Slovenia Launches First Digital Bond in EU Sovereign History
On July 25, 2024, Slovenia issued its first digital bond, marking a significant milestone as the first EU sovereign and one of the earliest worldwide to do so. The bond issuance occurred under the European Central Bank’s (ECB) wholesale central bank money settlement experimentation program. The settlement was executed on-chain in wholesale central bank digital […]
Slovenia launches EU's first digital sovereign bond via BNP Paribas
The bond was issued as part of ECB wholesale settlements experiments and matures on Nov. 25.This post was originally published on this site
French Authorities Raid 5 Major Banks Over Accusations of Money Laundering and Fiscal Fraud
On Tuesday, French officials conducted raids on five major banks located in and around Paris, including Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Natixis, and BNP’s Exane Bank, over alleged charges of money laundering and fiscal fraud. According to a spokesperson for France’s Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), the preliminary investigation into four French banks and one international […]
Crypto Flipsider News – BTC Above $23k, ETH Lead Rally, Cardano Leads Development, Celsius Mining Plan, BNP Paribas Crypto Custody
Read in the Digest: Bitcoin Reclaims $23K, Looking to Break Above Long-term Pricing Models Fantom and NEAR Protocol Join ETH as Big Winners of the Layer 1 Rally Cardano Ecosystem Leads Development Activity Ahead of Ethereum and Polkadot Celsius Says Bitcoin Mining Operation will Help in the Repayment of Loans BNP Paribas Looking to Launch […]
Report: Fed’s Secret Repo Loans to Megabanks in 2020 Eclipsed 2008 Bailouts, Data Dump Shows $48 Trillion in Stealth Funding
Following the controversial bank bailouts and Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008, reports show in late 2019 and 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve participated in providing trillions of dollars in secret repo loans to megabanks. At the end of March, investigative journalists, Pam and Russ Martens from Wall Street on Parade, uncovered $3.84 trillion […]