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Banco Central do Brasil has finalized a rule requiring Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to hold certain crypto and stablecoin transactions for up to 24 hours, giving them time to run compliance checks before processing the transfer. The delay applies where a customer’s transactions reach $10,000 or more, whether in a single transfer or in daily aggregate, and the destination is either an offshore virtual asset entity or a self hosted wallet. VASPs can also apply the hold to other transactions flagged by their own risk management policies. The rule takes effect on 1 January 2027. The central bank emphasized…

2 min read Last Updated : Aug 10 2026 | 11:23 PM IST Bank certificates of deposit (CDs) have emerged as the largest holding in debt mutual fund portfolios, overtaking government securities (G-secs), data from Sebi’s annual reports show.   The share of CDs rose to 25 per cent in March 2026 from 15.9 per cent in March 2024, while the share of G-secs fell to 14 per cent from 21.7 per cent during the same period. Corporate debt also saw its share rise to 17 per cent from 15.2 per cent.   The shift comes after changes…

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In this interview, we sat down with Iyanuoluwa Enoch Oke, the creator of Sentinel Quant, to discuss his innovative human-in-the-loop portfolio management system. We explore how the project combines LLM-based market analysis with deterministic risk controls to ensure safe, human-approved execution.What does Sentinel Quant do?Sentinel Quant is a human-in-the-loop portfolio management system that combines LLM-driven market analysis with deterministic risk controls and a dual-model AI governance architecture. A supervisory model proposes trading actions, while a separate execution model can act only on human-approved instructions after passing strict validation. It runs three strategy sleeves across dual-broker execution (Alpaca, Trading212) with eight…

During their training, every student under the NFTS x Lucasfilm Studio Experience Programme course umbrella will be invited to step inside the UK home of Lucasfilm (Credit: Courtesy of the NFTS) The NFTS has introduced the NFTS x Lucasfilm Studio Experience Programme, an “exciting new opportunity” for students training in VFX – Lighting and Compositing, VFX – Environments and Assets, Animation for Film and Games, and Virtual Production from January 2027. Created in partnership with Lucasfilm, the visionary studio behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, the exclusive programme offers aspiring artists, technicians and filmmakers training at the NFTS…

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has given traders and other occupants on portions of land at Agbogbloshie, popularly known as the Nzema Market, a one-month notice to vacate the area to pave the way for the construction of a 24-Hour Economy Market.The notice, which was formally served on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, is expected to expire on August 28, after which the Assembly will begin removing structures on the affected portions of land.In a Facebook post on Monday, August 10, AMA said the affected areas include the Agbogbloshie Cargo Station, the Nzema Market and portions of the Yam Market.According to…

Key Insights:Strategy sold $108.6M in Bitcoin and used all proceeds to repurchase STRC shares.Strategy raised $653.1M through MSTR sales and lifted its dollar reserve to $4.65B.MSTR stock recovered from about $97.40 while remaining below the $100.01 close.Strategy sold 1,690 Bitcoin for $108.6 million between August 3 and August 9. The company sold the Bitcoin at an average price of $64,262 per coin. It used the entire proceeds to repurchase 1,152,020 STRC shares under its existing buyback program. The transaction came as Strategy separately raised $653.1 million through MSTR stock sales.The two transactions served different purposes within Strategy’s capital structure. The…

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) completed the conversion of two of its fixed income mutual funds to ETFs Monday. Per a press release, GSAM converted the Goldman Sachs Bond Fund and Goldman Sachs Income Fund into the Goldman Sachs Core Plus Bond ETF (GCPB) and the Goldman Sachs Income ETF (GINC), respectively. That move expands their list of active fixed income ETFs to 19, globally, per the release. GSAM has converted two of its fixed income funds to ETFs, bringing GINC and GCPB to market. The switch leans into the active ETF wrapper, increasing tax efficiency while leaning to active…

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s renewed call for deeper East African political integration should provoke a serious debate in South Sudan—not about whether East African cooperation is necessary, but about what kind of country South Sudan will be inside an increasingly integrated East Africa.Will South Sudan enter that future as a producer, exporter and competitor? Or will it become primarily a market for electricity, finance, food and manufactured goods produced elsewhere? That distinction should come before political federation.South Sudan unquestionably needs regional integration. It is landlocked and depends heavily on Kenya and Uganda for ports, transport corridors, banking, manufactured goods and…