Bitcoin cloud mining provider Genesis Mining has announced the launch of what it calls the world’s first Bitcoin mining fund. The fund, which officially filed Form D with the SEC last week will be called Logos Fund and will cater exclusively to high net worth individuals, investment funds, and accredited investors looking to take part…
Read moreThe Bank of Russia is reporting that Russia and China have agreed to open a bilateral Forex swap line, to boost trade and investment cooperation. Largely cut off from global capital markets by Western sanctions, Russia is stepping up efforts to secure access to external funding, including setting plans for a sovereign Eurobond later this year. The…
Read moreMoscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian trading venue for currencies, stocks and derivatives, has earlier today reported its monthly volume metrics for February 2016, with the monthly reading for last month being better than in January 2016 but the average daily volumes (ADV) showing a month-on-month drop. This pattern is easily…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just published its operating metrics for February 2016, with overall trading volumes reaching a record high but Forex volumes slightly down from January 2016 levels. CME Group reported Forex average daily volume (ADV) of 954,000 contracts for February 2016, a result which is 1.7% lower than the…
Read moreUK financial regulator The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Michael Ross Curtler, a former FX trader at Deutsche Bank AG, from the UK financial services industry for lacking honesty and integrity following a criminal conviction for fraud in the US. Last October Mr. Curtler pleaded guilty before a US District Court in New York for his role…
Read moreMetaQuotes Software has announced that 17 video tutorials about the built-in services in the MetaTrader 4/5 platforms are now provided with subtitles in seven languages in addition to English and Russian voice over. Now traders can watch videos about algorithmic trading, virtual hosting and trading signals with Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese, Japanese or Arabic…
Read more888 Holdings Public Limited Company (LON:888), which in September last year abandoned the bidding war for bwin.party, today announces the appointment of Itai Frieberger as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The appointment is effective immediately. Brian Mattingley, Executive Chairman of 888 since 13 May 2015, has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of 888 with…
Read moreCBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE), the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), and other subsidiaries, has published its operating metrics for February 2016, with average daily volumes across all venues failing to match the robust results seen in January 2016. Total average daily volumes were 4.65…
Read moreOperator of global exchanges and clearing houses Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE) on Tuesday announced it is expanding its data and valuation business through the acquisition of two assets under the S&P Global Market Intelligence business unit, from McGraw Hill Financial Inc (NYSE:MHFI). ICE has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire provider of fixed income…
Read moreBTCC, formerly known as BTCChina, has published an announcement on its website, alerting its customers of delays of Bitcoin transaction confirmations across the network. The company blames the delay on an increase in bitcoin transactions. The company asks its customers to be patient and notes that it does not control confirmation speeds. BTCC also advises…
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