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A top Wall Street regulator is considering an outright ban on using derivatives to bet on US elections as part of a crackdown on so-called event contracts, according to people familiar with the plans.
(CoinDesk)
Institutional investors located in Canada significantly increased their holdings of cryptocurrencies in 2023, a survey by KPMG found. The consulting group recently conducted its bi-annual Institutional Adoption of Cryptoassets survey, finding that Canada’s investment sector has re-embraced crypto after a tumultuous year for the industry in 2022. Respondents include hedge funds, family offices, pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, among others.
(The Block)
The latest stablecoin bill introduced in the Senate, if passed, could embolden banks to step into the stablecoin markets, according to ratings agency S&P Global Ratings. The Lummis-Gillibrand Payment Stablecoin Act, introduced last week by Sens. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would bring clarity to regulations that “should encourage banks into the stablecoin market,” the ratings agency said in a note on Wednesday.
(Life Annuity Specialist)($)
Market share for career agents continued its long slide last year.
(Yahoo! Finance Canada)
London Stock Exchange Group shareholders will vote on Thursday on whether to potentially double the pay of CEO David Schwimmer, after the 300-year old bourse campaigned to raise executive rewards to strengthen UK capital markets. LSEG’s annual general meeting will vote on proposals to allow Schwimmer’s total yearly remuneration to rise to up to 13.063 million pounds ($16.14 million) from 6.25 million pounds.
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