CLS Group trading volumes
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group ADV volume down 2% MoM in November

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of November 2018. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.68 trillion down 1.7 percent from USD1.71 trillion in October 2018.   Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by…

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SEC charges nine hackers and traders in Edgar hacking case
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

What does the “SamSam” crime story mean for crypto regulation?

The concerns over the cryptocurrency regulations are growing constantly. Countries around the world are not really sure how to classify cryptocurrencies, as money, as digital assets, as property rights or as a completely different category. The US Treasury Department of Foreign Assets Control or OFAC has prosecuted two Iranians for conducting a major cyberattack, now…

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fca warning clone firm
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Ranalter Thomas clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Ranalter Thomas. 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 to…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cybersecurity in 2019 - what to expect?

Making an educated forecast initially expects us to recall on past 2018 cybersecurity breaches. The year began with a huge explosion - Specter and Meltdown (otherwise known as Chipocalypse). Not at all like this had ever happened to PC and cybersecurity. A huge number of frameworks, and also cloud configurations, were influenced. The effect, and…

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fca warning
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Sullivan Seton Murphy Law Firm

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 Sullivan Seton Murphy Law Firm. Sullivan Seton Murphy Law Firm is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…

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Daily Market analysis
December 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: No BTC ETF, No Problem

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 6, 2018. Highlights include: Locating BTC’s Support: Bloomberg analysts project bitcoin heading for $1,500. While it’s possible to get that low, BTC has key support levels at $3,000 and $1,800 it would have to…

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FCA warning
December 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Blooming Finance firm

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 Blooming Finance. Blooming Finance 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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StoneX Group announces stock ticker symbol change to SNEX
December 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fragments rebrands to Ampleforth, introduces a noncollateralized stablecoin Amples

The decentralized store of value protocol Fragments just announced that it is rebranding to Ampleforth. Along with the rebranding news, the company also introduced its new non-collateralized stablecoin called Amples.  Ampleforth now uses an Ampleforth protocol, which moves volatility from unit price to unit count and achieves price stability by algorithmically expanding and contracting supply among holders based on demand. …

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clone firm FCA warning
December 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against FC COIN clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm FC 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 to…

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