Jack Dorsey, the CEO of both Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) and Square, Inc. (NYSE:SQ), and a self-made billionaire in his own right, has taken to the Bitcoin advocacy trail once more by teasing the industry with his first major hire for his proprietary “Square Crypto” service offering. Dorsey had envisioned long ago that the combination of Square…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Bel air, s.r.o., the company behind the social trading network for forex traders FX Junction, just announced a public release of their API Solutions. These solutions allow third party developers to integrate FX Junction’s core services into their own applications using simple API calls. Namely, 2 APIs are offered: Copy API - which allows third…
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ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 14, 2019. EURUSD The euro closed lower on Thursday, closing at 1.1278 (-14 pips) against the greenback. US-China trade dispute remains amid the main drivers alongside with expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve…
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Regulators have a tough enough time policing their domestic jurisdictions, but with the complexities of global commerce, cyber threats proliferating across the globe, and shady virtual businesses evading the rule of law, the need for ample coordination and cooperation between national regulators is paramount. Due to this need, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
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Bitcoin pushed past $8,200 in trading yesterday, rising to $8,270 at the moment. Although the move is positive, it is not the powerful thrust that analysts claim is necessary to really break out and challenge the $9,000 level. BTC has been range bound since early June, confusing analysts and investors alike. Is it accumulating strength,…
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CBS News just reported that the carbon dioxide released in our atmosphere from bitcoin mining operations is comparable to the one released by major cities such as Hamburg or Las Vegas. According to a study by MIT and Technical University of Munich, which sought to examine how much power is needed for mining bitcoin and…
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Donald Trump, the current US President, has left the tariff deadline on $325 billion worth of Chinese goods "open". He was supposed to set a deadline on Wednesday, but he did not, calling the current relationship with Beijing good and at the same time "testy". The information comes from Japan Times. Currently, the relationship between…
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Huawei has now considered a "national security threat", as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Mr. Ajit Pa, proposed a ban on funds flowing from the Universal Service Fund to using services or products that may threaten the national security. The Chinese giant was identified as such a national threat in March 2019, and…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for June 13, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Going from local to global has been the norm throughout history but crypto has changed that in a very…
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Deutsche Börse announced earlier today that the transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, Barclays (LON:BARC), has joined EurexOTC Clear to support Eurex in expanding its distribution network in the U.S. Barclays is now the first European bank to offer Eurex’s OTC…
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