Daily News Summary – 2026-09-05 – 2

Pragor disclosed that its entire product lifecycle—planning, building, reviewing, deploying—is executed by autonomous AI agents on its own coordination board. The system catches mistakes through a six-step process, including self-reported errors and verification against known values.

The UN General Assembly voted 164-1 to promote the Equal Earth map projection as the global standard, ending centuries of Mercator dominance. The resolution aims to correct distortions that shrink Africa and inflate polar regions.

The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2026 ranks geoeconomic confrontation as the most likely global crisis trigger, driven by competition over critical minerals. China's control of rare earth processing has prompted Western countermeasures and stockpiling.

Project mBridge, backed by China, Hong Kong, Thailand, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, scaled to over $55 billion in transactions by April 2026. The blockchain-based wholesale CBDC platform settles payments in real time, reducing costs and bypassing SWIFT.

The EU's MiCA regulation final deadline on July 1, 2026 led to the delisting of non-compliant stablecoins like USDT from EU exchanges. Circle's USDC and EURC gained dominance, with USDC circulation up 28% to $77 billion in Q1 2026.