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 Ravenstone Corporate Partners. Ravenstone Corporate Partners is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
Read more
If you follow cryptocurrency news, then you may have tuned out the continuing saga of massive hacks of crypto exchanges. Estimates of the total hacking losses of crypto exchanges in 2018 are conservatively pegged in excess of $1 billion. Since there are no insurance plans of national compensation programs, investors are the ultimate victims, having…
Read more
Trading solutions provider Spotware has just announced the release of cTrader Open API 2.0, the new Open API of its flagship Forex and CFD trading platform, cTrader. cTrader Open API v2.0 is the successor of cTrader Connect API v1.0 and will run in parallel with the previous version until v1.0 becomes deprecated. Open API enables third-party…
Read more
Coin Futures and Lending Exchange, or CoinFLEX for short, has announced that it will be offering futures contracts as soon as next month to the Asian market. The new contracts for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum will provide possible leverage of up to 20 times. All futures traded on the exchange will be physically-delivered. Such…
Read more
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced that, on 1st December 2018, the Company Providing Administrative Services TCSL Troodos Corporate Services Ltd (the ‘Company’), waived its authorisation pursuant to section 16(1) of the Law Regulating Companies Providing Administrative Services and Related Matters of 2012, as in force (the ‘Law’). Therefore, the Company’s authorisation…
Read more
British multinational electricity and gas utility company National Grid plc (LON:NG) has just announced that it has reached a satisfactory agreement over employment terms & conditions with two unions representing workers of the company's Massachusetts Gas business. National Grid plc is headquartered in Warwick, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom and Northeastern…
Read more
Online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has informed that it has come to an agreement with the Israeli tax authorities last week. The company shared that following a civil tax audit covering the 10 fiscal years 2008 to 2017 (inclusive), the Israeli tax authorities have made transfer pricing adjustments in relation to certain functions…
Read more
Tax time is coming, but unlike Winter in the popular series, Game of Thrones, it will not threaten mankind with extinction, but, perhaps, with financial ruin if you are unprepared. These words are especially relevant if you have invested, traded, or transferred the cryptocurrencies of your choice during the latest taxing period or before for…
Read more
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE) has announced that Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Eric Crampton, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Software Engineering, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Both appointments will be effective January 14. Isaacson takes…
Read more
In the beginning of the week, on Monday 7th, 2019, most of the top cryptocurrencies by market cap are seeing their prices go up. The gains, while moderate, have been seen in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin surpassed the $4,000 level. At the time of this writing, the price of the "people's currency" is $4,029,…
Read more