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How would VAT be affected if no deal is made following Brexit negotiations?
September 3rd, 2018
With continued backlash in parliament over the Chequers deal, the UK are falling behind in their negotiations for exiting the European Union on 29 March 2019. While HMRC argues that the likelihood of the UK leaving the EU without ...
Google and Mastercard have secret deal to track users’ offline spending in stores
September 3rd, 2018
Google has reportedly bought Mastercard credit card data in the US to help it track users’ offline spending in stores. The two firms had not made the deal public but it was discovered by Bloomberg. Mastercard denied suggestions that ...
Rakuten e-commerce giant buys a bitcoin exchange
September 3rd, 2018
Rakuten, Inc., the largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world’s largest by sales, announced that it decided to acquire everybody’s bitcoin Inc. (hereinafter “everybody’s bitcoin”) through its subsidiary, Rakuten Card Co., Ltd. The acquisition is based on ...
Early traders review: Euro to Dollar rose, Pound to Dollar slid; Asian stocks declined
September 3rd, 2018
Asian stocks declined, while the dollar held on to its recent rally as investors assessed the outlook for trade and whether turmoil in some emerging markets can be contained. The pound retreated as the chief European negotiator on Brexit ...
Bitcoin sinks further; Most altcoins enter negative territory for the week
August 31st, 2018
Bitcoin fell for a second straight day Thursday, putting a lid on the recent euphoria that had some pundits eyeing $8,000 and beyond. One bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.28% was last worth $6,913.85, down 1.8% since Wednesday at 5 p.m. on ...
The EU is taking another look at regulating crypto
August 30th, 2018
Cryptocurrency traders and issuers of virtual currencies are in for a fresh round of scrutiny from European politicians. Finance ministers from the European Union’s 28 member states will discuss a host of challenges posed by the growing popularity of ...
Individual and a Company fined in virtual currencies fraud
August 27th, 2018
A New York federal court entered final judgment ordering Patrick K. McDonnell of Staten Island, New York, and CabbageTech, Corp. d/b/a Coin Drop Markets (CDM), McDonnell’s New York-based company, to pay over $1.1 million in civil monetary penalties and ...
Trump accuses China, EU of currency manipulation
August 22nd, 2018
President Donald Trump accused China and the European Union of manipulating their currencies as he tries to wrestle concessions from two of the U.S.’s largest trade partners. “I think China’s manipulating their currency, absolutely. And I think the euro ...
Venezuela ties its currency to a state-run cryptocoin the Petro; Hardly anyone knows what to expect out of this
August 21st, 2018
Venezuela has just taken drastic and unprecedented steps to stabilize its currency as it grapples with hyperinflation and other economic issues. The country’s currency has not only been massively devalued and renamed, but is now tied to a state-issued ...
Over 60% of top 100 Cryptocurrencies have no working product, study claims
August 20th, 2018
Of the top 100 cryptocurrencies listed by market capitalization, only 36 are actually what the authors term “working products” in a study recently published online. Newer ecosystem website, Invest in Blockchain, commissioned the study. It’s sure to be debated, ...
