ed: we have technology on the brain all the time, and we are speaking with adena friedman, ceo of nasdaqcompany. true or false? adena: true. ed: why? adena: we obviously have a wonderful foundation as a market operator and we are really proud of that. and we leverage very advanced technology. ed: ai principally at the moment. adena: but as we broaden our scope we provide great technology that enhances liquidity, transparency and integrity. we provide market technology to 130 markets around the world including many in asia. we also provide risk management and regulatory technology to banks and brokers around the world. we also provide anti-financial prime technology to banks around the world. as we have been looking at the use of ai we are really focused on how can ai be used to protect markets more effectively, root out criminal actors and use large language models and a large data set to be more effective and improve the integrity of the system. ed: can you go into detail on the underpinnings of what you are doing? are you building the llm's yourself, or who are you working with if you

that�*s adena friedman, the big boss of the nasdaq speaking to michelle fleury.lly, to the ivory coast city of abidjan, where the host nation take on guinea—bissau in the opening match of the africa cup of nations. the month—long tournament brings together 24 nations from across the continent and will attract a global audience in the billions. so it has attracted huge interest from broadcasters, advertisers and sponsors, as well as driving a surge in tourism. gabriel ajala is founder of consultants africa sports unified, who have released a report on the economic impact of the tournament gladly too with us. how important is fcon? it is important _ important is fcon? it is important for _ important is fcon? it is important for economicl important is fcon? it 3 important for economic growth, for the host country but in general as well, notjust in terms of revenue but also the different sections and infrastructures it impacts in terms of tourism and other opportunities. for example from 2021 there was investment of $885 million and to infrastructure a lot of facilit

adena friedman, ceo of the nasdaq. thank you forjoining us on talking business.a winning streak. nasdaq just climbed 43% in 2023. that was in a year when we saw high interest rates, geopolitical tensions. how did you do it? it's great to be here. so thank you so much. well, i think that when we look at the performance of the nasdaq index, i think you have to have focus on this technology, which is, of course, why we're here at consumer electronics show. so the wave of technology, the next generation of technology and its potential to change every industry, i think is really what the investors were getting excited about as they went through the year. there are a lot of challenges in the world and i would say that right now we're dealing with a lot of global complexity, a lot of economic complexity. but there is also this great promise out there with technology. and i think that's really what you're seeing with the index performance. given the economic complexities you just referred to, what is the outlook for 202a? we would describe it as cautiously optimistic and

speaking to michelle fleury for talking business, the nasdaq ceo adena friedman described the sec movewith blackrock and offering their etf onto nasdaq, their lives and onto nasdaq, and what he reflects is the fact that the crypto market, certainly the crypto market, certainly the bitcoin market, have matured to a state where the sec is going to the point where they are proving the ability for investors to have tools, other tools other than just investing in spot. other tools other than 'ust investing in spot.�* other tools other than 'ust investing in spot. they can investing in spot. they can invest in — investing in spot. they can invest in an _ investing in spot. they can invest in an etf _ investing in spot. they can invest in an etf that - investing in spot. they can invest in an etf that is - investing in spot. they can | invest in an etf that is very liquid and allows them to invest in a theme of bitcoin without actually owning bitcoin, i think that's an important development for the market. airline regulators in the us have formally launched an investigation of boeing's proces

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for the financial markets perspective, nasdaq ceo adena friedman is here and floor show traders are here and the bruising going and will microsoft taking post earning ands moving bond yields and more and kpm chief economist diane swonk who before the press conference and i was watching, rate cut hopeful should curb their enthusiasm and pairing for the rate cuts and before the news conference, feds funds futures were up around 60% and right now they are almost cut in half on that. what did it? >> this is a hawkish hold and the fed is not taking a victory lap or making that clear. this is not a euphoric in december as what was going on and he kept his cards close to his vest and that's important. this is the federal reserve chairman that doesn't want to make cardinal sin of cutting and reverse course or even have a floor form under inflation and have to turn around and raise rates again. that's a cardinal sin in central banking and they're not going to make that mistake. liz: it was the day after the gdp number and fourth quarter advance gdp and showed 3.3% and you were quoted on stunning

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the chair and ceo of nasdaq, adena friedman thank you for being here >> good to be here >> let's talkecause there are lots things are loosening and we are going to see a good year >> yeah, there's the potential for that, and the economy needs to show resilience, which it has been that's giving people more confidence and the fed may feel like they can ease off the rate as we go through the year, and it's unclear as to when, and the promise or expectation of that gives investors more confidence. we are seeing interesting companies looking to go out as early as this quarter. >> and peter orszag was on earlier, and he thinks we may not see a lowering until at the end of 2024. >> well, i think they need to see interest rates come down and stabilize, and it could get harder and harder to continue to bring it down. if they feel like they can show that stability, they may take one or two actions as we go through the year, and maybe more i am not as -- i am not thinking it will happen in the first or second quarter so much >> you have been the ceo of the nasdaq since 2017. >> yes >> over that