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One in four hedge fund managers to increase crypto exposure, says EY survey

Despite an increase in activity in 2021 though, crypto allocations remain low though with many managers cautious to enter the space.

Citigroup to split Institutional Clients Group's ops, tech units

Stuart Riley, who currently heads the operations and technology units at ICG, will now only manage the technology team.

Canada Needs a Digital Dollar in the New Crypto World

Zelmer and Kronick explain that Canadian-dollar-linked stablecoins could become attractive to Canadians by making them convertible into cash issued by the Bank of Canada

Brazil’s Largest Crypto Exchange Owner Plans Latin American Acquisitions: Report

2TM, the holding company for Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil’s largest crypto exchange by market valuation, is looking to become a leading provider of blockchain infrastructure services in Latin America.

US banking regulators plan to publish crypto guidance throug

The agency's work focused on bolstering internal understanding and defining the regulatory parameters for each agency in the context of crypto activities.

Bank of America Sees Stablecoin Regulation as Catalyst to Mass Adoption

Stablecoins are viewed as a systemically important asset with a market value of around $141 billion.

El Salvador to build 'Bitcoin City'

The bond will be funded through VAT, the only tax that will be levied in the new city.

One Of The World's Largest Investment Management Firms Signs Major Contract With Darktrace

This latest customer win follows hot on the heels of a multi-million-dollar upsell with another major US investment management company.

State Street Collateral+ Delivers New Analytics and Optimization Capabilities in Partnership with Cassini Systems

“We are evolving with our clients and developing end-to-end tools and liquidity products in order to allow our partners to focus on their core strengths.”

Fund Managers Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold — Say It's a Better Store of Value

They see the cryptocurrency as a better store of value and a better inflation hedge.

Asset managers blame SEC rules for decision to pull bitcoin ETFs

Invesco and Bitwise cite regulator’s insistence on 100% exposure to bitcoin futures alongside other concerns

WSO2 Secures $90 Million in Growth Capital from Goldman Sachs Asset Management

WSO2 will use the funds to accelerate global expansion and invest in its next-generation, cloud-native solutions for securely delivering APIs, applications, and digital services

Transparency and data management for family offices

A golden data set is created by aggregating data from multiple sources and cleansing and normalizing it into a single source. Everything in the office should use this single source of data.

Cross River Bank partners Payment Approved

The industry is rapidly changing, which brings increased demand for safer and more efficient payment methods

HSBC joins $200m funding round for ConsenSys

ConsenSys has set itself the task of unlocking the "collaborative power of communities by making Web3 universally easy to use, access, and build on".

State Street Alpha℠ Announces Strategic Partnership with RIMES to Enhance Index and Benchmark Services

Partnership extends State Street Alpha’s capabilities enhancing the Alpha Data Services offering and accelerating time to market for integrating comprehensive index and benchmark data

InvestorCOM Recognized as Best Wealth Management Regulatory Solution for the Client Focused Reforms

Eleven judges, with expertise in regulations, technology, and financial services, evaluated the nominations to arrive at this year’s list.

Fusion Credit Union Chooses BankBI and Celero to Automate Financial Performance Management and Regulatory Reporting

For Fusion, this solution will enable their executives and finance and risk teams to better understand and drive performance through balance sheet growth

CIBC, Itaú Unibanco, National Australia Bank and NatWest Group announce winners of Global Open Finance Challenge

Four winners named in first-of-its-kind event seeking ground-breaking ideas to transform banking

SS&C Makes Preliminary Approach to Acquire Blue Prism Group plc

Automation has been at the forefront of SS&C’s technology initiatives for several years now

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