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CryptoCompare Exchange Review - August 2022: Bitcoin Trading Into Tether Reaches Highest Volume Since 2020

Date 20/09/2022

Volatility returned to the cryptocurrency markets in August as Bitcoin and Ethereum failed to break key resistance levels at $25,000 and $2,000, before a sell-off occurred following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole. 

Testimony Of US Assistant Secretary For Terrorist Financing And Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg Before The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate

Date 20/09/2022

Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Toomey, and distinguished Members of the Banking Committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and provide an update on the Department of the Treasury’s efforts to hold Russia accountable for its brutal and unjustified further invasion of Ukraine.

Aviva Wins Aite-Novarica Group Impact Award For ESG Profiler

Date 20/09/2022

•  Developed with FNZ for Aviva’s Adviser Platform
• ESG Profiler wins Impact Award for Digital Reporting 2022 - Sustainable Investing Impact Reporting – Europe
• Further features planned for later this year

Paolo Ardoino, Bitfinex CTO, Comments On Cybersecurity After Attack On ETHW

Date 20/09/2022

Over the weekend, the ETHW came under attack with hackers ultimately making off with a significant quantity of ETHW tokens.

Bank Of England Minutes Of The London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting - 7 June 2022

Date 20/09/2022

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

LiquidityBook Taps Isaac Cambron To Lead Research And Development Efforts

Date 20/09/2022

LiquidityBook, a leading provider of cloud-native trading solutions for the buy and sell sides, today announced the hire of Isaac Cambron as Vice President of Research and Development. Reporting directly to Chief Technology Officer Shawn Samuel, he will spearhead enhancement efforts for the firm’s robust suite of trade management offerings.

CoinShares Launches HAL, The Algorithmic Trading Platform For Crypto Traders - Hal Enables Crypto Traders To Effortlessly Trade Crypto-Assets On Centralised Exchanges With Advanced Trading Strategies Designed By Coinshares’ Quant Team

Date 20/09/2022

CoinShares (“the Company”), Europe’s largest and longest standing full-service digital asset investment and trading group, launches HAL, a leading crypto-assets trading strategies platform. 

Nasdaq Establishes New Digital Assets Business

Date 20/09/2022

• Underpins Nasdaq’s Focus on Advancing the Transformation of Markets and Driving Broader Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets
• Subject to Regulatory Approval, Nasdaq Digital Assets Will Provide a Proprietary Custody Solution with Liquidity and Execution Services for Financial Institutions
• Appoints Ira Auerbach, Former Global Head of Gemini Prime, to Lead New Business
• Expands Anti-Financial Crime Technology Capabilities for Digital Assets

Vantage Announces Partnership With UNESCO To Support Education Initiatives In India

Date 20/09/2022

Vantage, the international multi-asset trading platform today announces its partnership with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation), as a part of its social commitment to strengthen education opportunities to emerging markets like India.  

SEC: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney To Pay $35 Million For Extensive Failures To Safeguard Personal Information Of Millions Of Customers

Date 20/09/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) stemming from the firm’s extensive failures, over a five-year period, to protect the personal identifying information, or PII, of approximately 15 million customers. MSSB has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty to settle the SEC charges.