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China’s Central Bank Is Banning Initial Coin Offerings
September 5th, 2017
Initial coin offerings, or ICOs, are the hot fundraising tactic of the year, giving startups—usually cryptocurrency-related ones—the chance to get funded in exchange for virtual coins rather than company shares. But China isn’t hopping on board. On Monday, the ...
See no evil, speak no evil…
September 1st, 2017
The Jackson Hole speeches of Janet Yellen and Mario Draghi last week were notable for the omission of any comment about the burning issues of the day: …where do the Fed and the ECB respectively think America and the ...
Fear of Future or Plans to Give Up Euro? Reasons Behind German Gold Repatriation
August 30th, 2017
Germany has completed the process of a partial return of its gold reserves from abroad. For the first time in the postwar era, more than half of its reserves have been brought back home. Like a Thunderbolt From a ...
Value of all digital currencies hits record around $160 billion
August 29th, 2017
The total value of the digital-currency universe tracked by data research site Coinmarketcap.com, including those linked to the Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.00% Ethereum and Ripple blockchain networks, reached around $160 billion on the session, surpassing a previous record at $156.4 ...
Deloitte records double-digit revenue growth
August 29th, 2017
Deloitte, the business advisory firm has issued today a press release to announce financial results for year ended 31 May 2017. According the press release announcement: Highlights Revenue up 11.2% to £3.4bn (2016: 13.6%)1 In the UK, double digit ...
Gold – crossing the Rubicon
August 25th, 2017
Gold is challenging the $1300 level for the third time this year. If it breaks upwards out of this consolidation phase convincingly, it could be an important event, signalling a dollar that will continue to weaken. The factors ...
Playtech announces strong growth in H1
August 24th, 2017
Playtech (LSE: PTEC) today announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2017, together with a trading update for the period to 22 August 2017. Financial summary Group financial highlights Total revenues ...
Most major indexes in Asia made gains on Thursday
August 24th, 2017
Most major indexes in Asia made gains on Thursday despite Wall Street closing lower after a threat from President Donald Trump about a possible government shutdown. Most Asia markets climb following Wall Street dip on Trump government shutdown threat ...
Bitcoin cash crashed on Monday; down nearly 20% at $579 a coin
August 22nd, 2017
Bitcoin cash is crashing on Monday, trading down nearly 20% at $579 a coin after soaring to a record high of $942 during an impressive weekend rally. In the process, bitcoin cash reclaimed the spot as the third-largest cryptocurrency, ...
The fiscal benefits of free trade
August 18th, 2017
The fiscal benefits of free trade Western governments have an overriding problem, and that is they have reached or exceeded the bounds of taxation, at a time when legally mandated welfare costs are accelerating. Treasury departments in all ...
