From emerging regulation to deal mechanics, we write about the questions founders and investors actually ask — practical analysis you can put to work.
Türkiye’s November 2025 criminal-law draft and the AI Act’s August 2026 marking duties regulate the same pixels. A design table showing how one provenance-first build satisfies both regimes.
Referral bonuses, welcome tokens, high-value giveaways — ordinary growth mechanics, banned for licensed crypto platforms in Türkiye. What the III-35/B communiqués allow and prohibit, in one table.
The Turkish DPA published its Agentic AI guide on 12 March 2026. We read all forty-one pages: the risk list mapped to KVKK articles, the responsibility question, EU AI Act alignment — and the one-question starting test.
Everyone plans for 2026 and 2027 deadlines — but Article 5’s prohibitions have applied since February 2025, carry the highest fines, and were not postponed. The eight banned patterns in product language, three traps, and a one-day screen.
The EDPB adopted its final blockchain Guidelines on 7 July 2026. We read all forty pages: what may go on-chain, who answers for a decentralised network, why consent self-destructs on an unerasable ledger, and who gets the last word after a smart contract executes.
GPAI rules have been in force since August 2025; enforcement starts August 2026. When fine-tuning turns you into a provider, what documentation must flow down from model labs, and the six contract clauses every AI vendor agreement now needs.
