Skills Funding Shift (Malaysia): The Human Resources Ministry is gathering feedback to convert PTPK skills-development financing from loans to grants, with a RM100m pool headed to Cabinet for approval. Nigeria Money Markets: Nigeria’s overnight financing market hit a new monthly record, with trading volume rising to N104.9tn in July 2026 as the NOFR benchmark stayed near 22%. Housing Finance (Australia): Australia’s house-price slide is reviving “negative equity” fears, as ANZ forecasts deeper declines and politicians argue over tax settings and who bears the cost. Modular Housing Guarantee (Australia): Tasmania plans a Modular Housing Finance Guarantee Scheme to back early construction lending, aiming to remove a key barrier to faster offsite builds. Digital Finance & Remittances (Qatar–India): Qatar Post and India Post launched near real-time remittances via UPI-linked “PosTransfer,” targeting hundreds of thousands of workers. Regulation & Cyber Risk (Switzerland): FINMA warned banks and insurers about rising cyberattacks and sector-wide AI risks, pushing firms to manage third-party operational threats. Crypto Market Structure (Monero): Monero’s price resilience to repeated exchange delistings keeps attention on how regulation reshapes long-term crypto access. SEC Sanctions (Nigeria): The SEC ordered capital-market operators to freeze assets tied to six alleged terrorist financiers and three related firms. Bitcoin ETF Disclosures (US): Edelman Financial Engines disclosed a $34m bitcoin ETF stake, now larger than its Amazon holding. AI in Corporate Growth (SpaceX): Musk says SpaceX’s AI revenue should surpass all other revenue next month, as AI spending and growth reshape the company’s outlook.