Paribu acquires CoinMENA, MENA’s largest local crypto exchange, for $240 million 

Paribu, Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform, acquired the largest digital asset platform of MENA. Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform Paribu announced that it acquired CoinMENA, the largest local crypto exchange in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), for USD 240 million. The deal represents Türkiye’s largest fintech transaction to date and the […]

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Workup Entrepreneurship Program marks graduation of 13th Cohort

Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program Sixteen startups graduated from the 13th cohort of the Workup Entrepreneurship Program, an initiative supported by Türkiye İş Bankası and running since 2017, the bank announced. More than 75 Workup alumni have raised […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Dec 1-5, 2025

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and sustainabilityi coming from Europe and the USA Europe’s slow AI buildout may become a strategic strength Europe’s cautious pace in deploying artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure—often viewed as a disadvantage compared with the U.S. and China—could ultimately give […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Nov 23-27, 2025

This week’s stories are about tech, startup and AI, coming from Taiwan and the USA IRS turns to AI agents after deep staff cuts The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools across several divisions as it struggles with a sharply […]

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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, Oct. 27-31, 2025

This week’s stories are about tech, AI and autonomous vehicles, coming from Switzerland and the USA Governments struggle to scale Gen AI adoption, study finds A growing number of governments are experimenting with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT and CoPilot, but most […]

Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, 6-10 Oct, 2025

This week’s stories are about tech and sustainability, coming from Japan and USA 1-California enacts landmark AI Safety Law California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (SB53), a landmark measure establishing some of the most comprehensive AI safety […]

Turkey to hold 5G tender in October, services to begin in 2026

Turkey expects 5G to transform its digital infrastructure, boosting mobile internet speeds at least tenfold Turkey will hold its long-awaited 5G spectrum tender on Oct. 16, with commercial services set to begin in April 2026, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced.  (Link in Turkish) […]