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Randal Quarles, the head of global regulator the Financial Stability Board, warned on Thursday that cryptocurrencies and increasing fragmentation of financial markets carried the greatest threats to market stability. -
Restaurant franchise operator FAT Brands is preparing a securitization of its whole business assets secured on the blockchain.
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Crypto venture Bakkt launched its long-awaited bitcoin futures on Monday, the first physically delivered cryptocurrency contracts to be traded on a federally regulated US exchange. Although trading in its first week has been “tepid”, market participants are expecting the contracts to compete with leader CME’s own bitcoin futures.
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has appointed Dorothy DeWitt to lead its market oversight division.
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Russell Thornton, who worked as the head of business development and product marketing for derivatives at Fidessa, has become trading strategy lead at another company.
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The World Bank is planning to add fully digital cash settlement, multiple currencies and more nodes to its ‘bond–i’ platform, according to a banker involved in developing the blockchain system. Earlier this month, the supranational added tap functionality, as it raised A$50m ($33.7m) of capital.
