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April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Did the Fed move Bitcoin?

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 10, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Bitcoin Testing $5k: Bitcoin broke below its resistance at $5,350 and is testing the historically important figure…

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US oil index is prime
April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IAM Corp. acquires oil & gas production firm Lagasco Inc. for $22m

Canada’s alternative asset management company Integrated Asset Management Corp. (IAM) (TSX:IAM) announced that it has just closed a $22,000,000 senior secured term loan to Lagasco Inc. Lagasco is going to use IAM's provided funds to purchase a portfolio of producing oil & gas assets located in Southwestern Ontario from a Limited Partnership. LeapRate reminds that…

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fma scam alert
April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against Wildex Investment Limited

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Wildex Investment Limited. Associated entities individuals: Wildex Investments Address: 26FL, FWD Financial Centre, 308-320 Des Veoux Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Website: www.Wildexinvestment.com Phone: +85221270667 Email: [email protected] The FMA recommends exercising caution before dealing with Wildex Investment Limited and…

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FCA warning
April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Tasbir Singh

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Tasbir Singh. Tasbir Singh is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Arab Bank Ltd. teams up with Integral to launch a trading app

Integral has announced that Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. has deployed a trading app built on the Integral BankFX Platform to expand mobile trading services to their institutional and corporate customers. Arab Bank is a trusted partner to established businesses with strong ties in the MENA region and is providing a powerful, end-to-end FX solution to its…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cobalt adds FinTech investment expert Stephen Wolff to its team

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure based on shared ledger and high performance technology, has just announced that it has appointed Stephen Wolff as a Strategic Advisor to support its global growth strategy. Wolff has served on the board of numerous financial market technology and infrastructure companies including R3, Tradeweb and ClearCourse Partnership. He also…

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Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC clarifies guidelines for classifying an ICO as an investment contract

Crypto attorneys that support Initial Coin Offering (ICO) promoters in the United States have been requesting for some time more clarification from the SEC on how it interprets current securities legislation to determine whether or not an ICO qualifies as an “investment contract”, thereby necessitating formal registration and investor disclosure requirements under the law. At…

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