AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoCyber & Air Defence: Luxembourg-based Collective Defence is buying counter-drone firm Asterion in a deal valuing the combined business at $1bn+, aiming to merge cyber threat detection with radio-frequency drone detection, AI tracking and kinetic/non-kinetic intercepts into one command-and-control platform. EU Tech Regulation: The EU General Court in Luxembourg backed Meta’s “gatekeeper” status for Facebook Messenger under the Digital Markets Act, but annulled the designation for Facebook Marketplace—an important legal signal on how the Commission must justify gatekeeper decisions. Digital Assets in Banking: Zodia Custody CEO Julian Sawyer says every bank will soon need digital-asset custody as blockchain infrastructure shifts toward tokenization and stablecoin payments, with Standard Chartered’s acquisition of Zodia framed as validation of bank-grade software. On-Chain Finance: Franklin Templeton and MoonPay are integrating Benji with MoonPay Trade so eligible institutions can move between supported stablecoins and tokenized money market fund exposure via onchain execution. EU Economic Roadmap: The Commission’s 2026 European Semester Spring Package pushes resilience, skills, competitiveness and housing action while keeping fiscal sustainability in focus. Luxembourg AI Collaboration: Ireland’s RDI Hub launches an “AI Gateway” with Luxembourg partners (including LIST) to help move AI from experimentation to deployment using cross-border sovereign infrastructure.
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