Hania Humayun

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Hania Humayun

Hania Humayun

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Hania joined Cryptopolitan with a long history of analyzing finance, economic trends, and prediction markets. She covered topics in emerging technology, AI, and fintech. Hania’s experiences as a licensed architect have added verve and precision to newswriting. She graduated from the National College of Arts in Lahore with an Architecture degree,

Author’s Articles

  • Crypto funding tops $1 billion as investors shrug off market turmoil.

    Crypto funding tops $1 billion as investors shrug off market turmoil
    January 24, 2026 News
  • iPhone hits record 9% share as India's market struggles.

    iPhone hits record 9% share as India’s market struggles
    January 24, 2026 Tech
  • Investment money is flowing into developing countries at a pace not seen before, as growing friction between the United States and Europe pushes the dollar lower and prompts investors worldwide to look for alternatives. Stock markets in emerging economies continued their climb on Friday, with major indexes posting gains for the fifth week in a row. This marks the longest stretch of weekly increases since May. So far in 2026, these markets have jumped 7%, far outpacing the S&P 500's modest 1% rise. Technology companies in Asia have been driving much of this rally, while stocks in Latin America have surged even more dramatically with a 13% gain this year. China signals support as markets reach new highs Markets received an encouraging signal when China's central bank set its daily yuan rate above the key 7-per-dollar threshold for the first time in more than two years. This move showed officials are comfortable with the yuan's recent strength. Meanwhile, South Africa's main stock index was headed for its third straight weekly gain, while gold prices hovered just below $5,000 per ounce. The shift represents a historic moment for emerging markets, with their main stock index reaching an all-time high. While Asian technology stocks initially led the charge, other regions are now catching up fast. The benchmark covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa climbed every day this week and is tracking toward its strongest month since 2020. Latin America's stock index hit its highest point since 2018 on Thursday and added another 0.8% on Friday. Tensions over Greenland, though somewhat eased for now, have raised fresh doubts about American dominance and the dollar's global standing. This has pushed funds from Europe to India to reduce their holdings in U.S. Treasury bonds. The trend is adding fuel to an emerging market rally already powered by strong worldwide economic growth, massive spending on artificial intelligence technology, and political changes across Latin America, along with responsible budget and monetary policies in many developing nations. "People are looking to diversify away from US assets, and I would kind of describe it as quiet-quitting of US bonds," said Katie Koch, who heads TCW Group Inc., speaking on Bloomberg Television. "I don't think there's going to be a massive announcement, I just think they're going to look for opportunities to diversify away." Currencies strengthen as gold purchases continue Currency markets tell a similar story. The Brazilian real and the pesos of Colombia and Chile have all strengthened by more than 3% in 2026. Poland's central bank, identified as the world's largest reported gold purchaser, announced plans on Tuesday to buy an additional 150 tons of the precious metal. The numbers are striking. The iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, a $135 billion fund that buys emerging market stocks, has pulled in over $6.5 billion just in January. This puts it on pace for the biggest monthly influx since the fund started in 2012. "EM assets are one of the key beneficiaries from stronger global growth," wrote Oliver Harvey, a strategist at Deutsche Bank in London. "And when opportunities to express a positive growth view have been constrained in developed markets, the outlook is even more bullish for EM." However, the pace of investment into emerging markets can slow when global tensions rise, partly because there are fewer developing nation assets available compared to the United States. The total value of emerging markets stands at roughly $36 trillion, about half the size of the $73 trillion U.S. market. Some investors may still favor U.S. markets as attention returns to the growth gap with Europe after the recent period of heightened stress, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists Rohit Garg and Gordon Goh. "That said, the de-dollarization and fiscal profligacy themes are back," they noted. "De-dollarization has the potential to impact EM risk premia in a positive way, as was the case in 2025."

    Investors stage ‘quiet exit’ from dollar as emerging markets hit record highs
    January 23, 2026 Economy

  • AI trade boom could lift global commerce beyond forecasts in 2026, WTO chief says
    January 23, 2026 Economy

  • Yen spikes briefly as Japan officials stay silent on intervention talk
    January 23, 2026 Economy
  • Crypto tokens down 79% in year-long bear market, Pantera eyes 2026 rebound

    Crypto tokens down 79% in year-long bear market, Pantera eyes 2026 rebound
    January 23, 2026 News
  • Nasdaq pushes SEC to unlock Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF options trading

    Nasdaq pushes SEC to unlock Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF options trading
    January 22, 2026 News

  • Apple faces $38 billion in fine threat as Nvidia claims top spot
    January 22, 2026 Tech
  • Crypto bear market may have ended in Q4, Bitwise says

    Crypto bear market may have ended in Q4, Bitwise says
    January 22, 2026 News
  • OpenAI in talks for $50 billion funding round with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

    OpenAI in talks for $50 billion funding round with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds
    January 22, 2026 Tech
  • BitGo raises $213 million in first crypto IPO of 2026 amid challenging market conditions.

    BitGo raises $213 million in first crypto IPO of 2026 amid challenging market conditions
    January 22, 2026 News
  • Dimon calls Trump's card rate cap an "economic disaster"

    Dimon calls Trump’s card rate cap an “economic disaster”
    January 21, 2026 Economy

  • Intel stock soars 84% as CEO’s turnaround strategy gains momentum
    January 21, 2026 Tech

  • Bitcoin independence debated as Coinbase CEO challenges central banker at Davos
    January 21, 2026 News

  • Shanghai to open free-fly drone zones covering nearly half the city
    January 21, 2026 Tech
  • Chinese stocks surge on tech push while global markets tumble

    Chinese stocks surge on tech push while global markets tumble
    January 21, 2026 Economy
  • Crypto market sees $1.08B in liquidations as 182,000 traders forced out

    Crypto market sees $1.08B in liquidations as 182,000 traders forced out
    January 21, 2026 News
  • SkyBridge cuts crypto holdings as Bitcoin drops 30% and regulation stalls.

    SkyBridge cuts crypto holdings as Bitcoin drops 30% and regulation stalls
    January 21, 2026 Bitcoin
  • Schmidt warns Europe risks reliance on Chinese AI without major investment

    Schmidt warns Europe risks reliance on Chinese AI without major investment
    January 20, 2026 Tech
  • Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff predicts crash as silver hits $94

    Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff predicts Bitcoin crash as silver hits $94
    January 20, 2026 News
  • Veteran trader, Peter Brandt, sees Bitcoin dropping 37% as technical patterns flash red.

    Veteran trader, Peter Brandt, sees Bitcoin dropping 37% as technical patterns flash red
    January 20, 2026 Bitcoin
  • ByteDance takes aim at Alibaba's cloud dominance with AI bet.

    ByteDance takes aim at Alibaba’s cloud dominance with AI bet
    January 20, 2026 Tech