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Golden Ten Data, April 19 – According to Sky News, UK Chancellor Reeves will meet with executives from major UK banks on Wednesday, as the ongoing Iran crisis continues to put pressure on the UK economy. Senior executives from Barclays, HSBC Holdings, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group, and the UK branch of Spain’s Santander Bank have been invited to attend Reeves’ meeting. It is reported that Reeves is likely to mention at the meeting that banks must remain committed to supporting customers affected by inflationary pressures arising from this crisis. Other discussion topics will include bank capital reforms and potential revisions to the “ring-fencing” regime introduced after the 2008 financial crisis. Both the UK Treasury and the aforementioned banks declined to comment on the report.

Foresight News reports that Kyrgyzstan President Japarov held a productive meeting in the capital Bishkek with TRON founder Justin Sun. The two parties reached broad consensus on the implementation of TRON infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan, the ecosystem expansion of the national stablecoin KGST, and in-depth cooperation in the fields of AI and blockchain.President Japarov stated that Kyrgyzstan aims to become the regional hub for virtual assets and Web3 technologies in Central Asia. Justin Sun said that comprehensive strategic support would be provided, including joint development of a sovereign large language model, construction of a crypto exchange, digital banking services, and proposals such as building hydropower-driven data centers.

NEO co-founder Da Hongfei and Erik Zhang have differences regarding the restructuring plan. Da advocates for independent governance and multi-signature protection, while Zhang calls for an accountability investigation and retaining his board seat. Erik Zhang’s personal wallet holds between 200 million and 250 million US dollars in crypto assets, without multi-signature protection or formal oversight. NEO treasury assets amount to approximately 460 million US dollars, about twice the project's market value of 197 million US dollars, with NEO tokens having fallen 98% from their 2018 peak.