The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Market Gate Coin. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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HBUS, the U.S. strategic partner of the digital asset solutions provider Huobi Group, has just announced the rebranding of their retail trading service from HBUS.com to Huobi.com. HBUS Holdco, Inc. continues to be the company operating the U.S. trading platform. Huobi Global, Huobi Group’s flagship digital asset trading platform, will continue to operate under its own name at…
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Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has just made an announcement regarding the renewal of the registrations of Certified Persons in the Public Register. The regulator has recently become a member of the Mediterranean Partnership of Securities Regulators. The announcement reads as follows: In accordance with paragraph 17(1) of the Directive regarding the Certification of Persons and…
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Spread Betting and CFD broker ETX Capital has just announced the resignation of its CEO Arman Tahmassebi. Mr Tahmassebi had been with ETX for 3 years, joining as COO in 2016 after 1 year as COO at London Capital Group. He left LCG in January 2016. Prior to LCG, Tahmassebi was 14 years at IG…
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The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has just announced that has added 865 new listings in 2018, up 22.7% from 2017 and the largest number of securities listed in a calendar year on the Exchange since the business was established in 1998. It took the total number of listed securities on TISE to 2,857 at the end…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced its financial results for December 2018. Total trading volume across MOEX’s markets increased by 1.5% to RUB 72.5 trln in December 2018. The Exchange has been quite busy lately, expanding analytics offering for algorithmic and HFT firms. MOEX also launched trading in futures contracts on non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, nickel, zinc and…
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Never say never. Ethereum Classic, a spin-off from the original Ethereum network, is still recoiling from the impact of its “51-Percent Attack”, an assault upon its blockchain infrastructure that blockchain supporters have claimed could never happen. Known for its apparent hack-proof nature, blockchain updates are supposed to be immune from compromise, since so many independent…
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Many are predicting that the next financial crisis will hit anywhere in 2020. The cryptocurrency market is going from major highs to major lows, and its market cap is swinging from "strange" numbers such as $500 billion, $300 billion to $728 billion in December 2017. Now, the crypto market cap is around $120 billion. The…
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The idea of a Bitcoin ETF has never left the minds of investors, it seems. In 2018, the SEC turned down more than a dozen applications for a Bitcoin ETF product. The SEC even created a special department that will investigate the essence, purpose and future of the entire blockchain and cryptocurrency industries. 2019 has…
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The cryptocurrency world may have seen better days, given the fact that the crypto world just collapsed, as Bitcoin’s price is again the $4,000 price level and the crypto market cap losing $8 billion. And while ICOs are “regulated” in a variety of ways across the world, some cryptocurrency companies are getting real “muscle” behind…
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