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Chief Editor, Digital Markets
Julian Sterling analyzes global digital market evolution and the shift in platform business models. He provides high-level commentary on how the internet industry reshapes traditional economic sectors.
julian.sterling@digitalecononews.comStandard Chartered Equity Chief Investment Officer Sundeep Gantori noted that the AI investment theme is shifting from hardware infrastructure to services, platforms, and energy. In Asia, China focuses on "tools," India on electricity, and other regions on platforms. This shift will reshape the business models and competitive landscape of the global digital economy.
Analyze how MIT Sloan School of Management's fall 2026 curriculum integrates digital technology, data analysis, and organizational behavior to meet the new requirements for management talent in the digital economy.
Under the disruptive impact of automation and artificial intelligence, Bangladesh's labor market is facing a structural crisis. Experts call for building a national consensus to promote coordinated reforms in education, industrial policy, and social security.
Over 200 economists and researchers, including 15 Nobel laureates and experts from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, are jointly calling on governments and technology leaders to urgently formulate policies to address the economic impact of AI, warning that the speed of AI transformation may far surpass that of the Industrial Revolution.
Five major events in fintech this week: Visa launches threat intelligence platform, VEON partners with Mastercard, AIB digital transformation, Revolut adjusts remote work policy, Elastic's role in fintech infrastructure. These events collectively reveal core trends such as digital payment security, inclusive finance, AI banking, talent strategy, and infrastructure restructuring.
China plans to expand the scope of the E-Commerce Law to bring more digital platforms and business models under regulation. This article analyzes the impact of this move on the platform economy, business models, and global digital governance.
Mark Zuckerberg is pushing Meta to partner with Polymarket and Kalshi, while internally developing the prediction market app Arena, targeting users aged 18–34 with a goal of 100 million monthly active predictors. This article analyzes its business model, platform competition, and impact on the digital economy.
Malta is transitioning from its early positioning as a "Blockchain Island" to a more comprehensive digital financial center, facing challenges such as regulatory credibility, international competition, and talent shortages.
In the summer of 2026, U.S. states including Virginia, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Alabama successively enacted new privacy laws, with Virginia prohibiting the sale of precise geolocation data. The thresholds for law enforcement and compliance requirements vary significantly across states. The Texas Attorney General launched an investigation into Meta's AI glasses. These developments will profoundly impact data processing, advertising monetization, and cross-state operational strategies for digital enterprises.
The generative AI in agriculture market is expected to grow from $280 million in 2025 to $930 million in 2030, at a CAGR of 27.2%. The proliferation of this technology is reshaping core areas such as precision agriculture, climate prediction, and pest detection, driving the transformation of agriculture from traditional experience-based models to data-driven platforms. This trend not only impacts global food security but also has profound implications for the platform economy, AI commercialization, and cross-border data governance.
28 U.S. states and the District of Columbia support the FTC’s request that the appeals court reinstate its antitrust claims against Meta. The core dispute is whether the court should assess monopoly power and remedies based on market facts at the “time of filing” or the “current” competitive landscape of the platform market. This case not only concerns the legal consequences of the Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, but will also affect the competitive boundaries among social platforms, short-video platforms, and the digital advertising ecosystem.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is asking the appellate court to revive monopoly allegations against Meta. The central dispute is not only whether Facebook and Instagram constitute the “personal social networking” market, but also that the competitive boundaries of social platforms are being rewritten by content platforms such as TikTok and YouTube. This case will affect platform mergers and acquisitions, data moats, the structure of the advertising market, and the future scope of antitrust enforcement.