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Kenyan Regulator Commends Its Regulatory Sandbox— Says the Test Phase Enables It to Have Interactions With Innovators

21.5.2021
According to a new report published by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya, the country’s regulatory sandbox has now received 24 applications, queries, and proposals since March 2019. From this total, only seven firms have been admitted into the sandbox, and “a few more (are...

Kenyan Capital Markets Regulator Wants Better Coordination With Other Bodies When Testing Crypto Assets

7.5.2021
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) says the country needs a more encompassing approach that enables it to leverage other regulators’ expertise when testing crypto assets. Kenyan Crypto Interest Also, the Kenyan body, which favours a joint financial sector regulatory sandbox, says...

Nigeria’s SEC in Talks With Central Bank of Nigeria Over Crypto Regulation— 2020 Crypto Guidelines Still Suspended

17.4.2021
Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that talks with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regarding the regulation of cryptocurrencies are ongoing. The securities regulator also reiterated that due to a CBN directive that was issued on February 7, 2021, the crypto...

Apple Well Positioned to Offer Crypto Trading — Analyst Says Company Should Hold Bitcoin in Treasury

11.2.2021
Apple Inc. is well position to offer cryptocurrency trading, according to an analyst with global investment bank RBC Capital Markets. Not only will Apple gain instant market share in the crypto space, but the move could also generate the Iphone maker well over $40 billion in annual revenue....

Singapore Exchange, Temasek Launch Digital Asset Business for Capital Markets

22.1.2021
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings announced Friday a joint venture launching a digital assets business focusing on capital market products. Read more: Singapore’s Stock Exchange Backs New Ethereum Security Token Platform

CrossTower Launches Capital Markets Desk to Bring Institutions to Its Spot Exchange

13.1.2021
“Ultimately we end up with something that looks and feels a little bit like what you see in the prime brokerage space.”

Societe Generale to Use as Many as Five Blockchains in Capital Markets Trials

17.9.2020
A tech-focused subsidiary of Societe Generale said it will trial up to five different blockchains to understand their usefulness in capital markets

Two Reasons Crypto’s Bull Market Is Coming

5.8.2020
Capital from dying token projects and an inflationary environment provide conditions for crypto's march towards a $1 trillion market cap

SEC’s Cryptomom Peirce Believes US Capital Markets Can ‘Transform People’s Lives’

7.7.2020
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to see new crypto projects get a fair shake at U.S. capital markets

Dalio Says Capital Markets Are ‘Not Free‘ as Central Banks Drive Economy

4.7.2020
Bridgewater CIO Ray Dalio claims capital markets are no longer free as central banks drive more of the economy

GSX Group’s New Digital Securities Venue Tokenizes First Client Shares

29.5.2020
Gibraltar Stock Exchange Group's recently launched GRID venue has tokenized the shares of adtech firm tribeOS

DTCC Considers DLT Use in Securities Trading With 2 New Studies

19.5.2020
DTCC, the plumber to capital markets’ quadrillion-dollar pipes, is wondering if DLT can boost securities processing

Coinshares Acquires Gabi Trading: New Unit Traded $3 Billion Worth of Crypto in 2019

8.5.2020
Coinshares on Thursday launched its trading business, Coinshares Capital Markets (CSCM), reporting that the unit traded over $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2019 and $1.5 billion during the first quarter of 2020. The UK digital asset manager is basically rebranding Gabi Trading, a business...

Are Banks and the Capital Markets Ready to Embrace Blockchain?

19.4.2020
The blockchain tech adoption for traditional financial institutions will help to improve the industry — but are those institutions ready?

Chinese Blockchain Investment on the Rise, but Comparison to US Is Apples to Oranges

12.4.2020
China holds more blockchain patents, but the number of U.S. companies invested in blockchain is greater

ErisX Hires Capital Markets Veteran as Chief Risk Officer

6.2.2020
Vindhu Singh is the firm’s first chief risk officer, and will report to Head of Eris Clearing Liz James

Turkey Prepares to Increase Oversight in the Crypto Space

6.1.2020
Turkish authorities, alarmed by the spread of cryptocurrencies in the country, are reportedly ramping up efforts to introduce greater oversight into the sector. Local media revealed that regulators are under pressure to increase supervision in 2020 because of the growing popularity of decentralized...