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CySec informs CIFs for the provision of warnings to retail clients resided in Spain
November 3rd, 2017
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued today a Circular to inform the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) about requirements of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (the CNMV) regarding the provision of warnings on complex financial instruments ...
Bitcoin Just Surged Past $7,000. Here’s Why
November 3rd, 2017
As of late Thursday, the price of Bitcoin was about $7,000, having reached the threshold for the first time just hours earlier. The upswing continued a rally that started Wednesday, when the Chicago Merchantile Exchange announced plans to offer ...
What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?
November 2nd, 2017
Initial coin offerings have come out of nowhere in 2017 to become the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Programmers have raised over $3.2 billion this year by selling their own virtual currencies to investors. That is 3,000 ...
Supervisory Authorities Warn: Be Cautious
November 2nd, 2017
The supervisory authorities of the United Kingdom (Financial Conduct Authority – FCA), Belgium(Financial Services and Markets Authority – FSMA), Switzerland (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA), Jersey (Jersey Financial Services Commission), Hong Kong (Securities and Futures Commission – ...
Fragmenting Countries, Part 1: Catalonia Is Just The Beginning
October 31st, 2017
Picture a life where you do most of your shopping through Amazon.com and the local farmers’ market, most of your communicating through Facebook and Instagram, much of your travel via Uber, and much of your saving and transacting with ...
There are now more than 120 hedge funds focused solely on bitcoin, digital currencies
October 31st, 2017
Data shared exclusively with CNBC from financial research firm Autonomous Next shows the number of funds investing in digital assets like bitcoin has grown rapidly to 124. Autonomous Next also estimates that the “crypto-funds” have about $2.3 billion in ...
Day Trader Charged in Brokerage Account Takeover Scheme
October 31st, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a day trader based in the Philadelphia area with participating in a scheme to access the brokerage accounts of more than 100 unwitting victims and make unauthorized trades to artificially affect the stock ...
Guidelines on hacking risks associated with internet trading in financial markets
October 30th, 2017
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recognise the need for effective cybersecurity management as cyber risk poses an increasingly significant threat to the integrity, efficiency and soundness of financial markets worldwide. Over ...
Oil markets stable on expected extension of output cuts
October 30th, 2017
Oil markets were stable on Monday, with Brent remaining above $60 per barrel supported by expectations that an OPEC-led production cut due to expire next March would be extended. Brent crude oil futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, ...
Is Bitcoin’s price fall of nearly 9 percent a healthy pullback?
October 19th, 2017
Bitcoin fell Wednesday after indications of greater scrutiny from U.S. regulators. At one point in the day, the digital currency declined by nearly $500, or about 8.7 percent to a low of $5,109.70, before regaining some of the lost ...
