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The Path to $10,000 Bitcoin
January 16th, 2017
So let’s imagine a scenario in which tens of trillions of at-risk wealth suddenly seek an alternative–any alternative to staying in an asset class that’s circling the drain. As my colleague Davefairtex observed recently, the paint isn’t quite dry ...
Malice in Wonderland
January 15th, 2017
Malice in Wonderland Recently, I was quietly reading in my armchair, eyes closing and trying to stay awake, and the next moment I was falling down a rabbit hole. After falling into the void, I found myself outside a ...
Broker ITG to pay more than $24.4 million to settle charges
January 13th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that broker ITG agreed to pay more than $24.4 million to settle charges that it violated federal securities laws when it prompted the issuance of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) without possessing the ...
Second Forex Dealer pleads guilty to conspiring to fix prices in the FX market
January 13th, 2017
A foreign currency exchange (FX) dealer became the second person to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices in the FX market, the Justice Department announced today. According to the one-count information filed in the U.S. District Court for ...
Five potential FinTech surprises for 2017
January 12th, 2017
In the ever-expanding FinTech ecosystem, it is easy to get caught up in all the hoopla, hysteria and hype. As we enter 2017, PwC’s DeNovo is providing our views on more plausible changes of direction in the FinTech space. ...
Three traders were charged with conspiring in forex rigging probe
January 11th, 2017
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday brought charges against three former traders at JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup Inc and Barclays Plc arising from a global probe into the manipulation of foreign exchange rates at major banks. Richard Usher, ...
Inflation to Hurt UK Consumers in 2017?
January 9th, 2017
Ever since the onset of the financial crisis nearly a decade ago, central banks have been struggling to revive inflationary pressures mostly through easy monetary policy. After all, rising prices can shore up demand and allow businesses to rake ...
FMQ breaks $15 trillion
January 9th, 2017
Since August 2014, bank reserves at the Fed have fallen by $646.6bn, while the sum of cash, checking accounts and deposits held by the public has risen by $1990bn. The fiat money quantityi has now breached the $15 trillion ...
SwapClear achieves record volumes in 2016
January 9th, 2017
5% increase in clearing volumes Over $665 trillion notional cleared, through 3.8 million interest rate derivative trades Over $384 trillion notional compressed 97 members and a record 510 clients are using compression services at LCH LCH, a leading global ...
Gold: Getting There A Little At A Time
January 7th, 2017
One of life’s hardest-to-learn but most necessary lessons is that things usually take a lot longer to work out than you’d like them to. That’s where the sayings “Being too early is the same as being wrong” and “The ...
