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Date 29/11/2023

CCData Digital Asset Management Review: Crypto AUM Surges To $43.8bn, Marking 120% YTD Increase

CCData’s November Digital Asset Management Review (DAMR) is now available. This monthly report provides readers with an overview of the global digital asset investment product landscape, examining key developments across various product types and tracking their adoption by analysing assets under management, trading volumes, price performance and more.

Date 29/11/2023

FTSE UK Index Series – Quarterly Review December 2023 - Intermediate Capital Group To Join The FTSE 100 Index

FTSE Russell, the global index provider, confirms today that Intermediate Capital Group will be joining the FTSE 100 Index as a result of the December 2023 quarterly review. In the rebalance, Hargreaves Lansdown will leave the FTSE 100 Index and enter the FTSE 250 Index.

Date 29/11/2023

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Information Security And Operational Risks To Central Banks - Report By The Consultative Group On Risk Management (CGRM) Established At The BIS Representative Office For The Americas

Introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will have far-reaching implications for the operations of the issuing central bank and the risk it faces. Both will depend mainly on the particular design adopted and on a large range of factors internal and external to the central bank. This report analyses the operating, technology, third-party and business continuity risks for the issuing central bank. It therefore provides a useful complement to other work on CBDCs, which tends to focus on their implications for financial stability, monetary policy and the wider economy.

Date 29/11/2023

Prepared Remarks Before The Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee By SEC Chair Gary Gensler

Good morning. I’m pleased to speak with the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. As is customary, I’d like to note that my views are my own as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and I am not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners or the staff.

Date 29/11/2023

U.S. Department Of The Treasury Sanctions Mixer Used By The DPRK To Launder Stolen Virtual Currency - Mixing Services That Enable Cybercriminals Continue To Face Consequences

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Sinbad.io (Sinbad), a virtual currency mixer that serves as a key money-laundering tool of the OFAC-designated Lazarus Group, a state-sponsored cyber hacking group of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Sinbad has processed millions of dollars’ worth of virtual currency from Lazarus Group heists, including the Horizon Bridge and Axie Infinity heists. Sinbad is also used by cybercriminals to obfuscate transactions linked to malign activities such as sanctions evasion, drug trafficking, the purchase of child sexual abuse materials, and additional illicit sales on darknet marketplaces.

Date 29/11/2023

NGX Holds Seminar On Repositioning Analytics And AI For Capital Market Growth

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) is set to host a webinar for capital market stakeholders on the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in growing the capital market on December 1, 2023.

Date 29/11/2023

Excerpts From Deputy Secretary Of The US Treasury Wally Adeyemo’s Remarks At The 2023 Blockchain Association’s Policy Summit

On Wednesday, November 29, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo will deliver remarks followed by a fireside chat at the 2023 Blockchain Association’s Policy Summit. Deputy Secretary Adeyemo’s remarks build on Treasury’s work to promote responsible innovation while countering the illicit use of digital assets, including in last week’s historic settlement with Binance. The following are excerpts from the Deputy Secretary’s remarks as prepared for delivery.

Date 29/11/2023

Nasdaq Announces Semi-Annual Changes To OMX Stockholm Benchmark Index

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced today an update to the results of the semi-annual review of the OMX Stockholm Benchmark Index, (Nasdaq Stockholm: OMXSB), which will become effective at market open on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Date 29/11/2023

BIS: Basel Committee Consults On A Disclosure Framework For Climate-Related Financial Risk

• Basel Committee issues public consultation on a Pillar 3 disclosure framework for climate-related financial risks.
• Forms part of its holistic approach to address climate-related financial risks to the global banking system.
• The Committee invites submissions on the proposals by 29 February 2024.

Date 29/11/2023

BIS: The Financial Origins Of Regional Inequality

Over the last decades, regional inequality in the United States and other advanced economies has steadily increased as income growth in urban areas has outpaced that in rural areas. This geographic divergence is believed to have brought devastating economic and social cleavages, including entrenched poverty, deaths of despair and political polarisation.