The Liquidity Shield: Why Tech’s Elite are Hedging Against the 2026 AI Infrastructure Reckoning Summary Top tech founders and executives — including Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, CoreWeave founders and others — have sold roughly $19 billion of stock in 2025 as they pivot away from purely digital bets and prepare for a costly, hardware-heavy phase […]
The End of the Crypto Ghost: How HMRC’s New Data Engine Is Mapping Britain’s Hidden Billions Summary Author’s take: Punchy and blunt — HMRC and the OECD have pulled the plug on crypto secrecy. CARF and a UK–US task force have turned anonymous wallets into auditable accounts, and that changes everything for investors, exchanges and […]
Digital Transformation Accelerates Travel Industry Growth as Alexey Yanshin Drives 75% Online Sales Surge in Central Asia Summary Alexey Yanshin, Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and CIS at Sabre Corporation, led a rapid digital transformation across Central Asia’s travel sector that pushed online ticket sales penetration from roughly 15% to over 75% and […]
Citizenship by Donation in 2026: The Easiest Countries to Secure a Second Passport Summary Citizenship by donation is a non-refundable contribution to a sovereign development fund in exchange for full citizenship, typically without residency, language or interview requirements. Targeted mainly at high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, the route prioritises speed, simplicity and predictability over financial return. […]
Macau’s satellite casinos consigned to history as final property Landmark officially closes Summary Macau’s last remaining satellite casino, Landmark Casino, closed at 23:59 on 30 December 2025, bringing an end to the era of satellite casinos in the territory. SJM Holdings had announced the closure on 10 December and earlier in December completed a full […]
The top 10 stories of 2025, as chosen by you Summary NEXT.io rounds up the ten most-read stories of 2025 in the iGaming sector, reflecting the year’s biggest legal, regulatory and commercial developments. Highlights include the most-viewed investigation — an EY whistleblower alleging the firm ignored organised crime links among gambling clients — and high-profile […]
Sports Betting Alliance Sues Chicago Over Required Licenses Summary The Sports Betting Alliance (SBA) — the lobbying group for DraftKings, FanDuel, bet365, BetMGM and Fanatics — has filed suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County challenging Chicago’s newly adopted budget language that would require city-issued licences for online sports betting operators. The SBA seeks […]
Latest New York Sports Betting Bill Would Ban Live Bets Summary Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal has introduced A9343, a bill that would prohibit all live (in-play) sports betting in New York. The proposal appears to be a response to recent integrity concerns across major sports, but it would also hit sportsbooks’ rapidly growing in-play revenue and […]
SJM steps into direct leadership at L’Arc Macau Casino, opening a new chapter of operations | AGB Summary SJM Resorts assumed direct control of L’Arc Hotel and Casino in the early hours of 30 December after receiving regulatory approval. The group paid $224 million for the property and integrated it into its self‑operated portfolio, ending […]
Casino Landmark shuts doors as Macau’s satellite casino model comes to an end | AGB Summary Casino Landmark, the last remaining satellite casino in Macau, closed at 11:59pm as the government-mandated three-year grace period ended. The venue, located in the New Orient Landmark Hotel on the Macau peninsula and operating under SJM Holdings’ licence, drew […]
