Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
34
Generación Zoe promised investors massive returns thanks to market-predicting “robots” and a cryptocurrency backed by gold. It sounded too good to be true.
a year ago

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Rest of World - Global

How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town 

The ambitious executives at Gotion wanted to join America’s EV gold rush. Then came geopolitics.

9 hours ago 2 votes
Chinese food delivery giant dishes out deep discounts to win Saudi customers

Can Keeta, Meituan’s global brand, sustain its low-cost strategy in the Middle East’s highly competitive market?

yesterday 2 votes
Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G

Global leap to 4G and 5G would cut off phone access for millions of vulnerable people.

4 days ago 3 votes
As Bangladesh’s factories turn to surveillance and automation, garment workers feel the pressure

Facing competition from Vietnam and Cambodia, factories are using automation and surveillance to ramp up production and cut labor costs.

5 days ago 4 votes
Colombia’s EV sales soar, but battery recycling startups struggle to keep pace

A surge in electric vehicle sales has helped drive a boom in battery recycling, but the startups face major challenges.

6 days ago 4 votes

More in startups

How a Chinese battery factory sparked a political meltdown in a small Michigan town 

The ambitious executives at Gotion wanted to join America’s EV gold rush. Then came geopolitics.

9 hours ago 2 votes
There is no utopia waiting on the other side of Trump's economy

It's just pain now in exchange for more pain later.

12 hours ago 2 votes
Chinese food delivery giant dishes out deep discounts to win Saudi customers

Can Keeta, Meituan’s global brand, sustain its low-cost strategy in the Middle East’s highly competitive market?

yesterday 2 votes
This thing will fail

Trump will not restore the "strong gods" of community, family, and faith.

2 days ago 3 votes
Make Something Heavy

You're creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.

3 days ago 5 votes