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BITSTAMP has been granted a license and launches BTC/EUR Trading
April 26th, 2016
BITSTAMP has issued an announcement to inform that it becomes the first nationally licensed Bitcoin Exchange and launches BTC/EUR trading. The following announcement was published: “Dear clients, partners and supporters of Bitstamp, We are very excited to share with ...
Asian Stocks Slip Before Fed, BOJ as Yen Rises; Ringgit Slides
April 26th, 2016
Copper drops as oil resumes gains; U.S. Treasuries advance Malaysia’s currency slumps as state fund misses bond payment Asian equities fell for a third day and copper dropped to a one-week low as investors shunned riskier assets ahead of ...
FTSE 100 in the red as mining shares slump
April 25th, 2016
U.K. shares swung lower Monday, with mining shares struggling at the start of the new trading week. The FTSE 100 UKX, -0.66% fell 0.8% to 6,258.28. All sectors declined, led by the basic materials and oil groups. The blue-chips index on Friday dropped ...
Iran Outwitting Saudis on Oil, Bloomberg Says
April 25th, 2016
Iran’s oil exports are growing much more quickly than analysts predicted back in January when sanctions were eased. If the recovery continues at the recent pace, it could raise an interesting dilemma for OPEC’s top exporter Saudi Arabia at the ...
For robo-advisers, the next bear market will be a big test
April 25th, 2016
Robo-advisers might have more reasons to be worried about the next bear market than investors do. Low fees and an investing-on-autopilot approach have attracted about $50 billion in assets to the broad universe of robo-advisers, according to researcher Aite ...
MIT Explores Cryptographic Heritage Solutions With Bitcoin And Blockchain
April 25th, 2016
Bitcoin and the blockchain could be an attractive ally in this regard, as it would allow for the creation of cryptographic heritage. Cultural heritage is one of the most important cornerstones of our society these days, yet we are ...
Bank of Israel keeps the interest rate for May 2016 unchanged at 0.1 percent
April 25th, 2016
Inflation data: The Consumer Price Index for March declined by 0.2 percent, a slightly greater decline than the average of forecasters’ predictions for a decline of 0.1 percent. There was a seasonal price decline of 3.9 percent in the fruit ...
Asian Stocks Retreat as Oil Falls With Copper; Yen Strengthens
April 25th, 2016
Japanese currency advances after steepest drop since 2014 Crude retreats from five-month high; British pound gains Asian shares were set for the first back-to-back declines in a month as commodities prices retreated and the yen strengthened, reflecting investor caution ...
China’s biggest tax reform for 20 years set to buoy growth
April 22nd, 2016
China’s biggest tax overhaul in more than two decades starts on May 1, with changes set to reduce the burden on services companies and encourage factories to upgrade and innovate. Under the new system, taxes in the construction, property, finance and ...
How bitcoin’s sister technology could change the future of healthcare
April 22nd, 2016
The larger world didn’t start paying much attention to bitcoin until 2013. That was the year mainstream companies like Microsoft, Expedia and Dell, among others, began to accept the alternative, electronic payment method. That was also the year the ...
