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Intercontinental Exchange Reports Strong Second Quarter 2021

Date 29/07/2021

• 2Q21 net revenues of $1.7 billion, +22% y/y
• 2Q21 GAAP diluted EPS of $2.22, +134% y/y
• 2Q21 pre-tax gain of $1.23 billion related to the full divestment of stake in Coinbase
• 2Q21 adj. diluted EPS of $1.16, +12% y/y
• 2Q21 operating income of $799 million, +7% y/y; adjusted operating income of $963 million, +17% y/y
• 2Q21 operating margin of 47%; adj. operating margin of 56%

Bank Of England To Suspend Liquidity Facility In Euros From 1 October 2021

Date 29/07/2021

The Bank of England, in co-ordination with the European Central Bank, is today announcing that in light of sustained improvements in funding market conditions it will suspend the Liquidity Facility in Euros (LiFE) at the end of September 2021.

Secured Finance Raises $4.0M Seed Funding To Transform Cryptocurrency Banking Options - Oversubscribed Round Co-Led By GSR And Protocol Labs, Along With Fintech Collective, HOF Capital, And Huobi Ventures

Date 29/07/2021

Secured Finance, a platform provider for the cryptocurrency loans and derivatives market, today announces that it has raised $4.0 million in its oversubscribed seed funding round. The successful raise, with demand of more than double of Secured Finance’s initial target, was co-led by GSR Markets, a leading trading firm in the cryptocurrency ecosystem; open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory Protocol Labs; venture capital firm FinTech Collective; global technology investment firm HOF Capital; and strategic investment arm, Huobi Ventures. Several high-profile individual investors also contributed, such as Board Member at Nomura Holding America James DeNaut, South African entrepreneur and Civic’s CEO Vinny Lingham, Twitch Co-Founder, and Founder of Goat Capital, Justin Kan, Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma, Chief Operating Officer at CoinList Scott Keto, and Creator of IPFS and Filecoin, Juan Benet.

Securities Commission’s Audit Oversight Board Urges Auditors To Heighten Diligence and Professional Scepticism

Date 29/07/2021

The Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board (AOB) today urged auditors to be more vigilant and diligent in the execution of their duties during the current period of economic uncertainties due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Craig Butterworth Joins Droit As Chief Commercial Officer

Date 29/07/2021

Droit, the New York, London and Sydney based technology firm at the forefront of computational law, announces the appointment of Craig Butterworth as Chief Commercial Officer. 

Curve Finance Adds Euro-Pegged Tether (EURt) Tokens

Date 29/07/2021

Curve Finance, an automated market maker protocol designed for swapping between stablecoins and other digital tokens with low fees and slippage, has today announced that it will support Tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt).

Secured Finance Raises $4.0M Seed Funding To Transform Cryptocurrency Banking Options - Oversubscribed Round Co-Led By GSR And Protocol Labs, Along With Fintech Collective, HOF Capital, And Huobi Ventures

Date 29/07/2021

Secured Finance, a platform provider for the cryptocurrency loans and derivatives market, today announces that it has raised $4.0 million in its oversubscribed seed funding round. The successful raise, with demand of more than double of Secured Finance’s initial target, was co-led by GSR Markets, a leading trading firm in the cryptocurrency ecosystem; open-source research, development, and deployment laboratory Protocol Labs; venture capital firm FinTech Collective; global technology investment firm HOF Capital; and strategic investment arm, Huobi Ventures. Several high-profile individual investors also contributed, such as Board Member at Nomura Holding America James DeNaut, South African entrepreneur and Civic’s CEO Vinny Lingham, Twitch Co-Founder, and Founder of Goat Capital, Justin Kan, Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma, Chief Operating Officer at CoinList Scott Keto, and Creator of IPFS and Filecoin, Juan Benet.

HKEX: Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Repo

Date 29/07/2021

Stock Exchange Participants' Market Share Repo

The Big Exchange Appoints Bev Shah As Non-Executive Director; Continuing On Their Dedicated Mission To Create Fair, Sustainable And Inclusive Finance

Date 29/07/2021

The Big Exchange today announces the appointment of Bhavini ‘Bev’ Shah as an Independent Non-Executive Director. 

EU Innovation Directorate, Fintech Unicorns Mull Over New Pan-EU Sandbox Project

Date 29/07/2021

This summer the European Union Director-General for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education & Youth Jean-Eric Paquet met with a group of Europe’s fastest growing innovative companies, referred to as ‘the unicorn group’. Mr Martin Valters, Co-founder of Latvian company Mintos, presented one of the key items on the agenda consisting of a proposal to introduce a flagship of the Pan-European sandbox. He presented an action-based outline detailing plans to make significant improvements to the unified European innovation ecosystem by speeding up the product-to-market duration.