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Regulators are rebuilding trust in digital assets |
By Edward Maling |
The successive crises that marred the cryptoassets market last year dealt a blow to trust in the digital assets industry. High-profile shocks reinvigorated calls for regulators to bring the industry firmly under their watch. Despite this bruising, OMFIF’s Digital assets 2023 report shows that considerable progress has been made by regulators to rebuild confidence for institutional investors. Read the full commentary → |
Marrakech meetings will be a sombre affair |
By Mark Sobel |
The world’s finance ministers, central bank governors and many private financial leaders will descend on Marrakech on 9 October. It will be a sombre affair. Read the full commentary → |
PayPal’s stablecoin could shake up payments world |
By Timothy Massad |
PayPal’s announcement that it will launch a stablecoin – a crypto token with its value tied to the dollar – shook up the insular world of payments and the Washington regulatory community. Read the full commentary → |
MEETINGS
Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023 launch |
Thursday 12 October, Launch |
The 2023 edition delves into how AFMI countries are developing financial product diversity, adopting ESG frameworks and digital technologies and strengthening legal frameworks. Register → |
ON DEMAND
Hungarian borrowers in the global bond markets This discussion brought together funding heads from Hungary’s sovereign bond issuance programme and from experienced borrowers in the global debt capital markets. Watch → |
LATEST REPORT
Digital assets 2023 |
OMFIF’s Digital assets report examines the developing ecosystem, highlighting those exchanges, custodians and other infrastructure providers that have demonstrated the most robust and resilient quality throughout this challenging period. Download → |