News
Mar
10
2025
Catch up on the key stories and developments shaping the financial world. European markets gain as leaders pledge more defence spending; Canadian banks call for policy reforms to mitigate trade risk; Bitcoin has a surge; and more. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/03/european-stocks-and-other-finance-news-to-know
Mar
10
2025
President Trump acknowledged that some of his policies will cause pain in the short term. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/09/sunday-blues-for-bitcoin-as-it-tumbles-below-usd80k
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
Mar
10
2025
A surge in Japanese bond yields, coupled with geopolitical and economic uncertainties, is fueling concerns among traders that BTC could face a significant correction. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/10/bitcoin-traders-now-target-usd70k-as-japan-bond-yields-surges-to-near-17-year-highs
Tagged width: capital markets, fintech
ESMA publishes the results of the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments
Posted in: News
Mar
04
2025
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has today published the results of the annual transparency calculations for equity and equity-like instruments, which will apply from 7 April 2025. https://www.esma.europa.eu/press-news/esma-news/esma-publishes-results-annual-transparency-calculations-equity-and-equity-2
Tagged width: esma, politica monetaria
Mar
04
2025
America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/03/03/trumps-new-tariffs-are-his-most-extreme-ever
Tagged width: commodities
Mar
04
2025
The technical outlook has worsened for both BTC and Nasdaq. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2025/03/04/bitcoin-s-200-day-average-support-under-threat-as-nasdaq-triggers-double-top
Tagged width: blockchain, fintech
Feb
23
2025
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is seeking feedback from stakeholders as part of its thematic peer review on the implementation of its global regulatory framework for crypto-asset activities. The framework consists of two sets of high-level recommendations for the regulation, supervision and oversight of (i) ...more »
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Eurosystem expands initiative to settle DLT-based transactions in central bank money
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Feb
23
2025
The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to expand its initiative to settle transactions recorded on distributed ledger technology (DLT) in central bank money… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/pr/date/2025/html/ecb.pr250220_1~ce3286f97b.en.html
Tagged width: blockchain, ecb, fintech
Decisions taken by the Governing Council of the ECB (in addition to decisions setting interest rates)
Posted in: News
Feb
23
2025
On 23 January 2025 the Governing Council approved the extension of the ECB repo lines with eight non-euro area central banks… https://www.ecb.europa.eu//press/govcdec/otherdec/2025/html/ecb.gc250221~6c1e486eb9.en.html
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Feb
23
2025
Call for “roll back” by some, to negate Bybit hack, immediately provoked a fierce reaction from the Ethereum community, which was firm in its belief that it wouldn’t happen… https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/02/22/ethereum-roll-back-suggestion-has-sparked-criticism-here-s-why-it-won-t-happen
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