AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoEU Competition & Tech: Google asked the EU’s General Court to overturn two Digital Markets Act orders, arguing they would force it to share sensitive search histories and weaken Android security by opening features that currently favor Gemini. Crypto & Payments: Aztec Labs relaunched zk.money on the Aztec Network, bringing back a private Ethereum wallet with self-custody and payments that hide balances and parties from the public ledger. Mortgage Credit Models: Rocket Mortgage will be the first home lender to use VantageScore 4.0 as its main credit model, aligning pricing with classic FICO for eligible loans. Digital Assets in Banking: Morgan Stanley launched a Digital Asset Lab to test stablecoins, tokenized deposits, tokenized money-market products and DeFi vaults. Banking Markets & Macro: Bitcoin’s outlook is tied more to potential Fed tightening than to the stalled CLARITY Act, with analysts pointing to yields, spot ETF flows and derivatives leverage. Regional Banking: OTP Bank is reviewing its Russia strategy and may fully exit as it pursues a Baltic expansion deal. Public Finance & Risk: IMF and World Bank said Albania’s financial system is stronger, but urged tighter cyber-risk controls across the sector.
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