Bloomberg Russia’s central bank granted Sberbank PJSC, the nation’s biggest lender, a license to issue and exchange digital assets. Using Sber’s platform, companies can issue their own digital assets to attract market investments, buy digital assets through Sber’s system, or make other digital assets transactions, the bank said in a statement. “We are just starting our work with digital …

  Bloomberg US equity futures slipped on Friday and Asian stocks were steady as traders weighed mixed signals from the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine that are pushing oil further above $100 a barrel. European contracts wavered and those for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dipped following the best three-day rally in US shares since 2020. An Asian …

Bloomberg Aquila Acquisition Corp, the first special purpose acquisition company to list in Hong Kong, had a slow debut on Friday as few investors are qualified to trade the shares. The SPAC closed 3.2% lower at HK$9.68 after a session marked by only a few trades. The firm backed by CMB International Asset Management and AAC Mgmt Holding raised about …