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Women's health attracted record equity in 2025 as companies share capital
July 15, 2026-Closing the gender gap could boost the global economy by at least $1tn annually by 2040.
Women's health companies secured a record $1.55bn in funding in 2025,hinting that investors' faith is growing in this sector.
According to a global women's health investment report from W Group,disclosed equity secured by companies in the space last year was up 41% compared to 2024. The report tracked more than 500 funding stories and around 164 disclosed rounds of equity across clinical and consumer categories.
In total,85 companies raised equity in 2025,the highest single-year count ever recorded according to W Group, and 10 rounds reached $50m or more, double that seen in 2024.
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Source: PharmaceuticalTechnology
Tokenization Can Change the World's Financial Architecture
July 2, 2026--Policy choices will determine whether tokenized finance strengthens or fragments the financial system
Tokenization is often described as a technological upgrade enabling faster settlement, cheaper payments, and programmable assets. But it is a lot more.
When financial assets and liabilities move onto shared digital ledgers, the structure of the financial system itself changes. Processes that today occur sequentially - execution, clearing, settlement -can now happen simultaneously, governed by software rather than institutional processes. Risk could migrate away from the balance sheets of institutions such as banks and investment funds towards the companies managing services and market infrastructures. The potential points of failure could change, so the policy frameworks must adapt accordingly.
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Source: imf.org
A New Crypto Order Under Global Liquidity Repricing |HTX Research Releases Quarterly Strategy Report, Breaking Down the Q3 Framework
July 2, 2026- HTX Research, the dedicated research arm of HTX, has released its Q3 2026 outlook report, Liquidity Defines Crypto: A New Crypto Order Under Global Liquidity Repricing.
Tradr ETFs, a provider of ETFs designed for sophisticated investors and professional traders, today launched five new leveraged ETFs on single stocks.
Built around two core themes, liquidity and regulation, the report takes Q2's market shifts as its starting point and lays out a comprehensive analysis for Q3.
The Quarterly Strategy Report series reflects HTX's read on what users need: in a market saturated with information and rotating narratives, analysis that cuts through the noise to the medium-term drivers.
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Source: HTX Research
Ranked: The World's Most Valuable Unicorns in 2026 Infographic
June 24, 2026--The world's 30 most valuable unicorns are worth a combined $3.9 trillion.
AI companies account for roughly 60% of that combined valuation.
Just two companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, make up nearly half of the total value shown in this ranking.
The world's most valuable unicorns are no longer led by fintech, e-commerce, or social media platforms. In 2026, artificial intelligence companies dominate the top of the private-market rankings.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
Understanding Geoeconomics in a Volatile World
June 23, 2026-How new economics tools explain global power dynamics
Throughout history, powerful nations have used economic leverage to bend others to their will. Florence's Medici banking dynasty shaped Renaissance politics with its financial dominance, and imperial Britain used trade dominance to bind its empire together and wield power across the globe.
Today, the United States freezes access to financial markets or urges its allies to impose export controls on essential technologies, and China threatens restrictions on rare earths to expand its influence. These are examples of geoeconomics, or the use of financial and trade relationships to achieve geopolitical and economic goals.
With the recent surge in great-power competition and increasing use of tariffs, sanctions, and export controls, understanding geoeconomics has become essential for policymakers navigating an increasingly volatile world. The use of geoeconomic power can increase cooperation and prosperity, but it can also cause fragmentation and disintegration. It is important to understand both its potential and its drawbacks.
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Source: imf.org
Infographic Data Shows World Will Spend $7.6 Trillion on AI by 2031
June 20, 2026-The world is projected to spend $7.6 trillion building the infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence (AI).
The visual above shows the baseline aggregate AI capital expenditure
It comes from the estimate prepared by Goldman Sachs Global Institute and Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research as of March 3, 2026.
The projection covers six years (2026 through 2031) across three categories: compute (chips and processors), data centers (the physical buildings and cooling systems), and power (energy infrastructure).
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Source: dataexplained.com
Who's Suing Whom in AI? Infographic
June 18, 2026-A visualisation of selected lawsuits from over 100 filed against AI companies as of June 2026.
Most are copyright claims by authors, record labels, newsrooms, academic publishers and um, Disney who say major AI models like OpenAI's ChatGPT and 'Claude have been trained illegally on their creative and commercial output.
These are the opening salvos in a structural conflict over who owns the raw material of the internet. And what constitutes "fair use" of that material in the age of AI. And whether there will be push back agains the inherently extractive nature of AI models.
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Source: Information is Beautiful
Earth Observation: Unlocking the $700 Billion Opportunity
June 9, 2026-Earth observation (EO) is becoming a critical source of intelligence for leaders navigating a world increasingly shaped by climate risk,geopolitical shifts and supply chain disruption.
Written in collaboration with Deloitte,this report shows that,while EO already contributes an estimated $440 billion to global GDP (gross domestic product),a further $263 billion in annual value remains unrealized across data acquisition,processing and deployment.
Unlocking progress across these three domains will determine whether EO moves from a high-potential capability to system-level impact.
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Source: World Economic Forum
Climate Disasters Have Cost America Nearly $1 Trillion This Decade
June 8, 2026--The U.S. is on track to record nearly $1 trillion in climate disaster losses this decade alone. Just six years into the 2020s, the cost of climate-driven natural disasters like tropical cycles and droughts has already approached the total seen over the entire 2010s.
This visualization shows how the financial impact of climate events has escalated since 1980.
The Rising Cost of Climate-Related Natural Disasters
In the 1980s, the first decade with strong records of billion-dollar disasters, costs amounted to $227 billion in total. At that time, droughts made up over half of the costs.
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Source: https://hub.inigoinsurance.com/
What China's new Ecological and Environmental Code means for growth and competitiveness
June 5, 2026--China has recently enacted the its Ecological and Environmental Code (the Code), marking a significant step in embedding environmental considerations within the country's economic framework. It's only the second national code since the Civil Code in 2020 and sits just under China' constitution in legal hierarchy.
Introduced alongside China's 15th Five-Year Plan in March 2026, the Code signals a shift towards a holistic development model in which environmental stewardship is systematically integrated into growth.
Beyond its domestic implications, the legislation may also influence global markets, where environmental performance is increasingly shaping economic competitiveness, regulatory approaches, and industrial policy.
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Source: weforum.org
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