Rest of World - Money https://restofworld.org Reporting Global Tech Stories Fri, 01 May 2026 10:01:16 +0000 Copyright 2026 Rest of World daily 2 Bhutan’s crypto experiment shows how hard digital money is in the real world https://restofworld.org/2026/bhutan-bitcoin-tourism-payment-adoption-failure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:00:26 +0000 Ananya Bhattacharya https://restofworld.org/2026/bhutan-bitcoin-tourism-payment-adoption-failure/ Paula Bronstein/Lumix/Getty Images $50 on war in Iran: How geopolitical bets have surged on Polymarket, in five charts https://restofworld.org/2026/polymarket-online-betting-politics-war-charts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 05 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Hazel Gandhi https://restofworld.org/2026/polymarket-online-betting-politics-war-charts/ iStock/Rest of World Big bets and broken unicorns: Tiger Global’s rise and reckoning https://restofworld.org/2025/tiger-global-unicorn-investment-crash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 16 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Issie Lapowsky https://restofworld.org/2025/tiger-global-unicorn-investment-crash/ Nicolas Ortega for Rest of World What was Builder.ai and why did it shut down? https://restofworld.org/2025/builderai-ai-explainer-bankrupt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Rest of World https://restofworld.org/2025/builderai-ai-explainer-bankrupt/ The math tutor and the missing $533 million https://restofworld.org/2025/byjus-owner-byju-raveendran-comeback-fraud-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 27 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Yudhijit Bhattacharjee https://restofworld.org/2025/byjus-owner-byju-raveendran-comeback-fraud-case/ Joe Magee for Rest of World iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs https://restofworld.org/2025/iphone-apple-sales-china-trump-tariffs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:30:14 +0000 Selina Cheng and Joanna Chiu https://restofworld.org/2025/iphone-apple-sales-china-trump-tariffs/ Cheng Xin/Getty Images A woman looks at her smartphone while walking past an Apple-authorized store offering government subsidies on electronic devices, with discounts of up to 15% or 500 yuan, on March 10, 2025 in Chongqing, China. Africa’s startup funding crisis deepens as Mastercard Foundation exits top VC firm https://restofworld.org/2025/mastercard-foundation-exits-africa-top-vc-firm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:00:46 +0000 Damilare Dosunmu https://restofworld.org/2025/mastercard-foundation-exits-africa-top-vc-firm/ Rest of World Syria just hosted its first international tech conference in 50 years https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-international-tech-conference-sync-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:31:24 +0000 Danny Makki https://restofworld.org/2025/syria-international-tech-conference-sync-25/ Ali Haj Suleiman for Rest of World Speakers present at SYNC, the first tech conference in Syria in 20 years, February 8, 2025. Breaking down the world’s tariffs against China’s tech industry https://restofworld.org/2024/china-tech-tariffs-which-countries-will-impose/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Selina Cheng https://restofworld.org/2024/china-tech-tariffs-which-countries-will-impose/ Joanne Lee/Rest of World Quiz: How much do you know about money? https://restofworld.org/2024/quiz-global-inflation-rates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:01:00 +0000 Rest of World https://restofworld.org/2024/quiz-global-inflation-rates/ Worldcoin may not be legal in Colombia, but that’s not stopping it https://restofworld.org/2024/worldcoin-colombia-data-protection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000 José Luis Peñarredonda https://restofworld.org/2024/worldcoin-colombia-data-protection/ Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images A man has his iris scanned with an orb, a biometric data scanning device, in exchange for the Worldcoin cryptocurrency in Buenos Aires on March 22, 2024. How Apple’s India gamble paid off https://restofworld.org/2024/exporter-apple-india-sales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Russell Brandom https://restofworld.org/2024/exporter-apple-india-sales/ Rest of World/Getty Images