April 21, 2024 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture Federal Services has entered into an agreement to acquire Cognosante, a mission-driven provider of digital transformation and cloud modernization solutions for federal health, defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. Founded in 2008 by Michele Kang, Cognosante has grown “to become a trusted provider of innovative… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced that its quarterly international average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 7.4 million contracts in Q1 2024, up 2% year on year. Reflecting all trading reported from outside the United States, volume was driven “largely by 38% growth in… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 12:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) announced that its affiliate, Galaxy Asset Management, (GAM), reported preliminary assets under management of $7.8 billion as of March 31, 2024. The 23.3% decrease in preliminary AUM “compared to the prior month was primarily driven by the liquidation of… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Montran, a global enabler of capital markets infrastructure, announces the successful launch of the new Central Securities Depository (CSD) platform at the Banco de la República de Colombia. This deployment marks a significant milestone in “modernizing the Colombian financial market infrastructure.” José Escobar, General Manager… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 10:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andreessen Horowitz has reportedly raised $7.2B for the following venture strategies: American Dynamism ($600M), Apps ($1B), Games ($600M), Infrastructure ($1.25B), and Growth ($3.75B). This marks an important milestone for the firm. When Marc and Ben Horowitz started the firm in 2009, the conventional wisdom in… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A sense of optimism has pervaded financial markets in recent months, amid investor confidence that the fight against inflation is entering its “last mile” and that central banks will ease monetary policy in the coming months, according to a comprehensive update shared by the International… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Four years in the making, the fourth Bitcoin halving finally occurred—marking “a significant milestone for the protocol, and for crypto, more broadly,” according to an update shared by Grayscale. Friday evening US Eastern Time, at block number 840,000, the Bitcoin block reward “fell by half,… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United States Justice Department is reporting its first cryptocurrency open-market manipulation case. A federal jury in New York has now “convicted a man residing in Puerto Rico of commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud in connection with the manipulation on the Mango… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 8:24 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week WorldFirst, a digital payment and financial services platform for global businesses, launched WorldTrade, a payment solution for global sourcing to bolster the security and speed of cross-border payment for international SMEs that procure goods from suppliers based in China. WorldTrade employs smart contract-fulfillment… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 4:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ISDA has released a whitepaper from ISDA Future Leaders in Derivatives (IFLD), its professional development program for emerging professionals in the derivatives market. The whitepaper, GenAI in the Derivatives Market: a Future Perspective, was reportedly “developed by the third cohort of IFLD participants, who began… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 8:21 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is currently seeking public feedback on a proposed new form, 1099-DA, which is designed to report proceeds from digital asset transactions conducted by brokers, set for introduction in 2025. This initiative marks a significant step towards the formalization of tax… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has opened registration for its fourth edition of the Investment Immersion Program (IIP) as from Wednesday, April 17, 2024 for six weeks. The program is an apprenticeship that aims “to employ and develop local investment professionals.” The program, which comprises… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Austrian, French, Italian and Spanish financial market authorities have given their key priorities for a macro-prudential approach to asset management, the AMF noted in a recent update. As the European Commission prepares to launch its consultation on the macro-prudential treatment of risk in asset management,… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) in order “to expand the scope of eligible exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under Stock Connect.” The eligibility criteria for ETFs… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 4:20 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Digital asset platform Tokenize Xchange, together with its affiliate, Web3 specialist Titan Lab, unveiled the Titan Chain at the Token2049 event in Dubai, according to a Business News Asia report. This new blockchain network, also referred to as the TKX Mainnet, marks a major leap… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX is pleased to announce that they’ve added support for Runes, a new fungible token standard by Casey Rodarmor, a former Bitcoin developer and artist, following the recent Bitcoin halving. With this addition, OKX users can now reportedly “create, mint, manage and trade Runes on… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mulberri, an AI-driven insurance platform, announced it has partnered with Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, to embed Mulberri’s Cyber Insurance to Acronis small & medium-sized businesses customers based in the US. Through this partnership, Acronis customers can “opt-in for Mulberri’s embedded Cyber Insurance… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Allica Bank says it is on a mission to give established businesses in the UK the banking they deserve. Allica Bank explains that it aims to “offer no-nonsense business banking built especially for firms with 5-250 employees, providing dedicated relationship manager support backed up with… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Framework Ventures says it has led a $10 million investment round in Uplink, a DePIN network with a goal to democratize access to the internet. Framework Ventures thinks their enterprise-focused approach is the best bet for onboarding the next wave of DePIN users. Uplink explaisn… Read More

April 20, 2024 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SRM Europe, a subsidiary of SRM (Strategic Resource Management, Inc.) providing business advisory services across the United Kingdom and Europe, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Accourt Payments Specialists, a provider of payments consulting and strategic services. With a strong track record in payments,… Read More