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North America Institutional Trends
Coinbase partially wins appeal, but still faces US regulator’s lawsuit
US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Coinbase to move forward, but dismissed one of the regulator’s charges.

Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Musk’s xAI to launch an improved version of the chatbot Grok
Elon Musk’s AI startup is set to unveil an upgraded version of Grok, a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, as the global AI race intensifies further with growing interest in chatbots. xAI’s chatbot Grok In December, the startup rolled out Grok for Premium+ subscribers of X. According…

Global Institutional Trends
IoT Community announces the launch of GenAIoT with enterprise in mind
The Internet of Things (IoT) Community comprising 49,000 IoT practitioner members, announces the launch of GenAIoT, relating to the intersection of generative AI and the Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT). IoT Community Launches GenAIoT At the IoT Day Slam 2024 Conference The…

Africa Institutional Trends
Thunes and Visa extend digital wallet partnership to Asia and Africa
International payments company Thunes extends Visa partnership to Asia and Africa, over 108 digital wallet types, and bank accounts.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Apple antitrust lawsuit: Prices manipulated, development stifled says DoJ
US DOJ, 16 states sue Apple for smartphone market monopoly, while Apple defends actions amid US and EU regulatory scrutiny.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
GrabPay adds crypto top-ups in e-wallet through Triple A partnership
GrabPay users in Singapore can now integrate digital tokens into their e-wallets seamlessly through Triple A partnership.

North America Cloud Services Trends
Amazon will build data centre in Saudi Arabia with huge investment
Amazon Web Services' Saudi Arabia Region announcement is a cloud-sovereignty and infrastructure-capacity signal, not a generic corporate expansion item. AWS said on 4 March 2024 that it would launch an AWS infrastructure Region in Saudi Arabia in 2026 and invest more than $5.3…

North America Cloud Services Trends
Apple's iCloud class action turns backup restrictions into antitrust risk
Gamboa v. Apple turns iCloud backup design into an antitrust test. Consumers allege Apple blocks rival cloud services from offering a full device-backup substitute for iPhone and iPad users, leaving iCloud as the practical route for restricted backup files and paid storage…

Global Institutional Trends
Unauthorised GameStop Memes attracts $4M, but investors left hanging
Unofficial project GameStop Memes (GMS) has amassed $4 million from investors. However, investors said nothing in return.

Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Military observation satellites expected to launch by Poland
Poland plans to launch its first military observation satellite in 2025, utilizing radar and optical technology. Inspired by the experiences from Ukraine, Poland is concurrently developing space units to strengthen its military. An agreement has been signed between the Ministry…

Latin America and Caribbean Regional ISP Trends
New fibre routes connect Dallas to Mexico
The trilateral collaboration between FiberLight, NeuLink, and MDC creating two fibre routes—one leading from Dallas to Querétaro and the other from Dallas to Monterrey—both passing through the Eagle Pass Data Centre. These three companies believe that this partnership will cater…

North America Institutional Trends
U.S. regulators withdraw crypto mining power survey amid legal dispute
U.S. regulators discontinued a survey meant to monitor cryptocurrency mining electricity usage permanently, following the recent lawsuit.

North America Cloud Services Trends
OpenAI says The NYT "hacked" ChatGPT, launching a lawsuit
OpenAI's February 2024 court filing turned The New York Times copyright case into a fight over evidence construction, not only training data. The Times had sued Microsoft and OpenAI in December 2023, alleging that generative AI systems used Times journalism without permission and…

North America Cloud Services Trends
Microsoft-Mistral partnership turns European AI into an Azure distribution test
Microsoft's February 2024 partnership with Mistral AI is best read as a cloud-distribution and model-choice signal, not as a simple investment headline. Microsoft put Mistral's premium models into the Azure AI route to enterprise customers while Mistral gained access to Azure AI…

Africa Institutional Trends
Mamamoni’s Innovative Approach Receives Key Funding Support
Mamamoni has secured a significant grant of €250,000 from the Challenge Found for Youth Employment (CFYE). This investment, aimed at supporting Mamamoni’s mission over the next two years, will be instrumental in expanding the company’s network of female agents and furthering…

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Singapore fintech firm Xalts acquires a digital trading platform
Contour was launched in 2017 by a consortium of eight banks to digitize trade and is now used by 22 banks and more than 100 global companies including Tata Group, Rio Tinto and SAIC. An ambitious acquisition plan Xalts, a Singaporean fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has…

Global Institutional Trends
Nintendo shares plunge on delayed Switch 2 launch
Nintendo’s delay of Switch 2 to early 2025, from late 2024, led to an 8.8% stock drop, affecting revenue projections.

Global Institutional Trends
Report reveals $1.9B surge in VC funding for cryptocurrencies in Q4 2023
Venture funding for cryptocurrency-related businesses reached $1.9 billion in Q4 2023, marking a notable increase from the previous quarter.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
A game-changing partnership unveiled: LARUS & CMI sign MOU
LARUS Limited, a prominent IP address solutions company, has recently announced a significant achievement in the form of an MoU signed with CMI. This partnership was unveiled during the Capacity Middle East 2024 event, setting the stage for a mutually beneficial partnership.…

North America Cloud Services Trends
BMW’s security breach exposed sensitive company information
BMW's February 2024 cloud-storage exposure is a secret-management and public-bucket control incident, not a customer-data breach. TechCrunch and SOCRadar describe a Microsoft Azure-hosted storage bucket in BMW's development environment that was publicly accessible and contained…
