Sarah Chew covers Southeast Asia’s technology, fintech, digital policy, and AI adoption landscape for RECATOOLS. Her work focuses on how regulation, platform shifts, and emerging technologies affect businesses, consumers, and digital markets across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

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Finance

Forty-Four State Attorneys General Say the CFTC Has No Business Here

Polymarket has raised US$300m while 44 state attorneys general fight the CFTC over jurisdiction. If an event contract is a derivative, state gambling law is pre-empted; if it is a bet, it is not.

1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Finance

Shein's Growth Collapsed From 41.1 Per Cent to 1.1 Per Cent in Three Years

Shein raised US$1.7bn in Hong Kong and fell on its first day, at a valuation about a quarter of what private investors paid in 2022. Its revenue growth over that period ran 41.1, 20.7, 8 and 1.1 per cent.

1 Sep 2026 · 6 min read
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Finance

Pasqal's First-Day Gain Was Reported at 40%, 43%, 52% and 95%

Four outlets reported four different first-day gains, and all four are correct. The figure that does not depend on which minute you looked is the cash.

31 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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Finance

Lambda Borrowed $1bn for Nvidia Chips, Which Nvidia Is Reported to Lease Back

Short-dated private debt arranged by JPMorgan, for accelerators leased to Microsoft, from a company Nvidia backs and from which Nvidia is reported to rent GPUs. The loop now passes through a lender.

30 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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Finance

Why a Pay Rise Won't Grow Your Pension

The OECD says Thailand's pension replaces 41.5% of an average wage and 20.7% of twice that. Singapore falls from 57.6% to 33.0%. The Philippines, Indonesia and Viet Nam do not move at all. One number — the contribution ceiling divided by the average wage — predicts which is which, for all six.

30 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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Finance

Bill Gates Wants a Robot Tax Again, Nine Years After the First Time

The reserved-jobs proposal has no mechanism attached. The argument underneath it is sharper: a business writes off a robot immediately and pays payroll tax on a person every year, so the code already favours one over the other.

30 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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Finance

Korea's Wrtn Raised at 1 Trillion Won, Reported as Three Different Valuations

The same Series C has appeared as over $722m, over $760m and about $870m. The won figure is the fact and the dollar figures are conversions taken on different days, which is worth knowing before comparing it to anything.

30 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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Finance

Marvell Beat Expectations and Fell 8%. The $120bn Arrives in 2029.

The figure is the ceiling at which a warrant's performance tranche vests through fiscal 2033, not committed revenue. Management now says Google money becomes substantially meaningful in fiscal 2029.

29 Aug 2026 · 6 min read
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Finance

Anthropic Will Tell IPO Investors Its Market Is Worth $30 Trillion

A total addressable market is the maximum a company could earn if it captured every customer and no rival took any share. Anthropic's is reportedly above $30 trillion, which tops the figure SpaceX used and is roughly the size of US annual GDP.

29 Aug 2026 · 7 min read
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Finance

Vietnam Salary Deductions Explained (2026): New Tax Brackets, Insurance and Take-Home Pay

Your tax bill fell in January 2026, not July — on a ₫30,000,000 salary that is ₫450,000 a month. Seven brackets became five, the personal deduction rose to ₫15.5 million, and most coverage reports the wrong start date.

29 Aug 2026 · 4 min read
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