It’s Tough Getting Approved in Gibraltar, Says Green-Lighted Crypto Derivatives Exchange
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Mag
29
2020
ZUBR, which began trading in March, said Wednesday it had received in-principle approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider… https://www.coindesk.com/gibraltar-regulator-crypto-derivatives-exchange
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Mag
29
2020
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today issued a public statement… https://www.iosco.org/news/pdf/IOSCONEWS568.pdf
Mag
29
2020
After a first phasing out of the ECB’s net asset purchases at end-2018, the question of how a future tightening of the ECB’s monetary policy… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//pub/pdf/scpwps/ecb.wp2416~908859ad17.en.pdf
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Mag
29
2020
We investigate how central counterparties (CCPs) manage counterparty credit risks. CCPs play a key role in clearing derivative trades… https://www.bis.org/publ/work866.htm
Blockchain Bites: Iran and Russia Revisit Crypto Regulations, Bitcoin Pizza Day 10 Years Later
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Mag
23
2020
Laszlo Hanyecz has the honor of conducting the first commercial Bitcoin transaction: trading 10,000 bitcoin for about $30 worth of pizza… https://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-bites-iran-and-russia-revisit-crypto-regulations-bitcoin-pizza-day-10-years-later
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Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
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Mag
23
2020
On 5 May 2020 the ECB issued a press release indicating that the Governing Council had taken note of the judgement issued by the German Federal Constitutional Court… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/govcdec/otherdec/2020/html/ecb.gc200522~fe18ad121a.en.html
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Mag
23
2020
Governments have put forward swift and significant emergency lifelines to protect people in response to the pandemic…
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Mag
23
2020
The Public Statement provides recommendations on areas of focus identified by ESMA and highlights… https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-calls-transparency-covid-19-effects-in-half-yearly-financial-reports
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The CCP-bank nexus in the time of Covid-19
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Mag
13
2020
During the Covid-19-induced financial turbulence, central counterparties (CCPs) issued large margin calls, weighing on the liquidity of clearing member banks… https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull13.htm
Mag
13
2020
During a Monday appearance at CoinDesk’s Consensus: Distributed, Buterin appeared to confirm a July launch date put forth in February by the lead researcher of the Eth. 2.0 project, Justin Drake… https://www.coindesk.com/vitalik-buterin-clarifies-remarks-on-expected-launch-date-of-eth-2-0
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