After a trial on Demo environment which we reported began last month, Swiss based retail forex broker Dukascopy has announced that its new type of binary options - Touch Binaries - has been released on Live and is now available to binary options trading account holders in Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe. Trading conditions and…
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Blockchain announced today that it has raised a Series B of $40 million with Lakestar and GV (formerly Google Ventures) with additional participation from Nokota Management and Digital Currency Group. Blockchain's existing investors – Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mosaic Ventures, Prudence Holdings, Virgin, and Sir Richard Branson (Virgin Group) – also participated in the round. Blockchain's…
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EOS, the blockchain operating system designed to support commercial decentralized applications, today announced further details for its digital token distribution to open on Monday, June 26. EOS's token distribution follows a groundbreaking participation model that will take place over the course of one year creating the fairest token distribution project launched on Ethereum to date.…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a circular to clarify certain competence requirements for existing licensed persons seeking to be licensed for Type 9 regulated activity (asset management) and to provide further guidance on how the SFC assesses the competence of a corporation or a responsible officer (RO) to carry on…
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The Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) and Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today announced the completion of a framework for co-operation to promote innovation in financial services in Japan and Australia. This Co-operation Framework recognises the global nature of innovation in financial services. In this environment, this Framework enables the JFSA and ASIC to…
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Bursa Malaysia Berhad today announced it has made amendments to the Rules of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD) and the Rules of Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad (BMDC) in relation to the revamp of the participantship structure for BMDC. This is to enhance the attractiveness and competitiveness of the Malaysian derivatives market and to facilitate…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Australia based retail forex broker Pepperstone has accepted the resignation of UK director Mohammed Tayeb, replacing him on the board of Pepperstone Limited with the company's Melbourne, Australia based CEO APAC, Phil Horner. The move comes as Pepperstone is scrambling to renew activity in its FCA regulated UK arm. LeapRate…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that will introduce its planned Offshore Renminbi (CNH) and US dollar (US$) Gold Futures on Monday, 10 July 2017. They will be the first pair of commodity futures that can be physically delivered in Hong Kong. The 12 Contract Months on the launch day will comprise the…
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Macquarie Securities (Australia) Limited has paid a penalty of $505,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), ASIC announced earlier today. The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that Macquarie had contravened subsection 798H(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by failing to comply with the ASIC…
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today proposed a $120 million fine against an individual who apparently made almost 100 million spoofed robocalls in violation of the Truth in Caller ID Act. The law prohibits callers from deliberately falsifying caller ID information to disguise their identity with the intent to harm or defraud consumers. Mr. Adrian…
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