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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When giants in the financial services industry decide to embrace a new technology, the credibility of that technology is propelled forward in a significant way. Nasdaq and Fidelity have done just that – They participated in the $27.5 million second round funding of ErisX, a soon to be fully regulated crypto exchange. Jay Clayton, the…
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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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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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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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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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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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Dash Financial Technologies has just announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eRoom Securities, LLC. The move follows last year’s acquisition of Convergex’s options business, Liquidpoint, and will allow the firm to enter the introducing prime brokerage space. eRoom is a Chicago based company, providing multi-asset trading technology, agency execution, risk management, reporting and clearing services…
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The international broker Grand Capital has just announced that it has launched MetaQuotes' MetaTrader 5 trading platform with hedging. Features of MetaTrader 5 offering include: Advanced trading opportunities: netting and hedging order accounting systems, market depth, separate accounting of orders and deals. Extended analytics: 21 timeframes, in-chart calendar. Developing and testing trading robots: multi-currency strategy tester and…
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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 City Global Trading. City Global Trading is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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