The ISA is looking to attract blockchain-based solutions that can improve the infrastructure supporting the securities and sovereign debt markets in Israel with the hackathon. The securities regulator...
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Temenos Appoints Erich Gerber as President and Chief Revenue Officer
Temenos AG, a Switzerland-based company specializing in enterprise software for banks and financial services, has announced the appointment of Erich Gerber today as President and Chief Revenue Officer...
Crypto Trading: Hungary’s Central Bank Chief Wants Full Ban On Crypto Trading And Mining
Regulators’ constant negativity continues to dominate the crypto news media. Governments have begun to consider countermeasures to crypto trading, with crypto mining becoming a hot topic as well. Györ...
ECB Chief Lagarde Says Digital Euro Will Not Replace Cash — But Could Offer Convenient, Cost-Free Means of Payment – Regulation Bitcoin News
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says that a digital euro will not replace cash but would complement it. “A digital euro would give you an additional choice about h...
UK Crypto Firm Chief Warns Country Could ‘Fall Behind’ EU in Innovation and Licensure
The head of the UK’s biggest crypto company has accused the country’s finance watchdog of stifling innovation, suggesting Britain will fall behind its EU rivals as a consequence. Peter Smith, CEO of B...
“U.S. Is Working On Crypto Regulations”- SEC Chief Gary Gensler
SEC Chief Gary Gensler today said that the securities regulator is working together with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over crypto guidelines. What’s more, he also said that to ensur...
Hungary’s central bank chief wants EU-wide crypto trading and mining ban
György Matolcsy, Governor of the Hungarian National Bank, has proposed a blanket ban on all cryptocurrency trading and mining operations across the European Union. Governor Matolcsy cited the recent ...
Hungary’s Central Bank Chief Supports Crypto Ban
Key Takeaways György Matolcsy, the governor of the Central Bank of Hungary, has sided with the Bank of Russia by supporting a crypto trading and mining ban. Matolcsy also cited his support for the top...
Bitfury Group Appoints Jonathan Gould as Chief Legal Officer
Bitfury Group has announced the appointment of the former OCC Senior Deputy Comptroller, Jonathan Gould as the company’s new Chief Legal Officer. In this role, Gould is expected to manage the firm’s c...
Skilling Secures David Hodge as Its New Chief Marketing Officer
Skilling announced that it has secured David Hodge as its new Chief Marketing Officer, effective from February 2022. In a press release shared with Finance Magnates, David Hodge, the former Oanda CMO,...
EU finance chief says digital euro bill coming in early 2023
The European Commission has announced that a bill for a digital euro will be proposed in 2023. As first reported by Politico, EC finance chief Mairead McGuinness officially disclosed the EU’s formal c...
Indian Central Bank Chief Likens Crypto to Tulips
Key Takeaways Shaktikanta Das, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India has made fresh comments against crypto assets. The governor said private cryptocurrency was a threat India’s macroeconomic and ...
Marqeta Has Named Mike Milotich as Its New Chief Financial Officer
Marqeta announced that it has named Mike Milotich as Its New Chief Financial Officer, effective February 22, 2022. According to a press release shared with Finance Magnates, Mike Milotich, a financial...
FTX Chief Reminds Congress That 95% of Crypto Volume Is Offshore
(Bloomberg) — Sam Bankman-Fried, the chief executive officer and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, said 95% of crypto trading volume occurs offshore and urged for greater regulatory cla...
Toyota U.S. sales chief says win over GM ‘not sustainable,’ but expects bet on EVs to pay off
Toyota is making big bets on hybrids and electric vehicles after dethroning General Motors as America’s top automaker. “What we are still seeing today is that many consumers that are in th...
ANZ Secures Tim Hogarth as Its New Chief Technology Officer
ANZ announced that it has secured Tim Hogarth as its new Chief Technology Officer, effective from February 2022. In an official press release shared with Finance Magnates, Tim Hogarth, a senior execut...
JPMorgan Asset Management Chief Slams Bitcoin in ‘Maltese Falcoin’ Report
Bitcoin’s lofty valuations are the “stuff that dreams are made of.” So says Michael Cembalest, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management’s chairman of market and investment strategy, in a report that ...
KRH’s new chief strategist makes case for a ‘new’ New Deal for web3
Katie Haun’s new chief strategy officer Chris Lehane says the next wave of web3 and crypto-focused companies will need authorities to consider a “new” New Deal. Among the biggest headwinds he anticipa...
‘Funds are Sifu’: Wonderland’s Controversial Treasury Chief Washes $8.3M of ETH Via Tornado Cash
Sifu, the pseudonymous treasury manager of troubled DeFi protocol Wonderland, has started to cash out his multi-million-dollar Ethereum (ETH) stash through crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, making i...
Crypto tax doesn’t legalize trading, says Indian tax department chief
The head of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in India said the recent announcement of a 30% tax on crypto holdings doesn’t necessarily make the crypto trade legal in India. The finance ministe...
Here’s why FTX chief is betting on ‘Ethereum killers’ for the next two years
Looks like the market recovery in the cryptocurrency space was short-lived owing to profit booking over the weekend. And, with the Asian market heading for the Lunar New Year, Bitcoin fell down by 2.3...
Travelex Secures Mark Freedman as Its New Chief Financial Officer
Travelex announced that it has secured Mark Freedman as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective 31 January 2022. In a press release from RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange shared wi...
This Class of Investors Is Still Sinking Massive Amounts of Cash Into Crypto, According to FTX US Chief Brett Harrison
Crypto exchange FTX US president Brett Harrison says that venture capital (VC) investors remain confident in crypto despite the volatility in the market. In a new interview on Yahoo Finance, Harrison ...
Eventus Appoints Jeff Bolke as Chief Revenue Officer
Shortly after Bitbuy received its regulations as a marketplace and restricted dealer using Eventus Systems Inc. for trade surveillance, Eventus appointed a new Chief Revenue Officer (OCR), Jeff Bolke....
WHO Chief Thanks Neil Young For Pushing Spotify To Cut Joe Rogan Over Covid Misinformation
Topline World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed support for Neil Young after the singer-songwriter demanded Spotify remove his music from the platform if it con...
Dow Jones Futures Fall After Fed Chief Powell Wipes Out Market Gains; Tesla Leads Earnings Movers| Investor’s Business Daily
Dow Jones futures fell sharply overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures, as Tesla (TSLA) headlined key earnings after hours and as investors continued to mull a hawkish Fed. The st...
Pravjit Tiwana Joins Gemini as Chief Technology Officer
The cryptocurrency platform, Gemini announced that the company has appointed Pravjit Tiwana, an industry veteran with almost two decades of experience in the global technology sector, as the company’s...
Capital.com Hires Joe Rundle as the Company’s New Chief of Staff
On January 24, Capital.com, a high-growth, investment trading fintech Fintech Financial Technology (fintech) is defined as ay technology that is geared towards automating and enhancing the deliver...
Russian crypto ban proposal draws denunciations from Telegram’s Durov and Navalny’s chief of staff
Opposition forces in Russia are not pleased with a recent proposal to ban cryptocurrency mining and trading in the country. In two separate (and lengthy) Telegram posts from January 20 and 22, Leonid...
German Navy Chief Resigns After Saying Ukraine Won’t Get Crimea Back And Putin ‘Probably’ Deserves Respect
Topline Germany’s top naval officer stepped down Saturday following comments he made about Russia, including a call to show respect to Russian President Vladimir Putin and claiming Ukraine would never...
Bulgaria Won’t Waver on Euro Adoption, Finance Chief Says
Vassilev says Bulgaria to become euro part on Jan. 1, 2024 Bulgaria is unlikely to become a major hub for crypto miners Bulgaria to investigate crypto installment component, serve says Assen Vassilev,...