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GICS Trending

GICS Trending is the second perspective within the Sector Intelligence of the G11 General Industry Compass System. It focuses on sectors that are currently attracting increased attention and are regularly the focus of public, economic or market-specific discussions.

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Within the G11 General Industry Compass System, GICS Trending acts as a bridge between stable sector order and current market and topic perception. The perspective complements GICS Core with a timely, discussion-oriented view - without any claim to completeness, but with a clear focus on relevance. The associated portal pages bundle information on sectors that are characterized by above-average interest from investors and journalists. The decisive factor here is not short-term market movement, but the recognizable relevance of a sector in public discourse.

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GICS Crypto is a trend area within GICS Eleven and focuses on a market that has evolved from a niche topic to an integral part of the financial and technology world. The focus is on the entire environment of digital assets - from the technical basis to the companies that operate this infrastructure or make it usable. The topic area encompasses different perspectives. These include technology providers that develop blockchain solutions as well as operators of data centers and mining infrastructure. Trading and exchange platforms through which digital assets are traded are also part of this segment. The spectrum is complemented by new service models, for example in the area of crypto custody, which focuses on the secure storage of digital assets. GICS Crypto deliberately takes a holistic view of these developments. The focus is not on a single cryptocurrency, but on the emerging ecosystem of technology, infrastructure, services and market participants. Many of these areas have become professionalized and are increasingly embedded in existing financial and IT structures. In contrast to the early phases, in which crypto was primarily perceived as experimental, the market has broadened considerably. Companies operate globally, regulatory frameworks are gaining in importance and new fields of application are emerging beyond pure trading. GICS Crypto bundles this diversity independently of traditional industry logic. Users of this information channel receive an overview of companies and developments that are shaping the digital asset space - from the technical basis to market-related services. It is precisely this breadth that makes Crypto an independent trend sector within GICS Eleven.

GICS Crypto bundles developments relating to digital assets, blockchain-based infrastructures and new forms of financial and system architecture. The focus is not on individual coins, but on the structures, technologies and business models that have emerged around crypto assets, tokenization and decentralized systems. In terms of content, the spectrum ranges from blockchain technologies and protocols to mining and data center infrastructure, crypto exchanges and trading platforms, custody and safekeeping solutions, through to new market roles, regulatory frameworks and institutional access. Equally relevant are topics such as market liquidity, security, governance, scaling and the increasing integration with traditional financial systems. GICS Crypto places particular emphasis on transitions and maturing processes: from experimental technologies to professional, regulated market structures. Developments become visible in which technological innovation, capital market interest and regulatory classification influence each other - often accompanied by high news frequency and pronounced market volatility. Target and interest groups are basically the same as those of the overarching CORE sectors Financials and Information Technology - with a clear focus on digital financial infrastructure, new market mechanisms and technology-driven transformation processes.

Typical users of GICS Crypto are interested in new financial and system architectures beyond traditional market logic. They observe infrastructure, regulation and technological maturity processes. What becomes relevant is where digital experiments turn into resilient market structures.

GICS AI is aimed at players who develop and use artificial intelligence or make it commercially viable. It is aimed at advertisers, agencies, technology and software providers, platform operators, infrastructure and data providers as well as financial and information services whose business models are based on automation, data processing and intelligent systems. For agencies, PR and communication service providers, GICS AI offers an environment in which AI-related content is not perceived as a buzzword, but as a strategic reality. Product announcements, studies, use cases, platform strategies or thought leadership formats have an impact here because they meet an audience that actively classifies, evaluates and integrates AI into decision-making processes. Manufacturers, technology and solution providers find a focused space in GICS AI for offerings that increase efficiency, support decisions or enable new business models. Whether basic models, specialized applications, cloud infrastructure, data services or AI-supported tools - visibility is created where artificial intelligence goes from experiment to productive application. At the same time, the portal addresses industry information services, specialist media, analyst firms, stock market letters as well as conference and trade fair organizers whose content thrives on topicality, classification and technological depth. Events, publications and market analyses reach an audience that does not view AI in isolation, but as a cross-sectional technology with an impact on almost all industries

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The topics covered in GICS Trending do not follow a short-term market impulse, but arise from structural drivers that develop outside of classic price movements. Trends are understood here as consolidations of real economic, technological or social changes that are increasingly influencing capital markets, corporate strategies and public perception.

The underlying impulses vary:

Geopolitical developments can bring entire sectors into focus - for example, when security policy tensions, defense budgets or strategic dependencies are reassessed.
Technological breakthroughs act as a catalyst for topics such as digital assets, artificial intelligence or automation and permanently change existing value chains.
Changing threat situations - for example in the digital space - draw attention to sectors whose relevance arises less from growth than from necessity.
Social and cultural shifts can change consumption patterns and give rise to new markets long before they are fully categorized in regulatory or economic terms.

GICS Trending picks up on these developments where they become visible, shape discussions and have a cross-sectoral impact. The perspective thus serves as a transition between a stable sector order and a focused detailed view - it shows why certain topics are gaining in importance even before their influence is differentiated on a small scale.

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