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DePIN and RWA alliances in 2026: Global momentum meets SEA opportunities
DePIN (Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Networks) crowdsources real-world resources like compute, storage, and connectivity via blockchain incentives. RWA tokenisation brings tangible assets (real estate, commodities, infrastructure) on-chain for fractional ownership, liquidity, and global access. Together, they address SEA’s challenges: high infrastructure costs, limited banking reach, and volatility in local currencies. Global tokenised RWA (excluding stablecoins) surpassed […] The post DePIN and RWA alliances in 2026: Global momentum meets SEA opportunities appeared first on e27.
Singapore film festival rejects South Korean party’s calls to drop The Assassin(s)
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is standing by its decision to screen South Korean political thriller The Assassin(s) as its opening film, despite calls from South Korea’s conservative opposition People Power Party (PPP) to withdraw it over allegations of historical distortion. The film, directed by Hur Jin-ho and starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il and Lee Min-ho, has drawn criticism in South Korea over its fictionalised portrayal of a real-life 1974 assassination attempt on...
Debt trapping younger Thais
Young Thais are entering debt at increasingly early ages, gaining access to credit cards, instalment plans and digital financial services before many have developed the financial discipline to manage them.
Are you leading with people? Or are you leading with tech?
There’s a fundamental question that most leaders are avoiding right now, not because it’s too hard, but because the answer is uncomfortable. If you don’t understand where scarcity lives in the current economy, and you keep focusing on supplying more into markets with less demand or that are already overcrowded, you’ve forgotten Economics 101. Scarcity […] The post Are you leading with people? Or are you leading with tech? appeared first on e27.
3 siblings killed in Malaysia crash after insisting on going to haze-closed school
A boy and his sister lost their lives in a road accident after they wanted to attend classes despite their school being closed due to the haze in Malaysia’s Johor state. Their elder brother, who took them on his motorcycle to check out the school for themselves, was killed as well. The three siblings – Nordaniel Aiman Norlizan, 18, Nordaniel Fikri Norlizan, 11, and Puteri Naufa Raisha Norlizan, eight – were found by their grandfather, lying motionless at the scene of the accident in...
ASEAN’s startup ecosystem is entering its accountability phase
Every mature startup ecosystem has eventually faced a period the venture community refers to, after the fact and usually with discomfort, as its accountability phase. The United States went through one in the early 2000s, after Enron, WorldCom, and the broader dot-com governance cleanup. China went through one in the late 2010s, when Luckin Coffee […] The post ASEAN’s startup ecosystem is entering its accountability phase appeared first on e27.
Dept revives coin tradition
The Treasury Department will launch a commemorative coin for the 2026 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Annual Meetings, reviving a tradition from the country's first hosting in 1991.
B100 commemorative coin for World Bank-IMF event
The Treasury Department will issue a commemorative coin for the 2026 International Monetary Fund-World Bank meetings, reviving a tradition from the country's first hosting in 1991.
Abhisit urges probe into BMA project
Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva has urged an investigation into the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's cancellation of the Khu Bon retention pond project following land purchases by parties allegedly linked to City Hall.
City Hall to clean up Rom Klao estate 'in 4-5 days'
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has teamed up with the Defence Ministry to clean up Rom Klao Housing Estate in Lat Krabang district within four to five days as authorities step up drainage efforts in 80 communities still affected by flooding.