October 15, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

New York State to Bitcoin developers: "Go for it!"

New York State's Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky has publicly stated that Bitcoin technology developers are free to conduct their business without a license, whereas banks and dealers will require regulation. With technological development at the heart of Bitcoin's future, New York's acceptance as a mainstream activity could lead to rapid growth and investment

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October 14, 2014 BY Mike Fox

IronFX celebrates one year anniversary of Lisbon office

IronFX. leading globally regulated broker is reporting that back on September 20th 2014, the company held a celebration to commemorate the first anniversary of the IronFX Global office in Lisbon. The ceremony was held at the scenic setting of the Lisbon office rooftop, with a guest list of up to 120 people, including clients, partners…

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October 14, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CLS trading volumes surge to all-time record high in September

Average daily volumes in the global FX market hit a record high in September, data from FX settlement system CLS showed on Tuesday. The value of all transactions through the CLS system, which is used almost universally by the banking industry to process or settle trades, rose to $5.94 trillion a day last month, around…

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October 14, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Moscow Exchange has 75 minute midday suspension of derivatives trading

Trading on Moscow Exchange's Derivatives Market was resumed at 3:30pm MSK after it was suspended from 2:14 pm MSK. Order cancellation became available at 3:15 MSK. Trading was suspended following detection of a malfunction in the market data distribution system, which was caused by a core system error. The suspension did not impact interim clearing…

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