Piracy and movie rights are two of the most critical issues for Hollywood yet to be resolved. Pirate website such as PirateBay and others are constantly “abusing” the producers’ rights when it comes to movies. Now, to the rescue comes blockchain. According to recent news, the first ever blockchain-based movie is called “No Postage Necessary”.…
Read moreThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that it has charged Michael Liberty, the founder of the fintech startup now known as Mozido Inc., with a scheme to trick hundreds of investors into investing in his shell companies instead of Mozido. According to the SEC, Michael Liberty and his accomplices allegedly stole most…
Read moreAfter two consecutive record months for FX trading volumes to start 2018, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that March volumes came in at $27.5 billion ADV - slightly (4%) below February's record $28.8 billion ADV, but still topping January’s $26.3 billion making March 2018 FXSpotStream’s second best month ever. FXSpotStream’s previous volume record coming…
Read moreThe Financial Services Commission, Mauritius (FSC) has just announced the publication of the third study of its Policy Research series. The study is entitled “The State and Future of Social Impact Investments in Mauritius”. The study provides the building blocks of the social investment market in Mauritius, namely by analysing the main actors on the…
Read moreSportDex, a decentralized sports ecosystem for sports fans, has just announced that it has successfully launched its new application. SportDex is designed with four new features in this version: cryptocurrency SPO, Player Exchange, Wallet, and Contest. SportDex is offering 20 SPO tokens for users who sign up in the next 30 days. The app is…
Read moreThe National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has just published the following list of warnings reported on unregistered entities: MEDIA GC LIMITED (TRADEGC), MEDIAGCLTD.COM/ES MEDIA CLIENT SERVICE, S.L. For more details on the warnings, you can visit the CNMV website to view any existing warnings on unauthorized entities and other warnings. In addition, there is a search engine available at the…
Read moreThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it is working with key industry stakeholders to develop a guide to promote the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics by financial institutions. The guide will set out key principles and best practices for the use of AI and data analytics,…
Read moreJapan Exchange Group has released the trading overview (preliminary estimates) for FY2017 & March 2018. Cash Equity Market In FY2017, daily average trading value for the TSE 1st Section (domestic common stocks) reached JPY 2.957 trillion, an all-time high. In the ETF market, trading value was JPY 46.799 trillion (daily average: JPY 191 billion), the…
Read moreDubai Financial Market (DFM) has just announced that EFG Hermes Brokerage has become the first member that receives a DFM accreditation to provide the Allocation Account Service to its client base. The DFM has launched this new service recently in a pioneering step amongst regional markets, as of its efforts to reinforce its business framework…
Read moreFollowing two consecutive months of record FX trading volumes to start off the year, GTX – the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) – has reported that it continued its strong Q1 with another stellar month in March. GTX reported $374.6 billion of total trading activity in March between its…
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