Fullerton Markets today announced the acceptance of Bitcoin as a new funding method for client deposits. Mario Singh, CEO of Fullerton Markets, commented: We have had loads of requests over the last couple of months to integrate a payment processor which accepts Bitcoin. Interestingly enough, the requests have not dropped despite Bitcoin falling over 50%…
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Bitcoin hit another low this morning, trading at $7,400 per coin according to major exchanges. It seems that when Bitcoin is going down, almost all altcoins are also plunging. After India and China went against Bitcoin, and with the recent news that major banks such as JPMorgan, Lloyds Banking Group and more, are banning Bitcoin…
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In a mad dash to cash, traders were dumping virtually all kinds of assets in favour of good hard cash on Monday, which just saw one of the largest one-day market declines ever. When all the damage was totaled, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 1,175, or 4.6%. The broader S&P 500 index fell…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced that it is withdrawing the CIF financial services license of Best Choice FBC Ltd. Best Choice FBC operates Retail FX broker BCFX Broker at bcfxbroker.com, and also owns a number of other FX properties including the Finish FinFX brand, which it acquired in 2015. CySEC first suspended BCFX's license…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) announced that it has today signed the renewal of memorandum of understanding (MoU) to continue the synergized efforts on capital market development and business opportunities between the two exchanges, including products and services development, IT infrastructure cooperation and information exchange. SET President Kesara Manchusree commented: The MoU between SET…
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STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Boerse Group’s index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the iSTOXX Global Diversity Impact Select 30 Index and the iSTOXX Europe Diversity Impact Select 30 Index were licensed to Goldman Sachs as an underlying for the issuance of structured products. We…
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Will ESMA change its mind? While all formal indications to date indicate that ESMA plans to carry through with its new rules governing online trading - including a 30x leverage cap on CFDs - insiders within ESMA have admitted that the pan-European regulator has seen a virtual deluge of responses to its proposals, numbering in…
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CySEC, Belize and South Africa licensed Retail FX broker Forextime, which also goes by the shortened moniker FXTM, has announced on a new website forextime.co.uk (full text below) that it has received a license from the FCA for a new UK-based subsidiary Forextime UK Limited. A check of the FCA's registry reveals that Forextime UK…
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British blockchain startup Electroneum, has just announced it has become the first cryptocurrency to join the GSMA in a move that will accelerate its integration into the world of mobile payments. Electroneum has been making waves beyond the crypto niche, signing MOUs with several global telecommunications and payments companies. In addition, the cryptocurrency has been…
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RoboForex, an international financial broker, just announced that it is expanding the list of cryptocurrencies available for trading via MT4 and MT5 platforms. Apart from Bitcoin and Ethereum, the Company’s clients will have an opportunity to trade Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Litecoin, and Ripple. New instruments are already available for trading. RoboForex continues expanding access to…
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