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1.3 Wed 30/09/2020 - 12:00 Reference texts Articles 318-44, 321-77, 321-81 and 323-39 of the General Regulation Articles 47, 48 and 92 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 231/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2012 …

• The Canadian Dollar found fresh footing on Tuesday, keeping USD/CAD bids below 1.3700.

It's never a dull moment in these markets.Bitcoin fell to the lowest since Trump was re-elected earlier today, touching $72,903. That was below the Liberation Day low and painted an ugly potential candle on the chart.But it may have been a trap. After the weak hands were shaken out, the buyers stepped in and have taken it all the way up to $76,250, more than $3000 above the lows. The bounce in ethereum has been even larger, rising to $2300 from a low of $2109.There has also been some buying the stock market with the S&P 500 coming off the lows but with nowhere near the strength of crypto. In all of markets, it's been one day after another of wild moves. Gold and silver continue to be extraordinarily volatile while we've seen some shocking moves this year in Japanese bonds, USD/JPY, Microsoft shares and more. That kind of volatility is symptomatic of something beneath the surface in the markets but it's hard to pin down what's happening. That said, it's almost never good. Bull markets are built on steady buying, not high volatility. Maybe it calms itself down after earning season and we got some good news today with the US government shutdown ending but I also worry that things are happening in the real economy that could be de-stabilizing. This week's ISM manufacturing number was very strong and the old economy stocks are surging today. Could we have to start thinking about a re-acceleration in the economy and cancelling the rate cuts that are pencilled in? How would the market respond?Moreover, if rates are cut anyway into a hot economy, that raises worrisome questions about inflation down the road. Mixed in with all that are worries about AI spending and what the models might produce next, and if that will be enough. This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.

360T, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has struck a partnership with Bitpanda to expand institutional access to crypto trading and wider digital asset services across Europe. The deal connects 360T’s 3DX trading platform with Bitpanda’s digital asset infrastructure, aiming to give banks and other financial institutions a ready-made route into client-facing crypto products.Announced in Frankfurt and Vienna on Tuesday, the collaboration combines Bitpanda’s digital asset services with 3DX, 360T’s crypto-asset trading venue. Deal Structure and ScopeAccording tothe company, institutional clients will be able to offer comprehensive digital asset services to their end-users while they keep liquidity management inside the existing 360T environment.Under the model, 3DX continues to operate as the regulated trading venue built on 360T’s established technology stack, which many institutional clients already use for FX and other products.“Together with Deutsche Börse Group, we are building the infrastructure that will enable the next generation of institutional digital asset adoption. Partnering with 3DX is an important step as we continue to scale our partner solutions,” Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, the CEO of Bitpanda, said.“We are proud to bring together one of the leading global exchange groups, with one of Europe’s leading digital asset platforms, a testament to the role Europe can and must play globally in digital assets.”Bitpanda provides the infrastructure and capabilities needed for retail-oriented crypto services, including access to a broad universe of digital assets and operational support.Read more: Bitpanda Secures Full Dubai License in Major Regulatory Win Outside Europe360T and Bitpanda position the integration as a way to reduce operational overhead and accelerate time-to-market for firms expanding their digital asset capabilities. A Bid to Shape Europe’s Digital Asset RailsBitpanda presents the agreement as a step forward in its institutional strategy, adding a Deutsche Börse-backed channel to its existing retail and B2B partnerships.The Vienna-headquartered firm offers more than 650 crypto-assets and works with several institutional partners, underpinned by regulatory permissions that allow it to provide services across the EEA.360T serves as Deutsche Börse Group’s FX and digital assets arm and runs a multi-bank trading platform that covers FX, crypto-assets, cash and money market instruments for more than 3,000 buy-side clients and over 200 liquidity providers in around 80 countries.Meanwhile Bitpanda is moving closer to the public markets as it lines up a potential blockbuster listing in Germany’s financial capital. The exchange is preparing for a potential stock market listing in Frankfurt in the first half of the year, targeting a valuation in the range of 4 billion to 5 billion euros, according to a Bloomberg report. The Austrian firm has reportedly mandated Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank to arrange the offering. This article was written by Jared Kirui at www.financemagnates.com.

Markets see wild volatility since today's mid-session bellGeopolitical events and global deleveraging are turning strong trends into high-paced dropsExploring reactions across Markets to monitor what is moving the most Markets are getting shaky after the latest headlines – US-Iran tensions are mounting, and this is not boding well with Risk-Sentiment.It has been reported that an Iranian drone approaching the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea has been downed by US forces, leading to fresh Risk-off flows.Talks are still expected to take place on Friday. zoom_out_map US-Iran morning escalation – Source: X, Open Source Intel Despite a US Government deal having been reached (ending the Shutdown), the mood remains grim, and pointing the pessimistic sentiment weighing more.The headline was behind the move lower across risk assets this morning. Still, it seems that more anxiety is increasing as it collides with global deleveraging and valuation doubts across Asset classes. This also correlates with this morning's rise in Metals. Read More:Major rotation flows and drops – Dow Jones and US Index OutlookSilver (XAG/USD) Outlook: Selloff takes a break, but it is over?RBA breaks two-year pause with hawkish rate hike, AUD/USD poised for further gainsStocks continue to head lower zoom_out_map Dow Jones 30M Chart – Source: TradingView. February 3, 2026 zoom_out_map Current Market picture – Courtesy of Finviz. February 3, 2026 As you can see, the current deleveraging is particularly strong in Nasdaq, which was down 2.86% at its lows until recently.Tech/AI stocks are getting rejected harshly as they stand at the extreme of the risk-spectrum and get sold off first when sentiment worsens.Bitcoin breaks $75,000 but attempts a comeback zoom_out_map Bitcoin 4H Chart – Source: TradingView. February 3, 2026 Negative sentiment in Crypto actually took Bitcoin below its pre-election Trump levels.The rest of the Altcoin Market isn't doing much better – Solana just broke the $100 level!Explore our latest crypto analysis right here!Oil spikes higher but rejects higher levels zoom_out_map WTI (US) Oil 1H Chart – Source: TradingView. February 3, 2026 One unusual element in this risk-off move is that US Treasuries haven't shown any reactions – If something serious happens in Iran, expect major reactions in Bonds.Note: I had been warning of impending volatility for a while in recent articles and was surprised to see such resilience despite the headlines and moves.It could just be the beginning of a scary story, but as always, if Stock Indexes keep running to all-time highs or even remaining within 10% from them, it could be better to look away from fear to trade with more objectivity.A closing at the lows of today's session in Equities and Cryptos hints at further chances of a more widespread panic as Participants get ready for more unpredictable outcomes in recent Iran escalations – Will talks really occur on Friday?Safe Trades and keep an eye headlines!Follow Elior on Twitter/X for Additional Market News, interactions and Insights @EliorManier Opinions are the authors'; not necessarily that of OANDA Business Information & Services, Inc. or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers or directors. The provided publication is for informational and educational purposes only.If you would like to reproduce or redistribute any of the content found on MarketPulse, an award winning forex, commodities and global indices analysis and news site service produced by OANDA Business Information & Services, Inc., please refer to the MarketPulse Terms of Use.Visit https://www.marketpulse.com/ to find out more about the beat of the global markets.© 2026 OANDA Business Information & Services Inc.

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of hydrogen fuel leaks that marred the dress rehearsal of its giant new rocket.

The crypto market is buzzing as major assets shift and traders hunt for the next big moonshot crypto opportunity, with Ethereum showing renewed ratio shifts and Hedera’s HBAR trading volumes picking up. As traders ask “how to buy crypto” in this dynamic landscape, APEMARS ($APRZ) presale is live and gaining momentum, offering a narrative‑driven presale […] The post Moonshot Crypto Alert: APEMARS Presale Rockets 11,700% ROI, Raises $148K as ETH Struggles and HBAR Gains Momentum appeared first on TechBullion.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the chipmaker's plan to invest in OpenAI remains "on track."

Andrey Koks joined Admiral Markets AS in April 2020, when he started working as CIO. The post Admirals CIO/CTO Andrey Koks steps down appeared first on FX News Group.

PayPal is changing its leadership after a disappointing quarter that rattled investors and showed how quickly the online payments boom has cooled. The company will replace Chief Executive Officer Alex Chriss and hand the reins to HP Inc. chief Enrique Lores, as slowing checkout growth, softer US retail spending and a weaker earnings outlook weighed on the stock and raised fresh questions over PayPal’s ability to reignite momentum.PayPal announced that Jamie Miller, the company’s chief financial officer, will serve as interim CEO until Lores takes over on March 1. Weak Results and Leadership Shake-Up Hit PayPal StockThe decision follows a period in which management struggled to convert rising payment volumes into stronger profit and to meet the targets it had set for investors.Newly appointed board chair David Dorman signaled frustration with the pace of change at the company. "While some progress has been made in a number of areas over the last two years, the pace of change and execution was not in line with the Board's expectations," the company mentioned. Investors reacted sharply to the announcement and the numbers. PayPal’s shares was down nearly 20% at press time, dropping to $42.30 after the company reported quarterly profit and revenue that fell short of analysts’ estimates.For context, this is the WORST drop that $PYPL @PayPal has seen in FOUR YEARS. Not surprising that CEO is being replaced... https://t.co/sFE1PwGlcK— BSCN (@BSCNews) February 3, 2026The latest quarter exposed how macroeconomic pressures and changing consumer behavior weigh on PayPal’s core business. The company pointed to weakness in US retail spending as a drag on performance, alongside international headwinds that hit transaction volumes and margins.Continue reading: Crypto.com Enables PayPal Payments for Crypto Purchases in EUMiller had already warned in October that macroeconomic conditions could make the company’s longer-term targets harder to reach. Since then, the environment has not improved enough to offset the structural challenges of monetizing payments amid rising costs and intense competition.Profitability Under Pressure and Guidance ResetThe financials highlighted a squeeze on profitability. Fourth-quarter earnings per share increased 3% to $1.23, with total revenue rising 4% to $8.9 billion, both below analyst expectations for the three-month period. The company also reported full-year earnings per share of $5.31, missing its own guidance range of $5.35 to $5.39 issued in October.Despite the disappointing earnings, PayPal continued to pursue strategic initiatives aimed at broadening its revenue base. During the quarter, the company applied to become a US bank with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions. It already holds a banking license in Europe. This article was written by Jared Kirui at www.financemagnates.com.

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Stani Kulechov, founder of decentralized finance protocol Aave, has acquired a five-story residential property in London’s Notting Hill neighborhood for £22 million, according to a Bloomberg report. The purchase places the crypto entrepreneur among a small group of buyers still active in the UK’s high-end housing market, which has slowed amid tax changes and softer demand. The transaction was completed in November 2025, shortly before the UK government unveiled its autumn budget. Property records indicate the home was sold at a discount of roughly £2 million below the original asking range, reflecting broader pressure on luxury real estate pricing in the capital. Luxury Housing Slows as Crypto Wealth Moves Into Real Assets The deal comes at a time when London’s prime residential market has cooled, particularly for homes priced above £5 million. Higher borrowing costs and revisions to tax incentives for wealthy international residents have weighed on transaction volumes, pushing sellers to accept lower offers in some cases. Kulechov, who founded Aave in 2017, has overseen its growth into one of the largest decentralized lending platforms in the crypto sector. He also leads Avara, the parent company behind several Web3 initiatives, including the Lens Protocol and the GHO stablecoin. A spokesperson for Kulechov declined to comment on the purchase. The acquisition highlights how some crypto founders continue to channel digital-asset gains into traditional investments, even as the broader crypto market remains volatile and real estate activity at the top end shows signs of strain. Governance Scrutiny and Strategic Refocus at Aave Aave has faced renewed governance scrutiny following backlash over founder Stani Kulechov’s purchase of roughly $10 million worth of AAVE tokens ahead of a key DAO vote late last year. Some community members questioned the timing, raising concerns about potential influence over governance outcomes. Kulechov denied any attempt to sway the vote, stating the tokens were not used in the failed proposal and emphasizing transparency around his actions. The controversy unfolded alongside broader debate over a proposal to transfer certain brand and intellectual property rights from Aave Labs to the DAO. While supporters framed the move as decentralization progress, critics argued the process lacked sufficient clarity, highlighting persistent tensions around governance structure and decision-making within large DeFi protocols. More recently, Aave has taken steps to sharpen its focus on core DeFi infrastructure. The protocol transferred stewardship of the Lens social protocol to Mask Network, allowing Aave Labs to concentrate on lending and liquidity products. In parallel, Aave Labs has floated the idea of sharing non-protocol revenue with AAVE token holders, signaling a potential shift toward deeper economic alignment with the DAO.

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A London-based startup that automates R&D tax credits for tech companies has emerged out of stealth, with $1m in pre-seed funding, including backing from Andreessen Horowitz's (a16z’s) accelerator. TaxNova has raised funding from a16z’s accelerator, a16z speedrun, early-stage angel fund, s16vc, accelerator Karaoke Club, and more than 20 CTO and CFO operators and investors from Revolut, digital whiteboard maker Miro, and other tech firms.  TaxNova has also entered into a16z’s accelerator programme.   R&D tax credits are government incentives that lower a company’s tax bill. Companies in the UK claimed £7.6 billion in R&D tax relief in 2023-24, figures show. TaxNova says the existing process for claiming R&D tax credits is long-winded, saying companies must gather documented qualified research expenses and supporting records to apply, which often requires engineering teams to reconstruct months of work from memory.   It says that most rely on inefficient processes, running an increasing risk of audit from tax authorities and wasting engineering time. It also says that tech companies are missing out on billions of pounds of unclaimed tax credits. TaxNova says its solution can speed up the claims process from months to weeks. Its solution is to connect directly to the tools engineers already use, including GitHub, Jira, Linear, Slack, and Notion, to automatically pull out the qualifying R&D work.    The platform leverages AI to identify projects, calculate eligible costs, and produce audit-ready documentation without pulling engineers away from shipping.   It says that its tech creates an audit trail linking every claim back to source documentation. It works alongside existing tax advisers rather than replacing them and has concluded a partnership pilot with a top-5 R&D tax advisory firm, it says. The startup was founded by George Nichkov, CEO, a former consultant, and computer engineer, Marya Malykh, CTO. Nichkov said: “TaxNova AI-powered platform extracts data from your existing systems to maximise R&D tax claims without wasting engineers’ time. 75 per cent of time is lost on data collection and we’re solving this bottleneck."

The Upper Tribunal has upheld the FCA’s decision that Rangecourt SA (formerly Banque Havilland), Edmund Rowland, the former London CEO and Vladimir Bolelyy, a former Bank employee, acted without integrity. The Tribunal agreed with the FCA that significant fines should be imposed, deciding that fines of £4m, £352,000 and £14,200 were appropriate for Rangecourt SA, Mr Rowland and Mr Bolelyy respectively. The Tribunal also upheld the FCA’s decision to ban Mr Rowland and Mr Bolelyy from working in financial services.Banque Havilland created a plan (initially titled ‘Setting fire to the neighbour’s house fund’) to harm the Qatari Riyal through manipulative trading strategies. The aim was to devalue the Qatari currency and break its peg to the US Dollar, harming the economy of Qatar. Banque Havilland intended to present this manipulative trading strategy to a sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Investment Company. Mr Rowland and Mr Bolelyy were instrumental in this deliberate misconduct. Mr Rowland was trying to impress Mubadala in the hope of securing future financial benefit for Banque Havilland and his family. In making its findings the Tribunal held that Mr Rowland lied to both the FCA and in court. He also persuaded Mr Bolelyy to lie.Steve Smart, executive director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA, said:'Motivated by greed, Banque Havilland, Mr Rowland and Mr Bolelyy had a plan to seriously damage the Qatari economy. It is right that they have been held to account.'Notes to editorsSee the Upper Tribunal judgement, dated 3 February 2026 (which includes two drafts of the plan in the Appendices).Banque Havilland changed its name shortly before the Tribunal hearing began and is now known as Rangecourt S.A.As per our previous press release, the FCA decided to fine David Weller £54,000 for his role in the misconduct, and he did not refer that decision to the Tribunal.Warning Notice statement (PDF) published on 1 February 2022.The FCA proposed to fine Banque Havilland £10m, but the Tribunal determined that the fine should be £4m. David Rowland, exercising third party rights pursuant to section 393 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, referred the Decision Notices of Banque Havilland, Edmund Rowland, Vladimir Bolelyy and David Weller to the Tribunal. The Tribunal held that, whilst Mr Rowland did email his father, David Rowland, a copy of the manipulative trading strategy, some of the statements made about David Rowland in Annex B to the FCA’s Decision Notices (which dealt with his representations to the RDC) were not justified. David Rowland’s references were nevertheless dismissed.

Brings industry-standard clearing model to Treasury markets Prepares for launch of repo clearing later this year Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved its application and rulebook for ICE Clear Credit to expand its current registered Covered Clearing Agency (CCA) designation to add U.S. Treasury clearing. ICE Clear Credit’s U.S. Treasury clearing service is now fully operationally live, providing market participants with welcome competition and the first ever alternative venue for clearing U.S. Treasury securities. “Since we first announced plans to launch a U.S. Treasury securities clearing service, we have heard a resounding message that U.S. Treasury market participants want innovation, change and progress,” said Paul Hamill, Chief Commercial Officer of ICE Clear Credit. “To meet that challenge, our service harmonizes access models, operational workflows, risk management and protection models, across cash, repos, futures and swaps, providing a modernized scalable solution for one of the largest and most important markets in the world.” ICE’s Treasury clearing solution delivers both ‘Done-Away’ and ‘Done-With’ implementations, allowing market participants to choose their preferred clearing method. This is the same process that is used daily to clear financial products through ICE’s global clearing houses. ICE leveraged its extensive expertise and proprietary technologies for clearing credit instruments to offer clearing for U.S. Treasury securities, and soon repurchase agreements (repos). Established as a distinct offering from ICE’s existing Credit Default Swap (CDS) clearing service, the new Treasury clearing solution has its own rulebook, membership, risk management framework, financial and liquidity resources, and governance structure. “With our Treasury clearing service now operationally live and ready to clear cash transactions, we’re thrilled to put the final touches on our approach to clearing repos, which we expect to be ready for testing and integration in the second half of the year, and is planned to go live in the fourth quarter,” said Stan Ivanov, President of ICE Clear Credit. “By extending our CDS solution to U.S. Treasury securities, we have begun the process of bringing our industry-leading risk management services to the U.S. Treasury market, and we will continue to expand with the launch of repo clearing.” ICE Clear Credit was founded during the financial crisis in 2009 to bring confidence and stability to the CDS market. It enables clearing of more than 685 Single Name reference entities, Index and Index Option CDS instruments on corporate and sovereign debt. ICE Clear Credit clearing has reduced counterparty risk exposure for parties to trades whose combined notional amount exceeds $400 trillion, with current open interest at ICE Clear Credit of over $2 trillion. ICE Clear Credit has been designated a systemically important financial market utility (SIFMU) by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and is a qualified central counterparty under U.S. bank capital rules. For more information about ICE’s U.S. Treasury clearing service, please visit: https://www.ice.com/clear-credit/us-treasury-clearing.