Links 8/19/2026
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L’AMF met en garde contre BitKelTrade, une plateforme de trading frauduleuse usurpant l’identité de médias
« Ces sites n’ont qu’un seul but : inciter le lecteur à cliquer sur le lien permettant de rejoindre la plateforme frauduleuse et à remplir un formulaire de contact pour pouvoir être recontacté »…
Tokenovate appoints Dr Alec Burns to scale legal-first infrastructure for tokenised capital markets
Tokenovate, the UK financial technology company providing post-trade workflows-as-a-service and programmable settlement solutions, has appointed Dr Alec Burns as Head of Product Technology.
Banken: Geld lieber unter dem Kopfkissen: Russen heben offenbar Milliarden von ihren Bankkonten ab
Einem Medienbericht zufolge leeren Bürger in Russland ihre Konten. Die Abhebungen in Milliardenhöhe verursachen dabei offenbar Liquiditätsprobleme bei den Banken.
India's Nifty logs longest losing streak in 11 months on higher crude, Treasury yields
Indian shares fell on Wednesday, with high crude oil prices and rising global bond yields weighing on appetite for risk assets globally. The Nifty 50 index has fallen for seven straight sessions, its longest losing streak in 11 months, dropping 2.1% over the period. The BSE Sensex dropped in six out of seven sessions, dipping 2.1%.
Ringgit firms against greenback at close on late buying ahead of FOMC minutes
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit extended its gains to close higher against the US dollar on Wednesday, supported by last-minute buying ahead of the release of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting minutes later tonight.
AI server boom funds $314 universal cash payout in Taiwan — President Lai Ching-te says the payout ensures the country's AI windfall 'can be shared by all,' 11% GDP growth and $903B export surge finance $7.4B dividend
Taiwan will hand roughly $314 USD in cash to every resident next year as a boon for the island's residents generated by the AI gold rush. The 2027 central government budget sets aside $7.4 billion USD for the dividend.