ASIC regulated online broker Berndale Capital, an Australian based and market leading provider of forex trading services and technology, is pleased to announce the introduction of Bitcoin trading. Available to all clients, the launch of the BTC/USD pair grows the Berndale trading instrument portfolio to 85, enabling greater investment diversification. Customers can trade price speculation…
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Retail FX broker FXCM Group LLC has put out an interesting press release (see text below), stating that it has agreed to terminate its Management Agreement with parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). FXCM and GLBR became effectively separated when Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) took a direct equity stake in FXCM last year, and the two appointed…
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Dash, the top digital currency for payments, will soon be integrated into crypto-banking platform, Wirex, allowing customers to pay with Dash online and in-store at over 40 million merchants accepting VISA worldwide. Dash is the leading e-commerce and payments-focused digital currency, and the rising alternative to bitcoin. With over 1000% year over year growth in…
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In 2015, Cointelegraph reproted that Sweden is to become the first ever cashless country in the world. A study conducted by KTH Royal Institute of Techonlogy, around six banks were refusing to operate with cash. Naturally, Bitcoin was rumored to have great future in the country's plans for becoming fully "cashless" society and first Scandinavian country…
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SEC Chairman Jay Clayton today provided an update on the status of the agency’s review and investigation of the 2016 intrusion into the EDGAR system. In addition to updating previous disclosures, today's announcement also includes additional information on the agency’s efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity risk profile going forward. The ongoing staff investigation of the…
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After China announced its ban on domestic exchanges trading Bitcoin, South Korea is the next country that also came out with the news that it is going to ban Initial Coin Offering (ICOs). With the popularity of ICOs going through the roof, with some estimating that the total market value of the ICO market is…
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Trading platform and technology tools provider Leverate has announced the launch of a new professional services department, called Acxelr8. The department is going to be under the direction of Chen Ben Nun, who joins Leverate after stints in conversion and sales at Alpha Forex, UFX and Plus500 Ltd. (LON:PLUS). The company stated that Acxelr8 and was born…
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Dubai is yet another "big player" to join the cryptocurrency craze with its launch of its first ever state cryptocurrency - the emCash. According to Arabian Business Magazine, people will be able to pay for various government and non-government services in Dubai with emCash. The name of emCash comes from the the subsidiary of Dubai…
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Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that it recorded the highest average daily volume as well as overall monthly volume since the service was founded nearly six years ago. The current month's volume exceeds the company's previous volume record set in November 2016, which included the daily volume high of USD $49 billion on US…
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Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, a business of Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), has announced today that unveils its next generation board portal and team collaboration software, Nasdaq Boardvantage. Nasdaq Boardvantage is available as a web-based, tablet and mobile solution and offers enhanced governance and collaboration solutions for C-suite leadership, board members, corporate secretaries, and other corporate and private…
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