Exchange Invest Weekend: 23rd Oct.
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On this day in 2020, Dubbed as a ‘Game Changer’, the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) was officially launched with expectations that it will emerge as a competitive global platform to raise capital and to drive Foreign Direct Inflows into the Zimbabwean economy.
…One year on and this week, VFEX announced they have a partner in Dubai’s DGCX to develop the VFEX commodities exchange too.
Big World
From Exchange Invest 2185: 21st, October 2021: Thursday
Into The Darkness: Lebanon’s ‘Generator Mafia’ Warns It Will Switch The Lights Off
Telegraph
Lebanon is truly on the brink now — the currency collapse has ripped the economy asunder in a way where the economic depression terminology vastly understates the national lack of wealth. Hyperinflation is eating at the soul of the state and leaving its citizens with desperate choices.
Some 82% of all Lebanese residents can no longer afford at least one essential utility according to the UN.
Gruesome.
IPO-VID LIVESTREAM
NEXT WEEK TUESDAY!
Season 8: Episode 1 — IPO-VID Livestream 043
IPO-VID Guest: Christopher Giancarlo
Tuesday, October 26th: 1800 UK, 1900 CET, 1300 EST
“CyptoDad Talks!”
Dubbed “CryptoDad” for his celebrated call on Congress to respect a new generation’s interest in cryptocurrency, the Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo served as 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Giancarlo is Senior Counsel to the international law firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher. He is also a board director, advisor and angel investor in numerous technology and financial services companies. In addition, Giancarlo is a co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project, a not-for-profit initiative to advance exploration of a US Central Bank Digital Currency.
Giancarlo’s new book, “CryptoDad: The Fight for the Future of Money,” will be released on October 26, 2021, by John Wiley & Sons. CryptoDad is an account of his oversight of the world’s first regulated market for Bitcoin derivatives and the coming transformation of financial services.
Watch the Stream on:
IPO-VID LIVESTREAM PODCAST
Episode 18: “Exploring Big Data BMLL”
In IPO-VID Podcast Episode 18: I was joined by: Paul Humphrey discussing “Exploring Big Data With BMLL”- join us for an hour in their 15-petabyte data lake!
Available via all the usual podcast sources:
EI Weekly Podcast 117
NASDAQ results rock the week as DB1 has an outbreak of growth, and CBOE buys a digital arm in ErisX while in listings, Bakkt SPAC a Go Go, and Nigeria’s NGX is listed too.
The Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast 117
Victory Or Death
20 years on from the first fintech bestseller “Capital Market Revolution!”… “Victory Or Death” is a must-read book for anyone interested in the intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech as part of the whole future of finance.
Podcasts This Week
Plotting A Path Through The Green Investing Maze
Finextra TV
Macro Thoughts
LNG Carrier Rates Top $260000 Per Day As Arbitrage Profits Exceed $100m
Lloyd’s List
Of Interest
Visualizing The Global Silver Supply Chain
Visual Capitalist
The ‘Risk-Free’ Crypto Trade Is Back In A Big Way
Yahoo Finance
What Is The ‘Metaverse’ And Why Is It Taking Off? Everything You Need To Know
ET CIO
The popular children’s game Roblox, which had its New York Stock Exchange debut in March, describes itself as a metaverse company.
Exclusive | Tencent Said To Form Gaming Studio For Metaverse-Like Developments
South China Morning Post
Kushner Cos. Goes Outside The Family To Replace Jared As CEO
The Wall Street Journal
The Rise And Fall Of ‘Political Wunderkind’ Sebastian Kurz
The Week UK
China’s Magnesium Shortage Threatens Global Car Industry
FT
Government Deletes Net Zero Paper Criticising Business Travel
City A.M.
Is the Govt Ignoring Its Own Evidence On Airport Expansion?
City A.M.
PLY: #ItsComplicated but the UK govt has made a rod for its own back — letting Heathrow slip as a leading hub while the rest of the world expands. Just one example of how the UK and Europe seem to have a desire to commit eoc-suicide with their economies while the emerging world powers on…and often coal-powered too.
Jack Ma Flies Abroad For The First Time In More Than A Year To Europe
“This is a clear indication that the [Chinese] regulators have resolved their issues with Alibaba.”
Last Word
Catch up Monday for Exchange Invest 2188…
the future continues in the water cooler for the bourse business…
-Patrick
