New Year, New You, says the adage. Looking at the way it started, 2026 looks a lot like 2025, to be honest. Buckle up. And Happy New Year. Here is our pick of ten highlights, which should be on the agenda of every CEO for January 2026. Going up. Macro-economic indicators are solid...

Right before the World Economic Forum 2026 (WEF), which brings together, in smallville Davos (Switzerland), the most important world leaders and CEOs, Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, takes a look at the new year and at what it could bring for the Web3 space. Here are his thoughts. Is Bitcoin still “the” thing in Web3?   Altcoins could eclipse Bitcoin. Bitcoin has cemented...

I find it truly fascinating to use exponential technologies to build a virtuous and social network where everyone benefits, and where even micro-transactions are feasible and manageable at scale. This way, it’s possible to help those at the margin of society even with the little they need (for example, a small purchase of groceries), ensuring transparency and security for...

It’s truly a pleasure to interview Andrea Biffi, formerly a CEO in the MedTech world and today an entrepreneur, investor, and board member, with roles and projects at an international level. Tomorrow’s leaders use technology and investments to learn, evolve, create efficiencies, scale up, and, of course, serve people in...

The basics of good negotiations should be an essential part of the training and “war” chest of any CEO or marketing and businessperson out there. Fiorella Erni, co-founder and CEO at Cheetah Stories, a vegan stiletto start-up based in Switzerland and with manufacturing operations in Italy, is also a negotiation rock-star, with solid fieldwork in the most delicate areas of...

A quiet revolution is reshaping America’s pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities—one that blends cutting-edge science, real-time data integrity, and strategic onshoring to strengthen the nation’s drug supply chain. On a recent episode of Around The Block, the podcast powered by Circular Protocol, leaders from Bright Path Laboratories outlined how the future of U.S. medicines is becoming decentralized,...

In light of the past few years, between geopolitical changes and the renaissance of tech and energy-intensive progress, mostly linked to Gen AI and Agentic AI, what does the word “sustainability” even mean today? A lot of bad press and a clear pull from public and private institutions in favor...

Yat Siu, Animoca Brands’ Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, takes the call for this interview when it’s 11 PM in Hong Kong. We met in Davos last time, for the World Economic Forum 2025. He looks fresh, as always, and speaks with a clear mind and laser focus. The first item on my list of...

There is something spiritual about Kapil Dhiman, the Co-founder and CEO of Quranium, the world’s first Layer-1 (L1) blockchain, designed to be quantum-secure, AI-native, and EVM-compatible. He takes my call from his office in Mumbai, even though his energy sets the tone of the conversation on a global stage, while...

Was another book about Mina needed? Perhaps yes, but more for us, Italians of any age, background, profession, and history. Mina doesn’t need this book—written by Frank Pagano, Marco Di Dio Roccazzella, and Pierangelo Soldavini. Or any other book dedicated to her, in general. In fact, knowing her only indirectly,...