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Crypto is no longer just a financial experiment. In this piece, Antulio Rosales unpacks how crypto ecosystems are shaping authoritarian governance—fueling elite capture, weakening regulation, and accelerating today’s political, financial, and environmental crises.

Our latest article explores the potential political implications of the Stablecoin phenomenon and what it means for the global financial order. Read now: botpopuli.net/stablecoins-th…

🏛️ Our fourth article, by Antulio Rosales, explores the emergence of crypto-authoritarianism, showing how crypto ecosystems are being woven into contemporary governance to enable elite enrichment and democratic erosion. botpopuli.net/a-new-age-of-c…

⚠️ Our third article, by Bama Athreya, reflects on the 2025 16 Days of Activism campaign, offering a critical assessment of how digital gender-based violence is addressed—and where dominant approaches continue to fall short. botpopuli.net/sometimes-sile…

Arriving at a moment of renewed turbulence in tech and political economies, this issue brings together five pieces examining how power, finance, violence, and inequality are being reshaped in the digital age. 🔗 Link in bio to read the full issue.

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AI is reshaping global economies—but not evenly. This piece unpacks how AI may deepen existing inequalities, urging a shift from tech hype to place-based, value-chain–focused policymaking. #AI #GlobalInequality #DigitalEconomy #TechPolicy #GlobalSouth #PoliticalEconomy

Cautioning against growing privatization in India's digital transformation, Abhineet Nanda and Eshani Vaidya, shed light on this growing dependency and its pitfalls. Read now: botpopuli.net/who-owns-the-d…

Behind the promise of digital public infrastructure lies a growing dependence on private cloud providers. This piece traces how India’s e-governance increasingly runs on privately owned cloud and platform rails. Read the full story: botpopuli.net/who-owns-the-d…

A familiar story about cryptocurrencies is that they emerged under the promise of financial emancipation. Crypto-assets and blockchain technologies were ... botpopuli.net/the-crypto-sta… via @PopuliBot

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She reflects on what the emerging epoch of AI means for fundamental questions about indigenous knowledge, the resistance to racial capitalism, and ecological vitality. Read here: botpopuli.net/pluriversality…

Arriving during an eventful month in tech politics, our latest issue captures key discourse in e-governance infrastructure and regenerative AI.

Cautioning against neutral framings of #syntheticdata, the authors remind us that these tools actively shape the worlds we imagine and the inequities we reproduce. Read the full story: botpopuli.net/synthetic-drea…

Interrogating the hype around #syntheticdata, the authors reveal how Global South realities—like Brazil’s #PIX—challenge tech-solutionist narratives and spotlight deeper governance gaps. Read the full story: botpopuli.net/synthetic-drea…