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Top Cryptocurrency stories in 2018
December 27th, 2018
Following an intense 2017 with cryptocurrency market spikes, year 2018 is the year with great majority of digital assets plunged well over 80 percent in value since their all-time highs. Year 2018 is also filled with many headlines about the ...
Alert! Cryptocurrency fraudsters are using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
December 19th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), an autonomous public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform consumers for cryptocurrency fraud. In accordance the warning, despite its earlier warnings, the FSMA continues to ...
CySEC: Be aware of fraudulent representation of CySEC officers
November 26th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), has issued today an announcement to warn about fraudulent representation of CySEC officers. In accordance CySEC’s announcement, a number of market participants have informed the CySEC about the fraudulent representation of CySEC ...
Invest in Cryptocurrencies: Beware of fraudsters using cryptocurrencies to swindle consumers
September 5th, 2018
The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a public institution that supervises the Belgian financial sector, has issued a warning to inform public and investors about cryptocurrency trading platforms with identified signs of fraud. In accordance the warning, the ...
Interactive Brokers to pay a $5.5 Million fine
August 21st, 2018
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has issued a press release to announce that it has fined Interactive Brokers LLC (Interactive) $5.5 million for Regulation SHO violations and supervisory failures spanning a period of at least three years. To ...
Hard Brexit would bring VAT sign-up headache for EU sellers
August 20th, 2018
European Union-based vendors who use platforms like eBay Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to sell goods into the U.K. face a compliance headache in the event of a hard Brexit, as they would need to register for value-added tax. A ...
Beware: FCA reports several online trading brokers unauthorised in UK
May 23rd, 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in UK, has issued several warnings to inform public and investors for firms that the authority believes that have been providing financial services or ...
CySEC released a statement of new rules governing derivatives on virtual currencies
May 16th, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a statement to inform about new rules when providing investment services in relation to derivatives on virtual currencies. According the statement: Further to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) ...
The Big Four accountancy firms in UK face the threat of a break-up
March 23rd, 2018
The Big Four accountancy firms in UK could be broken up following a wave of scandals at companies they audit that has sparked a ‘crisis of confidence’ in the industry. Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and Pricewaterhousecoopers are the ...
Online retail Forex provider to pay a €138,000 penalty
February 21st, 2018
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (“CySEC”) has issued an announcement to inform that has imposed a financial penalty on ICFD Ltd (the “Company”), an investment firm that provides online retail trading products in forex. A fine of €138,000 ...
