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Crypto’s plunge worse than dot-com crash
September 14th, 2018
As virtual currencies plumbed new depths on Wednesday, the MVIS Crypto-Compare Digital Assets 10 Index extended its collapse from a January high to 80 per cent. The tumble has now surpassed the Nasdaq Composite Index’s 78 per cent peak-to-trough ...
Bitcoin crash: This man lost his savings when cryptocurrencies plunged
September 12th, 2018
An estimated $400 billion has been wiped off the value of major cryptocurrencies since January. Sean Russell’s life savings were among them. Russell rarely played the stock market and had little investing experience when he put around $120,000 into ...
The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ether plunges more than bitcoin
September 7th, 2018
Ether was the star cryptocurrency last year, way outperforming its predecessor bitcoin. But 2018 has been a different story. The world’s second-largest digital asset is down 76 percent this year and can’t seem to catch a break. Investor patience ...
Fintech funding in Asia surged to US$16.8 billion; Global fintech investment hit US$57.9B
August 14th, 2018
Fintech funding in Asia surged to US$16.8 billion across 162 deals in the first half of 2018 powered by a massive US$14 billion Series C VC funding round by Ant Financial, up from US$2 billion the second half of ...
Have a Cryptocurrency Company? Bermuda, Malta or Gibraltar Wants You
August 2nd, 2018
Hedge funds go to the Cayman Islands to incorporate. Big companies are generally domiciled in Delaware. And online poker companies often set up their bases in Gibraltar and Malta. Now the race is on to become the go-to destination ...
Virtual currencies spark real concern about national security threat
July 31st, 2018
U.S. government officials are increasingly worried about the potential national security threat posed by the rise of cryptocurrencies. In the past week, the Department of Justice, congressional lawmakers and even Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell have voiced concern about ...
Central bankers claim bitcoin could break the internet
June 21st, 2018
Who’s right about bitcoin: the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) or cryptocurrency advocates? The Bank of International Settlements on Sunday said bitcoin is “a poor substitute for the solid institutional backing of money.” Critics in the crypto world say ...
Bitcoin sees Wall Street warm to trading virtual currency
May 10th, 2018
Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are warming up to Bitcoin, a virtual currency that for nearly a decade has been consigned to the unregulated fringes of the financial world. The parent company of the New York ...
Goldman Sachs plans to trade bitcoin futures contracts
May 4th, 2018
Goldman Sachs, one of the most well-known investment banking and financial services providers in the world, announced plans to trade bitcoin futures contracts – a Wall Street first. Goldman’s competitors like JP Morgan have so far shunned the risks ...
ACCA warns professional accountants over the risks of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin
March 16th, 2018
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has issued a new warning to professional accountants over the importance of maintaining an up-to-date understanding of developments in the fast-moving space of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Maggie McGhee, director of Professional Insights ...
