#financial-regulation

#financial-regulation

The IMF now classifies Bitcoin and similar digital assets as 'non-produced non-financial assets', acknowledging their value while recognizing their unique characteristics.

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order allowing regular investors to gamble money in the private markets, potentially leading to a financial crisis that harms the general public.

"Private equity kind of always gets what it wants in Congress, but I think it's a bad idea. It's illiquid, the fees are very high. Private equity funds, for the most part, don't beat the stock market."

"This scandal is obviously a matter of great public interest - hundreds of thousands of people have been directly impacted by it, many having lost life-changing amounts of money."

Judge Sean Jordan's ruling upheld the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports, thereby reversing a bipartisan effort to alleviate financial pressure from healthcare costs, affecting one-third of Americans.

If the ringfencing regime for banks were to be scrapped, we really would be entering a new era or going back to an old one, since the separation of banks' retail and investment banking activities was the single biggest regulatory change introduced after the 2008-09 crash to try to prevent another blow-up.

Crystal Intelligence has received a strategic investment from Tether to enhance its blockchain analytics capabilities, focusing on risk monitoring, fraud detection, and regulatory intelligence.

The UK is on pace for its busiest year of takeovers since 2021, with £74 billion in bids tabled for British companies in the first six months of 2025.

All 22 banks tested this year would have remained solvent and above the minimum thresholds to continue to operate, despite absorbing roughly $550 billion in theoretical losses.

Rathi emphasized the need for regulatory flexibility, suggesting that the mortgage charter, while initially necessary, may now hinder economic growth and business competitiveness.

Last week, the Senate voted through the GENIUS Act, facilitating the growth of digital currency and giving it legitimacy, marking a historic victory for the crypto lobby.

Thanks to a $300 million cash infusion from the Bally's Corporation, Australia's troubled Star Entertainment casino group has been saved.