As BTCChina announced that it will stop new users from registering from September 30th, the price of bitcoin fell down with $1000 since the start of the month. With speculation about the Chinese government banning all exchanges from trading bitcoin and launching their own cryptocurrency, and the comments of JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon, who…
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“Cashless India”, the Digital India Program of the Indian government, was announced over an year ago with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and familiarize the country with digital currency and the future demise of cash. Thus, the Central Bank of India is currently looking into digitalizing the fiat rupee in…
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As of 2017, according to the Lawnmower Blockchain Index, blockchain assets outperform by far all global bond and stock indices, with +374% up as opposed to equities with +15.7% and bonds with +3.95%. At such growth levels and the overall bullishness of investors around the globe, it is no wonder that the cryptocurrency frenzy is…
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The following article was written by Luis Aureliano, a business writer and financial analyst. With over 15 years of experience in global finance and an MBA in economics and management, Luis’s areas of expertise include business, marketing, communications, personal finance, macro economics, stocks and emerging markets. In the last couple of years, blockchain technology and…
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At an EGM held on 14 September 2017 Moscow Exchange (MOEX) shareholders voted to pay out a total of RUB 5.67 billion (RUB 2.49 per share) as a dividend for the first half of 2017. The payout constitutes 55.04 per cent of the company's H1 2017 net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today entered into an agreement with the Securities Commission Malaysia to establish a framework for cooperation on financial technology (Fintech). The SFC and Securities Commission Malaysia agreed to cooperate on information sharing and referrals of innovative firms seeking to enter one another’s markets. Cooperation between regulatory counterparts…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of August 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.581 trillion down 1 percent from USD1.596 trillion in July 2017. August 2016 July 2017 August 2017 Average daily traded…
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Cellxpert, a leading provider of affiliate marketing platforms, has announced the unveiling of a new product that will allow regulated brokers to fully manage and approve their affiliates’ sources of traffic. The new tools - Country Control, Domain Control, as well as the new feature Geo Rotation Group - are a complete and customizable solution designed for…
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The French regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) just announced that has promoted Natasha Cazenave as Managing Director, Head of the Policy and International Affairs Directorate. She takes over from Guillaume Eliet, who left the AMF after twelve years in regulatory policy to join Euroclear. Natasha Cazenave joined the AMF in December 2010 as a senior policy…
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Belize financial regulator IFSC has issued a Warning Notice regarding a person by the name of ‘Harvey Lennon’ who is falsely and fraudulently representing to hold a personal licence issued by IFSC for the carrying on of the business of Expert Advisor/ Consultancy/ Advisory for Trading in Foreign Exchange. The Licence carrying his name is…
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