Geopolitical tensions linked to Greenland contributed to renewed investor withdrawals from European and UK equity funds in January, according to the latest fund flow index from global funds network Calastone. Equity funds recorded net outflows of £697 million during the month, extending the streak of monthly selling to eight consecutive months. European and UK equity funds were hit the hardest by the trend. Calastone said flows were relatively balanced in the early part of Ja

The legalization of betting in 2026 is less about dramatic first-time openings and more about careful regulatory evolution that reshapes how betting functions in practice.   While only a limited number of countries move from prohibition to legality, several influential jurisdictions are rolling out expanded licensing regimes, dismantling monopolies, or activating legal frameworks that were approved in earlier years.   Rather than triggering a single, sweeping global shift, 20

A dramatic selloff in ether this week turned an aggressively bullish wager into a costly unraveling for Trend Research, a trading firm led by Liquid Capital founder Jack Yi, after ETH prices plunged below the $2,000 mark.   Trend Research had spent months constructing a massive long position in ether valued at roughly $2 billion. The strategy relied on a high-risk “looped” structure: the firm deposited ether as collateral on the DeFi lending protocol Aave, borrowed stablecoin

Financial institutions in Japan operate within a highly developed regulatory structure designed to prevent illicit funds from entering and destabilizing the national economy. A central component of this framework is the early identification of transactions that do not match a customer’s established financial behavior or legitimate commercial activity. By maintaining strict monitoring standards, these institutions serve as a primary safeguard against organized crime and cross-