MALAYSIAN consumer-to-property conglomerate Berjaya Corp is evaluating a “major potential acquisition” involving a licensed entity governed by the Malaysian central bank, it said in a stock filing late on Tuesday (Dec 27).
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said he and former executive Gary Wang borrowed more than US$546 million from Alameda Research to buy a nearly 8 per cent stake in Robinhood Markets, according to court papers.
CRYPTO is squarely in the crosshairs of Washington regulators, with fresh calls for stricter controls before the industry can get big enough to affect the broader financial system.
US PROSECUTORS have filed criminal charges of commodities fraud and manipulation against a man accused of trying to steal about US$110 million in October by rigging the Mango Markets cryptocurrency exchange.
FEDERAL prosecutors are investigating an alleged cybercrime that drained more than US$370 million out of FTX just hours after the cryptocurrency exchange filed for bankruptcy last month.
CHINESE regulators published a set of rules on Tuesday (Dec 27) to assess the operational risks of foreign banks’ Chinese branches, as well as the level of support they receive from their global headquarters.
MALICK Diop felt something shifting on Wall Street.
SOME Chinese financial institutions are rushing employees back to office as surging absences of traders and other key personnel due to the nation’s massive Covid-19 outbreak start to disrupt operations. 
ACQUISITION talks between crypto lenders Nexo and Vauld haven’t yet resulted in an agreement, as Vauld stares down a Jan 20 deadline to present a restructuring plan to creditors. Discussions with Nexo “had unfortunately not come to fruition,” Vauld wrote on Monday in an email to creditors.
THE Bank of Russia could raise interest rates in 2023 if inflationary risks such as labour shortages and import restrictions have a meaningful impact, Deputy Governor Alexei Zabotkin told the RBC daily in an interview.
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