December 22, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ripple skyrockets, bright future for altcoins

While Bitcoin and other big cryptocurrencies are plunging this week, Ripple investors are taking off nice profits along the way. In the last couple of hours, Ripple rose in value by almost 30%, and is now trading at an all-time high of $1.39. This means that the cryptocurrency outdid Bitcoin Cash in market capacity and…

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bitcoin perception
December 22, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin value falls 30% after hitting all-time high

After hitting an all-time high of $20,000 just days ago, Bitcoin has now dropped with almost one third of its value, now trading at around $13,000. After reaching a peak last Sunday, investors are now taking a “cold shower” with the decreasing price of the digital currency. There are several reasons why that might be…

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clone firm FCA warning
December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Swish Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Swish Loans. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC adopts final rule for distributions outside Canada

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that has adopted OSC Rule 72-503 - Distributions Outside Canada, including Form 72-503F Report of Distributions Outside Canada and Companion Policy 72-503 Distributions Outside Canada. A consequential amendment to OSC Rule 11-501 Electronic Delivery of Documents To The Ontario Securities Commission has also been adopted. The Final Rule adoption…

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Thomson Reuters teams up with Seabury TFX to create new trade finance marketplace in Asia
December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TAB partners with Thomson Reuters Labs

TAB just announced that it has partnered with Thomson Reuters Labs. TAB's data analysis brings insight to the next generation of finance industry, the online marketplace. TAB data shows that the amount raised through online finance marketplaces has been doubling almost every year since 2012 and, excluding China, has exceeded $35B in 2017 to date,…

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Complete history of synthetic symbols added in MetaTrader 5
December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaTrader 5 adds new tools - synthetic instruments, shared projects and MQL5 Cloud Protector

MetaTrader 5 is developing rapidly. Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that it has added a number of new tools and services to the platform. No such innovations will ever be implemented into MetaTrader 4, the company added.  The new release features an ability to create synthetic financial instruments. Activation of this feature requires…

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æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform
December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Snap Interactive chooses NEM blockchain technology to power new Backchannel app

SNAP will adopt NEM blockchain technology and XEM, the token underlying NEM NEM.io Foundation Ltd., a blockchain technology project, just announced that Snap Interactive, Inc. (OTCQB: STVI), a provider of live video social networking applications building on blockchain and other innovative technologies has selected NEM to power the Company’s core blockchain infrastructure. Development has already…

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December 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Finom pioneers cryptocurrency stock capital in Switzerland

Financial blockchain company Finom AG today announced it has become the first company to increase its stock capital by level of Ether (ETH) at 7,760 - the second most popular cryptocurrency. Finom’s capital stock now comprises 2.5 million Swiss Francs (СHF). The funding is registered in the Finom profile on the Swiss Commercial Register Zefix.…

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