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UK Regulator consults on cryptoassets guidance
January 30th, 2019
The FCA, the conduct regulator for financial services firms and financial markets in the UK has issued an announcements to inform that is consulting on guidance, which, once finalised, will set out the cryptoasset activities it regulates. The guidance ...
Gold reaches seven-month high as dollar struggles
January 30th, 2019
Gold climbed to a seven-month high on Tuesday and stocks were back on the up too, as investors dug in for three days of political and economic drama and a blizzard of big tech earnings, starting with Apple later. ...
The pound’s world-beating rally is unsustainable; Money managers
January 29th, 2019
The pound’s world-beating rally is unsustainable as traders are over-optimistic about the way forward on Brexit, according to money managers. Sterling has gained more than 3 percent versus the dollar this year, the most among its Group-of-10 peers, on ...
Nasdaq CEO believes cryptocurrencies will have a role in the future
January 24th, 2019
Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq on January 20 made a publication titled “New chapters in innovation and disruption will be written in 2019”. The CEO’s opinion based on the details of the document is that cryptocurrencies will ...
European shares climbed on Thursday; Tech sector led the way
January 24th, 2019
European shares climbed on Thursday as better-than-expected results from chipmaker STMicro delivered a boost to the tech sector, shaking the market out of a subdued mood caused by slowing global growth. The pan-European STOXX 600 gained 0.4 percent by ...
Polished diamond index hit a year high point
January 23rd, 2019
According to the most recent polished diamond index, published by polishedprices, the overall polishedprices index has had a volatile week, hitting a year-to-date high on Tuesday (121 points) before slipping back. On Monday, January 14, the polishedprices index stood ...
ESMA updates the MiFID II/MiFIR transitional transparency calculations
January 23rd, 2019
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a press release to inform that an updated version of the MiFID II/MiFIR transitional transparency calculations (TTC) is available. The update relates to the transitional transparency calculations for commodity derivatives ...
Mastercard fined €570.6m
January 23rd, 2019
The European Commission has fined the card scheme Mastercard €570 566 000 for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks established elsewhere in the Single Market, in breach of EU antitrust rules. Commissioner ...
Emerging-Market currencies drop; Latam stocks fell sharply
January 23rd, 2019
Latin American stocks fell sharply on Tuesday, in line with world stocks, as global growth slowdown fears gripped markets after the International Monetary Fund cuts its growth forecast. The IMF revised its 2019 global growth forecast lower than what ...
$5 Billion wiped out of Crypto: Bitcoin below $3,500 could spell trouble
January 21st, 2019
In the past 24 hours, the crypto market has experienced a slight decline in valuation from $224 billion to $219 billion as the Bitcoin price dropped to $3,500. Previously, traders said that a drop below the $3,500 mark could ...
