Stablecoins just got rulebooks in the US, EU and UK at once
For years, digital dollars and euros lived in a regulatory grey zone. In one autumn, three of the world's biggest financial centres started drawing hard lines, and banks are moving in.
Notice the tremor before the quake.
Seen It Coming explains the trends, technologies and market moves that matter before they go mainstream, in language anyone can follow.
Foreshock
Early signals: the research papers, funding rounds, patents and policy moves that come before a trend goes mainstream.
The AI boom's next bottleneck is the power grid's plumbing
Gas turbines were the famous shortage. The newest signals point somewhere less glamorous: transformers, the parts inside them, and the rules that decide who gets plugged in.
AI agents can now pay for things. Researchers keep finding ways to trick them
Tech and payment giants are building rails for software that spends money on your behalf. Real use is still tiny, but the security holes and legal grey zones are arriving first.
Aftershock
Big market moves explained after they happen: what moved, why it moved, and what to watch next.
Why chip stocks crashed, oil slid and bitcoin followed
In one week, the most popular trades of 2026 all unwound at once. Here is what happened, why, and what to watch before anyone calls it over.