Emerging

December 2021

Southeast Asia - a Web 3.0 Juggernaut in-Waiting

SELF-DOX ;) + Why Crypto networks in SEA will overtake big tech this decade

Dec 9, 2021 • 

Pondering Durian

March 2021

The Real Problem with Crypto

Regressive Finance & Neitzsche's Meritocracy

Mar 19, 2021 • 

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January 2021

The Road Not Taken

Four paths diverged: Stripe, Ant, PayTM and Defi

Jan 23, 2021 • 

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December 2020

Why >15% of my net worth is in Bitcoin

At some point consensus hallucination just becomes reality

Dec 15, 2020 • 

Pondering Durian

November 2020

More Kuaishou, Less TikTok

Social Media 2.0 - Connection as a Service

Nov 27, 2020 • 

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Big Tech & Central Planning

Building a Middle Class... Algorithmically?

Nov 13, 2020 • 

Pondering Durian

Emerging.blog

The new home for in-depth takes at the interesection of tech & finance in Emerging Asia

Nov 3, 2020 • 

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October 2020

Shariah Fintech

Reimagining First Principles with Values-based Finance

Oct 23, 2020 • 

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Peak Reflexivity

Why markets are just as fallible as humans

Oct 15, 2020 • 

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Precision Monetary Policy

Empires & Money, US-China Tensions, and Why DCEP Matters

Oct 2, 2020 • 

Pondering Durian

September 2020

ECommerce in LegoLand

The shifting sands of modular vs. integrated stacks through time & space

Sep 24, 2020 • 

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