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The savage sell-off that hit Treasuries in prior months was driven by concerns a buyers’ strike had hit the $26 trillion bond market. It’s now confirmed: at least one set of investors headed for the exits back in September.

Over $20 million has been spent on crypto-related lobbying in the United States this year, a new report shows.

foreign exchange reserves dipped by $462 million to $590.32 billion for the week ending November 10, the latest data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday. Previously, forex reserves witnessed a surge of $4.67 billion to $590.78 billion for the week ending on November 3. According to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the RBI, Foreign currency assets (FCAs) increased by $108 million to $522 billion. Expressed in dollar terms, the FCAs include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units like the euro, pound and yen held in the foreign exchange reserves. Gold reserves decreased by $608 million to $45.52 billion, while SDRs were up by $36 million to $18.01 billion. Reserve position in the IMF was up by $3 million to $4.79 billion. It can be noted that in October 2021, the country's forex kitty had reached an all-time high of USD 645 billion.

 DISTILL CEO Neely Tamminga reacts to the Supreme Court slashing President Biden's student loan handout plan on 'Making Money.'

Ukrainian lawmakers and officials have received advanced training on identifying and investigating crypto-related financial crimes. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities have organized the 4-day course.

Nick Johnson, the founder of Ethereum Name Service (ENS), has raised serious concerns regarding Unstoppable Domains’ patent filings related to blockchain domain names. 

The global exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider WisdomTree filed an amended S-1 form spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Nov. 16.

With more than a month left before the end of 2023, the United States crypto industry has already spent $20 million on lobbying efforts. In the last year, the total sum stood at $22.2 million.

14 Ukrainian officials received advanced training on investigating new-age financial crimes in a training course held from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17 in Vienna, Austria.

As Gary Gensler reiterated the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s mandate in a speech, Ripple’s lawyer and various crypto community members responded, criticizing the SEC chair and arguing that the commissioner’s words contradict his actions.

Biden and Xi Jinping had more in common with a counseling session for a couple contemplating divorce. The premise: Let’s try to keep things civil for the kids. All week, fear of a new Cold War has loomed over San Francisco, where Asia-Pacific leaders are gathered. After four hours of talks on Wednesday, the US and Chinese presidents offered a glimpse of just how hard it’s going to be to manage their relationship away from that course. The meeting at the Filoli Estate, 30 miles south of San Francisco, was months in the planning. But when the stakes are high, and the differences fundamental, even the most arduous diplomatic groundwork can sometimes only yield small victories. The US and China have agreed to collaborate on climate and artificial intelligence, and resume military-to-military contacts. More American students will be welcomed in China, Chinese pandas may return to American zoos, and Xi vowed to crack down on fentanyl shipments. Bigger and more divisive issues like trade, tariffs leftover from the Trump years and competition over technology were set aside for now. Also largely unanswered after Wednesday’s talks was the question of what comes next. There are plans for working groups that will see middle-ranking officials meet occasionally, but no future high-level interactions were announced aside from a planned China trip by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, although the two leaders pledged to speak directly if tensions flared. And 2024, which starts with a presidential election in Taiwan and ends with another one in the US, is shaping up to be a crucial year for the world’s most important relationship.

Oil prices drop over $3 on China's demand concerns, US crude stock; Brent crashes to $78/bbl Both of these crucial benchmarks marked a 9.12% decline this month so far, reaching their lowest levels in four months. The substantial decrease in crude oil prices on Thursday followed a larger-than-anticipated build-up in U.S. oil inventories.

Walmart reported an uptick in its consolidated gross margin, attributed to the delayed launch of its Indian ecommerce arm Flipkart's Big Billion Days (BBD) festive season this year. “Consolidated gross margin rate up 32bps (basis points) positively affected by a slight improvement for Walmart US and timing of Flipkart’s The Big Billion Days (“BBD”) event, which flipped from Q3 last year to Q4 this year,” a bullet point in the company’s October quarter earnings statement noted.

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called upon the world leaders to join hands as a global community to construct a future where climate action is not a burden but an opportunity for innovation and growth. While speaking at the APEC Informal Leader's Dialogue in San Francisco on November 16, the minister also highlighted India's environmental leadership in meeting the renewable energy target of 175 gigawatts nine years ahead of the target.

Petrol sales fell by 2% throughout the month, which the ONS attributed to rising fuel prices.

The absorbed ETF will stop trading on 30 November, with the merger date set for 1 December.

Kapish Patel (pictured), co-portfolio manager of Nomura AM's Corporate Hybrid Bond fund

Narendra Modi Stadium. India are favorites with a perfect record so far in this tournament, but five-time champions Australia can never be counted out. A repeat of the 2003 final, where Australia won by 125 runs in Johannesburg, the two meet at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where well over 100,000 fans will turn out to witness history.

PTI. However, the US Geological Survey said that the quake measured magnitude 6.7 and was located 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Burias at the southern tip of the Philippines.

Asset manager WisdomTree is attempting to resubmit a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) despite previous rejections.

US Federal Reserve will not increase interest rates further and pivot to a rate cut early next year. Rupee is up only 0.1% this week against the US dollar, as compared with 1-2% rally in other Asian currencies. Also Read: The rupee, its fall, slight recovery and what the RBI did “The recovery in the domestic equities backed by foreign fund inflows and lower crude oil prices are providing support to the local rupee.