Ethereum Rises Above $1,000 for the First Time as Ripple Soars
January 5th, 2018
Even as the arguable star of 2017 Bitcoin stalls thousands below its all-time high, the third largest cryptocurrency by market value, Ethereum, is soaring to new records Thursday. For the first time ever, Ethereum prices rose above $1,000 per ...
Euro near three-year peak as dollar languishes, risk appetite hurts yen
January 5th, 2018
The euro hovered near a three-year high against the sagging dollar on Friday, while improving investor risk appetite weighed on the yen. The euro was 0.05 percent higher at $1.2074 after rising 0.45 percent overnight. The common currency received ...
FCA released a statement on transitional arrangements for trading venues under MiFIR Article 54(2)
January 4th, 2018
Under Article 54(2) of the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (“MiFIR”), an EU Central Counterparty (CCP) or trading venue may apply to its Competent Authority for a transitional arrangement in relation to exchange-traded derivatives, under which the open access ...
Investment prospects for 2018
December 29th, 2017
Predicting the future is a mug’s game, and in financial markets we simply cannot know tomorrow’s prices. All we can do is make assessments of the factors that can be expected to influence them. Economists’ forecasts today, with ...
Facebook has a giant, Europe-sized legal problem
December 28th, 2017
Europe continues to be a giant pain in Facebook’s app. Germany and France this week both hammered Facebook for its data practices, though in different ways. Germany’s competition regulator declared on Monday that Facebook is using its dominance in ...
Polish-Speaking Customer Care Officers
December 22nd, 2017
Polish-Speaking Customer Care Officers (Limassol) Reference Number: CCOPL1117 The position: We are looking for passionate and self-motivated professionals to join our Customer Care team. The main responsibilities of the position include: Dealing with clients’ inquiries via live chat, email ...
Charges against a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme targeting thousands of investors
December 22nd, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges and an asset freeze against a group of unregistered funds and their owner who allegedly bilked thousands of retail investors, many of them seniors, in a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme. SEC ...
Cryptocurrency bitcoin tumbled, down 30 percent from record peak
December 22nd, 2017
Cryptocurrency bitcoin tumbled below $14,000 briefly on the Bitstamp exchange BTC=BTSP on Friday, down roughly 30 percent from its record top near $20,000 set at the start of the week. It was last down 7 percent at $14,499 BTC=BTSP ...
Bigger Triangle on Gold Coming to an End And Looking Lower
December 21st, 2017
Gold is seen trading in a big sideways price action known as a Elliott wave triangle correction. A triangle is a complex pattern with five legs, with each leg having three more sub-waves. That said, in our case we ...
Thomson Reuters clients given access to FX trading on Moscow Exchange
December 21st, 2017
On 20 December 2017, clients of Thomson Reuters has got access to aggregate quotes of the Moscow Exchange FX Market via Thomson Reuters’ FX Trading platform. The new functionality will allow users to see quotes of Moscow Exchange, Thomson ...
