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Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android
September 28th, 2015
New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether the tech giant stifled competitors’ access to its ...
Asian Shares Mostly Down; Singapore Enters Bear Market
September 28th, 2015
Japan shares fall as investors rethink likelihood of easing Japanese shares led Asian markets lower Monday, as investors reconsidered the prospects for further monetary easing, while stocks elsewhere mostly fell as evidence of China’s slowdown continues to build. The ...
FINMA Switzerland warns for unauthorised Binary Options Firm
September 24th, 2015
FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, has issued a warning to inform investors for a company suspected of conducting unauthorised activities in the financial market. FINMA added on September 24 the below company in its Warning list: 1) ...
Is Bitcoin here to stay? Experts are still torn
September 24th, 2015
The digital currency has been called everything from a fad to the next big thing. Will Bitcoin go away? That’s the question that digital currency experts debated Monday at a conference in San Francisco hosted by tech news site ...
First Bitlicense approval for a Bitcoin Startup
September 23rd, 2015
NYDFS BitLicense is First Comprehensive Regulatory Framework for Firms Dealing in Virtual Currency Such as Bitcoin BitLicense Includes Key Consumer Protection, Anti-money Laundering, Cyber Security Rules to Help Safeguard Customer Funds and Root Out Illicit Activity Anthony J. Albanese, ...
Coinkite Processes $250 Million in Third Quarter; 10% of Total Daily Bitcoin Transactions
September 21st, 2015
Leading bitcoin platform, multi-sig vault service provider and bitcoin merchant payment processor Coinkite has powered more than USD$250 million over the past three months, processing around 10 percent of the world’s total daily bitcoin transactions. “It is remarkable what ...
Algorithmic markets would save us from another financial crisis
September 21st, 2015
As the world recovers from yet another international stock-market roller-coaster — an outright crash probably only prevented by safety algorithms installed after the Singapore flash crash of 2013 — it might be helpful for us to remember a couple ...
Google Found Guilty of ‘Abusing Dominant Market Position’ in Russia
September 15th, 2015
Russian antitrust agency will have 10 business days to issue its ruling on the case in full Google Inc. has been found guilty in a rapid Russian antitrust probe, a spokesperson for the country’s antitrust regulator told The Wall Street Journal. ...
UBS reveals its interest in Sidechains as well as Ethereum
September 15th, 2015
There is an air of confidence about UBS at this time concerning the bank’s exploration of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. Recently, UBS demonstrated how a bond could be automated on a blockchain, the shared ledger system similar ...
FXCM Completes Sale of FXCM Hong Kong to Rakuten Sec
September 15th, 2015
FXCM to Pay an Additional $33 Million Owed to Leucadia FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced that Forex Trading, LLC, a subsidiary of FXCM Newco, LLC (“FXCM”) has completed its sale of FXCM Asia ...
