After the numerous failed attempts for SEC to approve a series of applications for Bitcoin ETFs, investment management company, Reality Shares filed an application to the SEC for Bitcoin ETF on Thursday, 2nd November, as reported by TheStreet. The application says that the ETF is called the Reality Shares Nasdaq Blockchain Economy exchange-traded fund. According to…
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One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon is said to be launching its own cryptocurrency. Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) registered three cryptocurrency domain names on Oct. 31, 2017: AmazonEthereum.com, AmazonCryptocurrency.com, and AmazonCryptocurrencies.com, according to MoneyMorning. The retail giant has not started accepting any form of Bitcoin or Ethereum, but the rumors about Amazon…
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Chaineum, the first French ICO boutique, and Lightyear.io, an organization that supports partner activities for Stellar, an open source blockchain network, have announced a partnership to collaborate in the ICO space. Through the partnership, Chaineum will use the Stellar network to support some of its upcoming ICOs. Founded by Laurent Leloup, an expert in blockchain…
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After much speculation about the direction of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high, hitting almost $7,400, as could be seen in the graph below. There may be several reasons for that. First, there was a lot of interest in Bitcoin from traders in Japan and South Korea. Second, when CME, the largest options…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced it has acquired the assets of Silexx Financial Systems, LLC, a Sarasota, Florida-based company that develops and operates an innovative multi-asset order and execution management system (OEMS) that caters to institutional customers throughout the U.S. The acquisition is expected to provide Cboe customers with an additional channel…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just released its monthly market report for October and showed good results despite the 14% MoM drop in total trading volume. Total trading volume across MOEX`s markets in October was RUB 69.4 trln or minus 14% compared to previous month. The Bond Market posted the strongest volume growth (+68%). Turnover also grew…
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, announced its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase program and its quarterly dividend of $0.20. The new $1.2 billion authorization, effective January 1, 2018, represents a twenty percent increase from the company's previous repurchase…
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After announcing solid results for Q3 2017 just few days ago, the Deutsche Börse has released cash markets report for the month of October. Order book turnover on Deutsche Börse cash markets totalled €115.9 billion in October (October 2016: €98.7 billion). Of the €115.9 billion, €102.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (October 2016: €90.4 billion) and…
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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 1 November 2017, the MPC voted by a majority of 7-2 to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 0.5%. The…
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The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just informed the current and the upcoming holders of the digital signature certificate that the renewals of the digital certificates, the submission of the application for new digital certificates as well as the token delivery to the users will be done, as of today, via the Cyprus…
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