Malaysia’s government will publicly release the findings of a special task force on corporate malfeasance in three months, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday, as his administration seeks to appease public anger over its perceived failure to clamp down on corruption. Anwar is facing a reckoning in the final stretch of his term after his ruling Pakatan Harapan coalition was handed bruising defeats in three state elections over the past year. Former supporters have accused the coalition...

Bitcoin dropped 0.81 per cent to US$81,556.51 over the last 24 hours. This slight stumble against a flat broader market signals deep macroeconomic friction. I see this price action through the lens of global liquidity shifts. The premier digital asset now shows an 85.9 per cent correlation with gold. Large-scale players position decentralised networks as […] The post Can Bitcoin hold the US$80,615 support line, or is a brutal liquidation cascade inevitable? appeared first on e27.

The most revealing thing about HSBC’s latest survey of the world’s entrepreneurs isn’t the headline number. It’s who is spending it. On the surface, the Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report 2026 reads like a hype cycle in spreadsheet form. Business owners across 17 markets plan to spend a combined US$367 billion on AI over the next […] The post HSBC says AI will create jobs. Southeast Asia should read the fine print first appeared first on e27.

Filipino seafarer Jay was on lookout duty aboard a vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz one evening in August when drones swarmed overhead, darting past his ship and two others it was following. Within seconds, an explosion rang out from the tanker ahead. “That was traumatic for me when I saw that the tanker ahead of our vessel had been hit,” said Jay, whose real name has been withheld to protect him from possible employer retribution. The 29-year-old and his fellow crew members made it...

Filipino seafarer Jay was on lookout duty aboard a vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz one evening in August when drones swarmed overhead, darting past his ship and two others it was following. Within seconds, an explosion rang out from a tanker ahead. “That was traumatic for me when I saw that the tanker ahead of our vessel had been hit,” said Jay, whose real name has been withheld to protect him from possible employer retribution. The 29-year-old and his fellow crew members made it...

While Hong Kong is betting on its established banking network to bring stablecoins into mainstream finance, Singapore is seeking to make regulated digital currencies easier to use. Both approaches reflect different priorities in the race to build global cryptocurrency centres: Hong Kong is linking stablecoins to its existing financial system, while Singapore is looking to strengthen the infrastructure for circulating and settling tokenised assets. Analysts said the ultimate test would be whether...

While Hong Kong is betting on its established banking network to bring stablecoins into mainstream finance, Singapore is seeking to make regulated digital currencies easier to use. Both approaches reflect different priorities in the race to build global cryptocurrency centres: Hong Kong is linking stablecoins to its existing financial system, while Singapore is looking to strengthen the infrastructure for circulating and settling tokenised assets. Analysts said the ultimate test would be whether...

For most of my career in marketing, the basic equation was simple: Brands compete for consumers’ attention. We built campaigns to reach people, influence them, persuade them and ultimately get them to buy. Search changed that equation. Social media changed it again. Algorithms changed it further. Now AI is changing something much more fundamental. The […] The post The consumer is still human. The gatekeeper isn’t appeared first on e27.