A former Indian chief minister said “crypto is gambling” and urged the government to raise the taxes imposed on virtual assets. “Crypto is gambling. It is a form of lottery, a form of horse racing… Wh...
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CFTC Chief Considers Proposal by FTX Responsible Innovation Worth Trying
The CFTC decided that they could eventually make tweaks to the idea proposed by FTX based on the internal review and the external input of the agency. In a recent conventional hearing with the House A...
Halo’s Helmetless Master Chief Has A ‘Book Of Boba Fett’ Problem
Master…Chief? Paramount Alright, I was willing to push back against the tide of Halo fans who were “offended” the Halo show would reveal Master Chief’s face. I figured there was some context tha...
SEC Chief Doubts Imminent Deal to Avoid China Delistings
(Bloomberg) — Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler tamped down speculation that a deal is brewing to keep about 200 Chinese stocks from losing their listings, signaling that onl...
CFTC Chief Says FTX Plan Could Make Crypto Markets ‘More Efficient’
“This proposal could end up leading to more efficient trading execution, less risk in the system,” Behnam said, adding that he’s required to cultivate “responsible innovation,” and the idea isn’t nece...
Delta’s health chief thinks the plane mask mandate will soon be lifted
Passengers wearing protective masks wait to board a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Elijah Nouve...
Guillermo Bodnar Becomes the New Celsius Chief Technical Officer
Celsius, a major global cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Wednesday that it appointed Guillermo Bodnar as its new Chief Technical Officer. According to the press release, Bod...
Autos union chief responds to Elon Musk ‘inviting’ UAW to organize Tesla workers
Founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks during a media tour of the Tesla Gigafactory, which will produce batteries for the electric carmaker, in Sparks, Nevada. James Glover II | Reuters If T...
Cryptopolitan announces Light Year’s Chief Producer as guest speaker for upcoming Web3 Masterminds session
Cryptopolitan is happy to announce Light Year, a blockchain-based space strategy game, as the next guest project for the upcoming Web3 Masterminds live session. Light Year shall be represented by the ...
Freed Huawei Finance Chief Meng Wanzhou Returns to Company Spotlight
HONG KONG—Months after returning home to a hero’s welcome in China, Huawei Technologies Co. finance chief Meng Wanzhou was back in the spotlight Monday: This time, she was in more familiar surrounding...
Exness Names Artem Seledtsov as Chief Business Development Officer
Exness, a major name in the retail brokerage industry, has promoted Artem Seledtsov as the company’s new Chief Business Development Officer, according to an update on his Linkedin profile. Based in Cy...
FAA Chief Says ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy For Unruly Travelers Will Stay As Disorderly Passenger Incidents Hit Record High In 2021
Topline The Federal Aviation Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy for unruly passenger behavior is here to stay, agency chief Steve Dickson said Friday, amid efforts to stem cases of unruly travel...
FAA will keep ‘zero tolerance’ policy toward unruly passengers, outgoing chief says
Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson said Friday that the agency’s “zero tolerance” policy toward unruly passengers will continue, even though reports of bad behavior ...
Russia’s energy chief says it would accept Bitcoin for oil and gas
The Russian Federation’s energy chief Pavel Zavalny has floated the possibility of accepting Bitcoin as payment for its oil and gas from “friendly countries” such as China and Turkey. He said th...
Virginia Thomas—Wife Of Supreme Court Justice—Reportedly Pushed Trump’s Chief Of Staff To Challenge 2020 Election Loss
Topline Virginia Thomas sent 21 text messages urging Trump-era White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to contest the 2020 election results, the Washington Post and CBS reported Thursday, the latest i...
January 6 Committee Prepares To Hold In Contempt Former Trump Trade Adviser And Communications Chief
Topline The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot plans to meet Monday to consider recommending citations for criminal contempt of Congress for two Trump Administration offic...
Russia Could Sell Gas for Bitcoin, Says Energy Committee Chief
Key Takeaways Top Russian energy official Pavel Zavalny has said that Russia is open to accepting Bitcoin payments for energy exports. Zavalny also said that the country has lost all interest in energ...
Abra Appoints Justin McMahan As Chief Financial Officer
Abra, a rapidly rising crypto wealth management platform based in San Francisco, announced on Wednesday the appointment of Justin McMahan as the company’s first-ever Chief Financial Officer, effective...
Wall Street bonuses climb to record $257,500 per worker last year, New York’s fiscal chief says
People walk along Wall Street in the financial district of Manhattan on September 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The average bonus paid to securities industry employees in New...
PayPal Has Onboarded Archana Deskus as Executive VP and Chief Information Officer
PayPal announced that it has onboarded Archana Deskus as Executive VP and Chief Information Officer, effective from 28 March. In an article shared with Finance Magnates, Archana (Archie) Deskus, an ex...
Kraken Appoints Carrie Dolan as Its New Chief Financial Officer
Kraken, a major cryptocurrency exchange Cryptocurrency Exchange A cryptocurrency exchange is an online platform that supports the exchange of various currencies for a cryptocurrency or digital asset...
ROSTRO Financials Group Has Selected John Williams as Chief Information Officer
ROSTRO Financials Group Has Selected John Williams as Chief Information Officer, effective from March 2022. Finance Magnates recently learned from the LinkedIn profile of John Williams, a senior execu...
Fair Forex Has Chosen Stefano Ceacmacudis as Its New Chief Executive Officer
Fair Forex has chosen Stefano Ceacmacudis as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from March 2022. Finance Magnates recently learned from the LinkedIn profile of Stefano Ceacmacudis, a senior ex...
ATC Brokers Hires Malik Khan as Chief Revenue Officer
ATC Brokers, a forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting ...
Amana Capital Onboards Mani Sahota as Chief Information Officer
Trading firm, Amana Capital has announced on Tuesday the hiring of Mani Sahota, who is now the broker’s new Chief Information Officer. His focus will be to spearhead the company’s digital presence wit...
January’s huge market correction was just the beginning of a lost decade in stocks, Stifel’s chief equity strategist says
Stocks experienced a brutal correction in January before bouncing to end the month down roughly 5%. That may be just the start of the pain for passive “buy-and-hold” investors, according to Barry Bann...
Andreessen Horowitz Choses Michele Korver As Regulatory Chief
A US FinCEN official Michele Korver got appointed as a regulatory head by Andreessen Horwitz, as the venture capital organization steps forward. As per a blog post, it is difficult to imagine someone ...
DBS Bank Chief Dismisses Fears That Crypto Will Replace Fiat Money: Suggests Regulating Crypto
The CEO of DBS Bank group, Piyush Gupta, advises Central banks to start regulating cryptocurrencies and shed their fear that digital assets will replace fiat money. Gupta further says that by alienati...
Coal is a ‘stupid investment’: UN chief Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General António Guterres photographed at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov. 11, 2021. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.N. Secretary General issu...
How Data Has Become Essential in the World of Chief Financial Officers
The world of data has firmly supplanted itself within business, with data being generated every single day that companies can use to gain a competitive advantage over their competitors. In fact, this ...
DBS Bank Chief Favors Regulating Crypto
Central banks across the globe should start regulating cryptocurrencies and dismiss fears that digital assets will replace fiat currency, said Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank Group, one of Singapore’s l...