Capital Markets

Iran Is Driving Oil, Rates, and Yen Interventions: One Step Down Changes Everything

Eric Criscuolo, Market Strategist at the New York Stock Exchange, joins Johny Fernandez as markets navigate a week defined by competing forces, a hawkish-leaning...

Fintech Companies Are Ahead on ESG, and the Reason Is Who Founded Them

Dr. Khakan Najaf, Associate Professor of Accounting at Canadian University Dubai, joins Raghda Ibraheem with research findings that challenge the common assumption that fintech...

Everyone Sells AI to Small Businesses as a Cost Cutter: Pie Is Using It to Bring Them More Customers

Syed Ali, Co-Founder and CEO of Pie, joins Johny Fernandez fresh off a $19.5 million Series A led by Lightspeed and a strategic investment...

Saudi Arabia Is Already 85% Cashless, and the Last Stretch Is the Most Interesting

Haifa Alobaid, Senior Expert at SIDF and Co-Chair of MFTA Saudi, joins Johny Fernandez as Saudi Arabia hits 85% digital payments, up from 78%...

Egypt Is Reviving Short Selling: This Time Shareholders Actually Get Paid for It

Nader Khedr, Head of the Economic Committee of the El-Geel Democratic Party, joins Bassel Sabri from Cairo as Egypt's regulator relaunches short selling with...

How Tokenization Could Make Markets 24/7

Tokenization is rapidly reshaping financial markets, bringing stocks, Treasuries, and other real world assets onto blockchain networks. Jesse Knutson, Head of Operations at Bitfinex...

The US, Europe and the UAE Are Writing Crypto’s Rulebook, But Not the Same One

Xavier Gomez, Board Member at Banque Delubac & Cie, Founder of MUWPAY, and Co-Founder of INVYO, returns to Capital Markets: Wall Street to MENA...

AI Valuations Are Flashing Red, and the Correction Trigger Is Already Visible

Robert Salomon, Dean of the Stern School of Business at NYU Abu Dhabi, joins Lucy Gazmararian with a measured but pointed warning: the metrics...

Egypt Exports Billions: How Much Value Does It Actually Keep?

Dr. Mohamed Hamza El-Husseini, economist and president of the Egyptian Association for Industrial Development, joins Bassel Sabri from Cairo as President Xi Jinping arrives...

Animoca’s $10 Million AI Agent Bet: Why Some Creators Are Already Winning

Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, joins Johny Fernandez as the company puts $10 million behind its new Minds AI agent...

The Missing Due Diligence in AI Investment: It Is Not the Technology

Deborah Webster, Founder of AmaniLabs, author of Better Than Your Behaviour and a ForHumanity Fellow, joins Raghda Ibraheem with a sharp and underappreciated argument:...

Crypto Theft Topped $1 Billion This Year: Circuit Is Built to Stop It Before It Happens

Harry Donnelly, CEO and Founder of Circuit, joins Johny Fernandez on the floor of the NYSE as the company raises $5 million from NYC...