Governments are grappling with the regulatory challenge posed by digital assets, which will make global finance work better, but threaten the state monopoly on money supply.

Cybercrime is at an all-time high post-pandemic, and provides organised criminals with a low-risk, high-reward alternative to traditional crime.

While centralised cloud adoption continues to grow, 5G, IoT-enabled devices, deep learning, hacking and censorship concerns will support the rise of smaller data centres located closer to where data is needed.

Quantum computing may one day solve humanity’s most vexing problems.
Around 25 percent of the Bitcoin already mined is theoretically vulnerable to quantum attack.

Trust in capitalism and liberal democracy is at a generational low – authoritarianism is rising.

The share of electricity generated from renewables will hit an all-time high of 30 percent in 2021.

DeFi is the future of finance.
Bitcoin and Ethereum are well positioned to underwrite DeFi, and by extension, the adoption and scaling of the decentralised internet (web3).

Quantum computing may one day solve humanity’s most vexing problems.
Around 25 percent of the Bitcoin already mined is theoretically vulnerable to quantum attack.