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Markets
Numbers, capital flows and the macro that frames every founder story.
Markets
Why Kaspi rewrote distribution economics
A single super-app changed how an entire country pays, borrows and shops — and the global payments lobby is still adjusting.
Markets
Bishkek, the frontier of the frontier
Tiny checks, big tax breaks: why Kyrgyzstan rewards the patient founder.
Markets
Almaty crypto winter is officially over
On-chain volumes recovered through Q1 2026. The exchanges quietly hiring tell a clearer story than the price charts.
Markets
Why Baku is funding climate hardware
An oil-rich state is writing checks that quietly look very different from its petro-dollar past.
Markets
The corridor's first deep-tech fund
A $40m vehicle out of Astana takes its first three bets — and they are not what you'd expect from the region.
Markets
Five maps that explain Central Asian venture in 2026
Capital flows, founder origins, talent migration. The shape of the corridor, drawn in numbers.