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Brad Setser, industry influencer, observes a notable increase in bill holdings and a flat or declining trend in cash equivalents within the UAE central bank’s reserves. He suggests this shift indicates the UAE central bank entered March with a significant amount of liquidity, but also emphasizes the need for further scrutiny to uncover additional insights. Setser has previously observed that declines in foreign exchange reserves are most pronounced among oil-importing countries such as Turkey and India, according to his earlier analysis. In another note, he commented on the usefulness of Chinese export statistics for tracking U.S. import discrepancies. His recent…

DENVER, April 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ArrowMark Financial Corp., (NASDAQ: BANX) (“ArrowMark Financial”), today announced that BANX’s estimated and unaudited Net Asset Value (“NAV”) as of March 31, 2026, was $21.12. This estimated NAV is not a comprehensive statement of our financial condition or results for the month end. About ArrowMark Financial Corp. ArrowMark Financial Corp. is an SEC registered non-diversified, closed-end fund listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “BANX.” Its investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income. BANX pursues its objective by investing primarily in regulatory capital securities of financial institutions. BANX…

Small-cap value spent years playing second fiddle to large-cap growth, especially as everyone piled into just a few tech giants. But the vibe heading into the middle of 2026 is shifting. The Federal Reserve has been active, cutting rates down to the 3.50% to 3.75% range over the last year. Even with the 10-year Treasury yield sitting around 4.3%, the economy feels steady. We saw corporate profits jump a healthy 13.6% in the final quarter of 2025, which has really helped fuel this rotation. You can already see the change in the price action. Over the last 12 months, small-cap…

DUBAI, UAE, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — XRP Ledger-powered utility token driving the XRPH AI ecosystem, with XRPHAI Rewards activating April 28 and enhanced rewards for XRPH holders to follow shortly. See the official MEXC announcement: https://www.mexc.com/announcements/article/17827791535042. XRP Healthcare: XRPHAI, a Utility Token Rewarding Healthy Actions, to Go Live on MEXC April 27 at 10:00 AM UTC XRP Healthcare, the first AI healthcare platform built on the XRP Ledger, today confirms that $XRPHAI (the “XRPHAI” utility token) will go live for trading on MEXC at 10:00 AM UTC on April 27, 2026, marking the next phase in the evolution of…

The Department of Community Development and Applied Economics is excited to announce its second student design contest and their first collaborative design contest with the Department of Agriculture, Landscape, and Environment. Building on the success of the inaugural CDAE Sticker Design Contest in 2025, this new collaboration marks an important milestone by bringing CDAE and ALE students together in a shared creative initiative. This brand-new creative contest invites all CDAE and ALE students to design an original sock featuring the official CDAE spirit mark. The design should reflect the connection between the departments, current students, and the broader campus community. The winning design will…

Chainlink (LINK) has launched its Data Standard on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, giving developers and financial institutions direct access to blockchain connectivity tools through AWS infrastructure.The launch brings Chainlink Data Feeds, Chainlink Data Streams and Chainlink Proof of Reserve into the AWS Marketplace, allowing enterprises to access the services through existing AWS tools.Chainlink’s AWS integration addresses ‘oracle problem’ for blockchainsThe move aims to solve the challenge of linking traditional cloud environments with blockchain networks while meeting the security, compliance and reliability standards required by institutions. Chainlink highlighted the step as a necessary solution even as banks and asset…

This week’s Web3 Thoughts of the Week tackles DoorDash and stablecoins, spot Bitcoin ETFs, and DeFi’s tattered image. DoorDash stablecoin use “It hasn’t ever been about DoorDash adopting crypto. It’s about the fact that money is finally starting to behave like the Internet. “Stablecoins are just a better version of dollars. They move instantly, globally, and without all the friction we’ve just gotten used to over time. When companies like DoorDash start using them, it’s less a big announcement and more a signal that the underlying system is already changing. “Stripe and others are basically turning payments into software. Once…

Today Public First publishes Hidden Children: An investigation into Unregistered Children’s Homes. Commissioned by Commonweal Housing, the report examines the growing use of illegal, unregistered care placements within England’s social care system. The report finds that hundreds of children in care – often those with the most complex and acute needs – are now living in unregistered placements that sit entirely outside Ofsted’s regulatory framework. These placements are unlawful and often leave children in wholly inappropriate settings like hotels, holiday lets and other improvised accommodation supervised by minimally trained staff, yet are increasingly used as a routine response to systemic…

Silver (XAG/USD) price edges up over 0.50% during Friday’s session, after bouncing off a daily low of $73.95. Speculation about a resumption of negotiations between Washington and Tehran is cheered by investors, which pushed US equities higher in tandem with the precious metals segment. At the time of writing, the XAG/USD pair trades at $75.83,XAG/USD Price Analysis: Technical outlookTechnically, Silver is poised to consolidate within the 20- and 100-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), both at $75.64. Worth noting that since bottoming at around $61.02 on March 23, the white metal continued to record higher lows, an indication that the uptrend…

Legislators will try for the third year in a row to address the fallout from private equity ownership of three Connecticut hospitals. Despite years of bipartisan calls for reform, proposals to curb such investment have failed to pass.  But the co-chairs of the Public Health Committee say this year will be different. They’ve been in regular talks with Gov. Ned Lamont’s office over the last several months. And even though Lamont and lawmakers put forth separate proposals, the two are meant to complement each other. “Our hope is that both of them will succeed,” Public Health Committee co-Chair Sen. Saud…