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Could bitcoin change the game in Africa?
August 4th, 2016
In the wildest of claims, bitcoin – the virtual paperless and stateless currency transacted on the borderless internet – was going to tear apart traditional money transfer companies and help alleviate poverty. Accessing the multibillion-dollar remittance flows to Africa certainly has ...
Asia trades higher; Japanese stocks waver amid yen strength
August 4th, 2016
Japanese markets see-sawed in the morning session on Thursday, as stocks came under some pressure from a relatively stronger yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 wavered between gains and losses before trading up 0.23 percent. The Topix was up 0.23 percent. The Japanese yen traded at ...
Israeli Man Charged With Operating FOREX Ponzi Scheme
August 4th, 2016
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Diego Rodriguez, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today that FADI EWIESS, a/k/a “Fadi ...
Bank of Israel reports Monetary Policy for the six Months 0f 2016
August 3rd, 2016
Monetary policy: During the first half of 2016, the Monetary Committee decided to leave the interest rate at a level of 0.1 percent. For both July and August, which belong to the second half of 2016, the Monetary Committee also ...
CME Group Reached Average Daily Volume of 14.1 Million Contracts per Day in July 2016
August 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that July 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 14.1 million contracts per day, up 10 percent from July 2015. CME Group July 2016 options volume averaged 3.2 million contracts per day, up 9 ...
Bitcoin Sinks After Hackers Steal $65 Million From Exchange
August 3rd, 2016
Hong Kong-based Bitfinex halts trading, deposits, withdrawals Digital currency is down almost 20 percent this week Bitcoin plunged after one of the largest exchanges halted trading because hackers stole about $65 million of the digital currency. Bitcoin slumped 5.5 ...
First Data reports second Quarter 2016 financial results
August 2nd, 2016
First Data Corporation (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. Consolidated revenue for the second quarter was $2.9 billion, up 2% versus the prior year ...
The Price Of Oil Is Crashing Again, And That Is Very, Very Bad News For The U.S. Economy
August 2nd, 2016
This wasn’t supposed to happen. The price of oil was supposed to start going back up, and this would have brought much needed relief to economically-depressed areas of North America that are heavily dependent on the energy industry. Instead, ...
Bitcoin experts are having a spat on whether it’s a currency or a commodity
August 2nd, 2016
Bitcoin experts have weighed into a debate regarding the legal status of the cryptocurrency following a ruling by a Florida judge last week. Florida judge Teresa Pooler dismissed felony charges including money laundering against Michell Espinoza, who had sold ...
Bitcoin Startup Founder Resigns Board Position Amid Fraud Charges
August 1st, 2016
The former executive chairman of a publicly listed Australian digital currency startup has been indicted by the US government for his alleged involvement in a fraudulent text messaging scheme. Zhenya Tsvetnenko was among three parties named in a superseding indictment ...
