Trend Redefining Finance and Monetary Systems
Summary
This year's new megatrend: competing centralised, decentralised and hybrid forms of digital money, diversifying asset types and non-bank credit providers are rewriting how value is allocated, paid and recorded, with the definitions of money, net worth and income moving with them.
Classification
Main topicMacroeconomy & Finance
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-25)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Future Opportunities Report: The Global 50 (2026) Dubai Future Foundation page=36;section=Our View of the Future: Megatrends 2026 accessed 2026-07-25
- Future Opportunities Report: The Global 50 (2026) Dubai Future Foundation page=38;section=Our View of the Future: Megatrends 2026 accessed 2026-07-25
Observed signals 3
Part of issues 3
- IssueInternational standards for stablecoins issued outside bank supervision1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMigrating banks off AI-incompatible legacy systems1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRedefining financial literacy for tokenised and programmable money1 trends · 0 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
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