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ETH Markets Lag BTC Ahead Of Shapella Upgrade - Kaiko Research: Data Debrief

Date 11/04/2023

Welcome to the Data Debrief! This morning, BTC hit $30k for the first time since June 2022. Also, peer-to-peer exchange Paxful announced that it would be suspending operations, U.S. job openings hit a two-year low, and the U.S. Treasury released a report on illicit finance risks in DeFi. 

IMF Executive Board Concludes Review Of The Implementation Of The Framework For Enhanced Engagement On Governance

Date 11/04/2023

• This Review provides an in-depth stocktaking of the Fund’s engagement on governance and corruption since the adoption of the Fund’s ‘Framework for Enhanced Engagement on Governance’ adopted by the Executive Board in April 2018 (‘the 2018 Framework’).
• The Review papers find that Fund engagement with member countries on governance and corruption has been broadly systematic, candid, effective, and evenhanded, in line with the objectives of the 2018 Framework.
• The Review papers also provide concrete proposals to strengthen engagement in these areas, guided by macro-criticality and core expertise of the Fund.

NGX, WARIF Partner On Gender-Based Violence, Educate Community Women

Date 11/04/2023

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and Women at Risk Foundation (WARIF) partnered on the an outreach to women in Lagos to educate them on gender-based violence (GBV) with respect to domestic situations.

BIS: The Tokenisation Continuum

Date 11/04/2023

Key takeaways

• Tokenising claims involves transforming them into tokens on a common programmable platform that combine a core layer, which contains information about the tokenised asset and its ownership, with a service layer embedding the platform's rules and governance.
• Tokenisation enables the automation of transactions involving money as well as financial and real assets, opening the way to the contingent transfer of claims and combinations of transactions via smart contracts.
• Economic, legal and technical challenges span a "tokenisation continuum" which describes the feasibility of tokenising traditional assets; gains are modest where tokenisation is easiest but the most valuable gains would involve the largest challenges.

MIAX Exchange Group - Options & Equities Markets - Reg SCI / SIFMA BCP Testing On Saturday, October 14, 2023

Date 11/04/2023

Overview:

The MIAX Exchange Group will be participating in the 2023 SIFMA BCP Testing on Saturday, October 14, 2023.  All Members that are required to test with MIAX Options, MIAX Pearl Options, MIAX Emerald Options and/or MIAX Pearl Equities Exchanges in accordance with Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (Regulation SCI) were notified on April 4th and April 5th, 2023.  However, all Members are encouraged to test. 

Remarks By US Secretary Of The Treasury Janet L. Yellen At Meeting With Finance Minister Of India Nirmala Sitharaman

Date 11/04/2023

I want to warmly welcome Minister Sitharaman back to the U.S. Treasury, following our last meeting at the G20 in Bengaluru. 

Stablecoins Versus Tokenised Deposits: Implications For The Singleness Of Money

Date 11/04/2023

Key takeaways

• Private tokenised monies that circulate as bearer instruments, like stablecoins, may entail departures in their relative exchange values away from par in violation of the "singleness of money".
• In contrast, tokenised deposits that do not circulate as bearer instruments but rather settle in central bank money are more conducive to singleness.
• Tokenised deposits may enable expanded functionality by building on the capacity of programmable ledgers to introduce contingent execution and composability of transactions.

ACER Amends The Electricity Capacity Calculation Regions To Include Norway

Date 11/04/2023

On 31 March 2023, ACER approved for the EU (with its Decision 08/2023) a proposal from 13 October 2022 by Transmission System Operators (TSOs) to include the Norwegian bidding zone borders into the electricity capacity calculation regions (CCRs).

Europex Welcomes The Introduction Of The Domestic Reverse Charge Mechanism For Energy And Emissions Trading In Poland

Date 11/04/2023

Europex applauds the efforts of Polish lawmakers to introduce a domestic reverse charge mechanism (DRCM) in Poland as of 1 April 2023. The DCRM is an important tool in the fight against VAT fraud in electricity, gas and emissions trading in the EU and contributes to the integrity and safety of these markets.

Fiserv To Release First Quarter Earnings Results On April 25, 2023

Date 11/04/2023

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, will announce its first quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.