21Shares AG (“21Shares”), the Swiss pioneering issuer of cryptocurrency ETPs, today announced that its Polkadot ETP (ASOL) has reached the key milestone of $100M in assets under management (AUM), which makes it the 5^th 21Shares ETP reaching more than $100M in AuM.

"The decision to increase contactless payments to £100 from today is another clear landmark in the journey to the land of ubiquitous, seamless, frictionless digital payments. While card payments continue to lead, we are also observing a definite trend to direct account payments, which are gaining momentum through the accelerated use of tokenization, open banking, and instant payment schemes.

After a successful launch in April 2021 and several projects already on track, the AURA Blockchain Consortium, is delighted to welcome the OTB Group as a new and fourth founding member. Since April, each brand has developed its own experience according to its specificities and customer expectations. Brands such as Bulgari, Cartier, Hublot, Louis Vuitton, Hennessy and Prada are already active on the platform.

Summary: The Dollar Index (USD/DXY) which measures the value of the Greenback against a basket of 6 major currencies eased 0.51% from a 13-month high to 94.04 (94.53). A pullback in the benchmark US 10-year treasury bond yield by 4 basis points to 1.54% dragged the US currency lower. While the September US Headline CPI climbed to 5.4% from 5.3% on an annual basis, the Core inflation number was unchanged at 4.0%. The FOMC minutes from the Fed’s September monetary policy meeting signalled that US policymakers could begin a gradual tapering process by mid-November.

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We really have only to pin the latest US inflation chart to the top of our report from yesterday, to fully understand and confirm what is going on in the world.

The World Federation of Exchanges Publishes the Call for Papers for the WFE’s Clearing and Derivatives Conference 2022

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for CCPs and exchanges has published a Call for Papers for the WFE’s Clearing and Derivatives Conference 2022. 

As demand for in-store digitalization and solutions based on electronic shelf labels (ESL) is increasing, Pricer aims at meeting this expected continued higher volume demand with a new production facility in Europe, closer to its customers on this major market. Working in close collaboration to understand the customers’ long-term goals and their unique challenges, Pricer will be able to offer reduced lead-times and increased flexibility.

Monday, JP Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon doubled-down on his personal stance against Bitcoin, saying that he believes it to be ‘worthless’ at an Institute of International Finance event, according to CNBC Pro. He further compared Bitcoin to cigarettes, something that is widely known to be bad for a person’s health, yet still regulated and sold on the free market.

Dollar Mostly Higher, US 2-Year Bond Yields Hit 18-month Peak