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DLC.Link Launches Self-Wrapped Bitcoin "dlcBTC" Leveraging Discreet Log Contracts - DLC.Link’s Safer-Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative Will First Be Available On Arbitrum, Creating A Trustless Bridge To Ethereum DeFi Without Centralizing Or Pooling Assets

Date 11/04/2024

DLC.Link, a self-wrapping trustless bridge to DeFi, has launched its key offering, dlcBTC. The dlcBTC token is a safer wrapped Bitcoin alternative, utilizing Discreet Log Contracts (DLC), a Bitcoin scaling technology enabled in Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade two years ago. dlcBTC represents a significant advancement in decentralized finance (DeFi), allowing users to seamlessly utilize Bitcoin across the Ethereum ecosystem while retaining full ownership of their assets. 

Broadridge Names Hope Jarkowski Chief Legal Officer

Date 11/04/2024

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader, announced that Hope Jarkowski has been appointed Chief Legal Officer, effective May 6, 2024. Jarkowski succeeds Keir Gumbs, who served as Chief Legal Officer until November 2023.

Moscow Exchange: Concentration Limits Per Issuer On Securities market

Date 11/04/2024

CCP NCC sets the following new concentration limits per issuer on Securities market from April 15-th, 2024:

GPW Group 2023 Financial Results

Date 11/04/2024

GPW Group's consolidated results in 2023:

• Sales revenue: PLN 444,9 mn (+14.3% YoY)
• Net profit: PLN 156.0 mn (+7.6% YoY)
• EBITDA: PLN 160.2 mn (-4.3% YoY)
• Continued index rally and significant increase in exchange turnover in Q1 2024 (+18,4% YoY) 

ESAs To Run Voluntary Dry Run Exercise To Prepare Industry For The Next Stage Of DORA Implementation

Date 11/04/2024

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today announced that they will launch in May the voluntary exercise for the collection of the registers of information of contractual arrangements on the use of ICT third-party service providers by the financial entities. Under the Digital Operation Resilience Act (DORA) and starting from 2025, financial entities will have to maintain registers of information regarding their use of ICT third-party providers. In this dry run exercise, this information will be collected from financial entities through their competent authorities and will serve as preparation for the implementation and reporting of registers of information under DORA.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Sets Out Findings Against Link Fund Solutions

Date 11/04/2024

Link Fund Solutions (LFS) failed to act with due skill, care and diligence in its management of the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF), according to findings published by the FCA.

Spectrum Markets: European Retail Investors Lean Bearish On British Pound In March

Date 11/04/2024

• Spectrum's SERIX sentiment index for Euro against British Pound reached 117 points
• Meanwhile SERIX sentiment for the Pound against Japanese Yen hit 95 and remained close to neutral against US Dollar
• SERIX data reflects retail investor sentiment following recent Bank of England rates decisions

Metavault Deploys Mercuryo’s Intuitive On-Ramp Solution To Power DeFi Services

Date 11/04/2024

Global payments infrastructure provider Mercuryo has partnered with Metavault, a cross-chain decentralised finance (DeFi) hub, to provide a seamless on-ramp service, enabling the platform’s growing user base to convert fiat currency into digital tokens.

Liquidnet Announces Record Volume And Participation For New Issue Trading In Q1 - Fixed Income Business Sees New Issues Trading Volume Hit $3.5bn In First Three Months Of The Year

Date 11/04/2024

Liquidnet, a leading technology-driven agency execution specialist, today announced record trading volumes through its New Issue Trading (NIT) protocol and a record number of users trading fixed income primary markets electronically in Q1 2024.

Kathrein Privatbank Relies On The MiFID II Trade Reporting Service Of The Vienna Stock Exchange

Date 11/04/2024

Kathrein Privatbank AG, one of Austria's leading private banks, is now relying on the TTR® II reporting service developed by the Vienna Stock Exchange. The financial institution is already the 25th company to use the IT application. The standardised technical IT solution supports financial market participants in the regulation-compliant and efficient publication of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions and the reporting of orders and quotes for securities firms. Since 2018, the Vienna Stock Exchange has been the largest provider of a MiFID II-compliant Advanced Publication Agreement (APA) solution for all asset classes in German-speaking countries. Registered transactions are distributed to vendors worldwide via the existing data distribution infrastructure ADH of the Vienna Stock Exchange and thus published.