of Bullion Strength as 2026 Gold Forecast Jumps to $4,450

Deutsche Bank’s decision to lift its 2026 gold price forecast to $4,450 per ounce marks one of the clearest signs yet that major institutions expect the global bullion market to enter a structurally higher price regime. The upgrade underscores a confluence of forces reshaping the precious-metals landscape: persistently strong central-bank purchases, tightening global supply, elevated…

Bidding Battle Intensifies as Major Streamers and Legacy Giants Position for Control of Warner Bros Discovery

Warner Bros Discovery has become the focal point of one of the most consequential power struggles in global entertainment, as Paramount, Comcast and Netflix submit preliminary offers that could redefine the landscape of film, television and streaming. The interest in acquiring the company is motivated by strategic necessity: slowing growth across streaming platforms, the rising…

Foxconn Re-tools for the AI Era While Forecasting a Major China EV Industry Shake-Down

Foxconn has announced a radical redeployment of its investment priority by committing an annual spend of between US$2 billion and US$3 billion into artificial intelligence infrastructure over the next three to five years. Rather than simply maintaining its historical role as a contract electronics manufacturer, the company is repositioning itself as a critical player in…

Momentum Builds in Robotaxi Race as Baidu and Nvidia Point to a New Inflection Point

Executives at key autonomous-vehicle firms are increasingly confident that the robotaxi business is passing a significant inflection point — one where scale, data advantage and regulatory momentum align to make commercial deployment more than a pilot experiment. On recent earnings calls, the CEO of a leading Chinese tech firm declared that driverless ride-services had reached…