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Virtu completes sovereign bond repo in 10 minutes

Virtu Financial, M1X Global and Tradeweb completed an institutional repurchase transaction using a sovereign digital bond on Aug. 27, with the full repo and repurchase cycle settling on the Canton Network in under 10 minutes. Summary Virtu, Tradeweb and M1X completed an onchain repo cycle on Canton within ten minutes total. USDM1 served as collateral…

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BitGo acquires NYDIG institutional trading business

BitGo Holdings completed its acquisition of NYDIG’s institutional trading business on Aug. 27, adding derivatives, structured products, execution and financing services to its U.S. institutional platform. Summary BitGo completed its acquisition of NYDIG’s institutional trading business, though financial terms remained undisclosed publicly. Approximately 30 NYDIG employees joined BitGo alongside institutional client relationships included in the…

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AI, athletes, and Keith Rabois: StrictlyVC is back in New York on September 10

Mark your calendars: on Thursday night, September 10, StrictlyVC — TechCrunch’s boutique evening series — is heading to New York’s West Village (the real one — brownstones, cobblestones, and all — not the Mission Bay stretch of San Francisco that’s earned the nickname “Vest Village” for all the Patagonia-clad VCs roaming around). It’s our first…

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