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Atoire Raises $9.5m to Sell Luxury Goods Without the Luxury Markup
Same factories, same Italian leather, a few hundred dollars instead of a few thousand. a16z Speedrun and Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew are backing it.
Panic Is Passing Its Tariff Refunds Back to Playdate Customers
The Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal in February. The refunds have arrived, and the company is handing them on.
Zara's Owner Opens Its Discount Chain in Britain, Staffed Partly by Robots
Lefties lands in Liverpool with basket-scanning checkouts and hanger-sorting machines, priced between Primark and Shein.
Plug-In Solar Panels Reach UK High Streets After a Quiet Rule Change
A one-panel kit costs £699 and needs no electrician. The government is betting that cheap, imperfect solar beats no solar at all.
Britain's Zero-Hours Reform Lands in 2027, and the Detail Is Still Missing
1.23 million people work zero-hours as their main job. The reform will cost up to £2.9bn — and the rules remain unwritten.
Abu Dhabi's ADGM Approves First Retail-Facing STO Platform in the Gulf
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority granted a full license to Qadar Securities on Monday, clearing the way for the region's first tokenized equity offerings open to non-professional investors.
MiCA's STO Framework Takes Full Effect, Opening EU-Wide Retail Tokenized Securities
The passporting regime closes a 19-month transition period on Tuesday. Licensed issuers can now offer tokenized securities across all 27 member states under a single registration.
Singapore's Project Guardian Enters Phase Three With Live Retail Pilot
MAS has cleared a controlled retail access tranche for the first time, with DBS and UOB as the inaugural distributors. The pilot is capped at S$150 million.
The VC-vs-Retail Divide in Crypto Is the Real Structural Story of This Cycle
The best deals of the cycle were closed to retail. The worst deals of the cycle were sold to retail. The information asymmetry isn't new; the scale is.