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Introducing itBit’s Global OTC Agency Trading Desk
July 22nd, 2015
itBit has issued a press releasse to introduce tBit Global OTC Agency Trading Desk Access itBit’s Regulated OTC and Exchange Markets with One Account There has been a vibrant OTC bitcoin trading market operating in parallel to the existing ...
Deloitte joins cryptocurrency industry group
July 21st, 2015
To work with ADCCA on accounting standards for bitcoin. Big four accounting firm Deloitte has joined the peak industry group representing digital currency traders in Australia, highlighting a growing mainstream focus on cryptocurrencies. Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association is ...
Blockchain Investment Firm Coinsilium to IPO in London
July 16th, 2015
Blockchain-focused investment company Coinsilium has announced it intends to IPO on AIM, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange. The company, which invests in early-stage blockchain startups, is due to float on AIM next month. Launched in 2013 by ...
Deloitte Trials Blockchain Tech for Client Auditing
July 16th, 2015
Professional services firm Deloitte has revealed it is trialling blockchain technology to automate client auditing and crowdsource its consulting efforts, among other applications. With the announcement, Deloitte – one of the world’s ‘Big Four’ audit firms – becomes the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Addresses Digital Currency
July 15th, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued his first remarks on bitcoin and digital currencies in an educational forum broadcast on domestic TV network Russia 24. Local news sources including Gazeta, state-operated news agency RIA and TASS are reporting Putin ...
Santander just launched a £20 million fintech fund to stop startups from eating it
July 3rd, 2015
Spanish banking giant Santander is teaming up with mobile payment company Monitise on a joint venture to invest in and build new fintech startups. Monitise, who announced the new company in a statement today, says the as-yet-unnamed joint venture will be “investing in, ...
Top Stories of the day June 30
June 30th, 2015
1. S&P has downgraded Greece‘s credit rating from CCC to CCC-, and says there is a 50 per cent chance it will leave the Euro. It made the change because it feels that, unless circumstances change, Athens will probably ...
Regulatory Fine
June 26th, 2015
Global Regulators Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) Fines Imposed for Year 2015 and 2016
Coinsetter and Shift Forex Release Bitbroker
June 23rd, 2015
Coinsetter, the global bitcoin exchange based in New York City, and Shift Forex, a leading foreign exchange consulting firm, announced the launch of Bitbroker, a new bitcoin liquidity and market data service for foreign exchange brokers. Bitbroker enables forex ...
SEC Announces Enforcement Action for Illegal Offering of Security-Based Swaps
June 18th, 2015
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an enforcement action against a company that illegally offered complex derivatives products to retail investors. The Dodd-Frank Act implemented two key requirements for any security-based swaps offering to a retail investor who ...
