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Stablecoin Issuer Tether Moves Into Tokenising Stocks and Bonds
The platform Hadron by Tether will allow users to convert assets into products ranging from stablecoins that are pegged to fiat to digital tokens backed by commodities or other forms of collateral.
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Former Uzbekistan President's Daughter Built $243 Million Property Empire, Here's How
Ms Karimova was jailed in December 2017 when it was later revealed that she had been imprisoned on suspicion of corruption while her father was still in power.
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Tether Appoints BDO Italia to Vouch for Asset Reserves, to Publish Monthly Reports
Tether announced on Thursday that it had hired BDO Italia to provide monthly reports of its its asset reserves. The accounting firm has been appointed to publish its reports monthly rather than quarterly by the end of the year, according to Tether. Tether's reserves have long been the subject of scrutiny, especially after a wide sell-off in May fo...
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Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Reportedly Enters Liquidation on British Virgin Islands Court's Order
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) has reportedly entered liquidation. 3AC is one of the higher profile crypto investors to have run into difficulties following the sharp sell-off in the market for digital currencies seen in recent months. Earlier, Bitcoin plunged some 37 percent in June, trading around $20,000 (nearly Rs. 16 lakh) on Wed...
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British Virgin Islands Premier Arrested In US Over Drugs Trafficking
The British Virgin Islands' premier and chief port official were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport on charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) said.
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Searches Conducted On Wealthy Indians Named In Pandora Papers
The Multi-Agency Group has started cracking down on wealthy Indians named in the investigative report
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Over 100 Prisoners Escape On Hurricane-Hit British Island
Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine.
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Hurricane Irma Kills 10, May Hit Florida On Sunday As Category 4
Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic toward Haiti on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took aim at Florida.
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Richard Branson Rode Out Hurricane On Private Island - In Wine Cellar
Billionaire Richard Branson had no desire to evacuate his home in the British Virgin Islands, which was directly in the path of Hurricane Irma. Instead, he declared that he would hunker down with his team on his private, 74-acre Caribbean island - "as I have been on the three times we have had hurricanes over the past 30 years."
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The Curious Tale Of Airbus And The African Gold Mine
The Kodieran gold deposit in Mali never produced much gold beyond the specks that locals panned from this remote corner of Africa. Yet in 2012, the mine gained a curious shareholder: Airbus. The French aviation giant bought its stake in a round-about way, moving 15 million euros from an internal fund through a series of entities in the British Vir...
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Cristiano Ronaldo Publishes Details of 225 Million Euro Income
An international consortium of media organisations claimed that a huge data leak involving 18 million documents showed Cristiano Ronaldo hid 150 million euros ($160 million) from image rights in the British Virgin Islands
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Mapping The London Home Being Investigated As Benami For Robert Vadra
As tax officials further their inquiry into whether a London house was proxy-bought for Robert Vadra, they claim to be discovering a trail of money that includes Delhi, London, the Middle East and the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands through a matrix of companies linked to or owned by Sanjay Bhandari, a controversial arms dealer.
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'Cheers, Robert Vadra' Said Email, Inquiry Expands To Dubai
A day after NDTV reported that the government is investigating whether an arms dealer bought a benami London home for Robert Vadra, the inquiry has expanded to the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.
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Many Indians Invested In Tax Haven British Virgin Islands, Panama Papers Claim
Investigators, probing the 'Panama Papers' leak where several hundred Indian identities figure, have found that a number of these offshore asset investments have been made in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands.
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Countries Pledge To Fight Graft By Revealing Who Owns Companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe.
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Stablecoin Issuer Tether Moves Into Tokenising Stocks and Bonds
The platform Hadron by Tether will allow users to convert assets into products ranging from stablecoins that are pegged to fiat to digital tokens backed by commodities or other forms of collateral.
-
Former Uzbekistan President's Daughter Built $243 Million Property Empire, Here's How
Ms Karimova was jailed in December 2017 when it was later revealed that she had been imprisoned on suspicion of corruption while her father was still in power.
-
Tether Appoints BDO Italia to Vouch for Asset Reserves, to Publish Monthly Reports
Tether announced on Thursday that it had hired BDO Italia to provide monthly reports of its its asset reserves. The accounting firm has been appointed to publish its reports monthly rather than quarterly by the end of the year, according to Tether. Tether's reserves have long been the subject of scrutiny, especially after a wide sell-off in May fo...
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Crypto Hedge Fund Three Arrows Capital Reportedly Enters Liquidation on British Virgin Islands Court's Order
Crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) has reportedly entered liquidation. 3AC is one of the higher profile crypto investors to have run into difficulties following the sharp sell-off in the market for digital currencies seen in recent months. Earlier, Bitcoin plunged some 37 percent in June, trading around $20,000 (nearly Rs. 16 lakh) on Wed...
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British Virgin Islands Premier Arrested In US Over Drugs Trafficking
The British Virgin Islands' premier and chief port official were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport on charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) said.
-
Searches Conducted On Wealthy Indians Named In Pandora Papers
The Multi-Agency Group has started cracking down on wealthy Indians named in the investigative report
-
Over 100 Prisoners Escape On Hurricane-Hit British Island
Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine.
-
Hurricane Irma Kills 10, May Hit Florida On Sunday As Category 4
Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic toward Haiti on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took aim at Florida.
-
Richard Branson Rode Out Hurricane On Private Island - In Wine Cellar
Billionaire Richard Branson had no desire to evacuate his home in the British Virgin Islands, which was directly in the path of Hurricane Irma. Instead, he declared that he would hunker down with his team on his private, 74-acre Caribbean island - "as I have been on the three times we have had hurricanes over the past 30 years."
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The Curious Tale Of Airbus And The African Gold Mine
The Kodieran gold deposit in Mali never produced much gold beyond the specks that locals panned from this remote corner of Africa. Yet in 2012, the mine gained a curious shareholder: Airbus. The French aviation giant bought its stake in a round-about way, moving 15 million euros from an internal fund through a series of entities in the British Vir...
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Cristiano Ronaldo Publishes Details of 225 Million Euro Income
An international consortium of media organisations claimed that a huge data leak involving 18 million documents showed Cristiano Ronaldo hid 150 million euros ($160 million) from image rights in the British Virgin Islands
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Mapping The London Home Being Investigated As Benami For Robert Vadra
As tax officials further their inquiry into whether a London house was proxy-bought for Robert Vadra, they claim to be discovering a trail of money that includes Delhi, London, the Middle East and the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands through a matrix of companies linked to or owned by Sanjay Bhandari, a controversial arms dealer.
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'Cheers, Robert Vadra' Said Email, Inquiry Expands To Dubai
A day after NDTV reported that the government is investigating whether an arms dealer bought a benami London home for Robert Vadra, the inquiry has expanded to the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.
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Many Indians Invested In Tax Haven British Virgin Islands, Panama Papers Claim
Investigators, probing the 'Panama Papers' leak where several hundred Indian identities figure, have found that a number of these offshore asset investments have been made in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands.
-
Countries Pledge To Fight Graft By Revealing Who Owns Companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe.
