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Cryptocurrencies fall as Korean Exchange says $32 Million of coins stolen
June 20th, 2018
Cryptocurrencies dropped after the second South Korean exchange in as many weeks said it was the victim of a theft, renewing concerns about the safety of digital-asset trading venues. Bithumb, ranked by Coinmarketcap.com as the world’s seventh-largest crypto exchange ...
British pound was little changed, Singapore dollar pared gains, Asian stocks up
April 13th, 2018
Asian stocks built on this week’s advance after signs that trade tensions are easing boosted risk appetite. The dollar steadied and Treasury yields pared gains. Equities from Sydney to Tokyo advanced though were off the day’s highs, while a ...
Singapore Drafting AML Regulations Around Cryptocurrency
October 6th, 2017
Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who also serves as Minister in Charge of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has revealed that MAS is in the process of devising a new regulatory framework to address money laundering and ...
Top China Bitcoin exchange to stop trading
September 15th, 2017
One of China’s biggest Bitcoin exchanges has said it will stop trading, after a government warning over virtual currencies. BTCC said it would stop buying and selling on 30 September in response to tightening regulation. It comes after authorities ...
Singapore warns of potential risks of virtual currency-related investment schemes
August 10th, 2017
The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have observed the emergence of initial coin (or token) offerings (ICOs), and other investment schemes involving digital tokens, in Singapore. Members of the public are advised to ...
Gibraltar Stock Exchange announces a new shareholder
August 4th, 2017
GSX Group Limited, the parent of GSX Limited, which operates the Gibraltar Stock Exchange, has issued a press release to announce a new shareholder, Cyberhub Fintech Holdings Limited. Following the approval of the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, Cyberhub Fintech ...
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association welcomes the Global Code for FX Market
May 25th, 2017
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), a Washington DC-based organization that represents the collective interests of the full array of professional foreign exchange industry participants, has issued today an announcement to welcome the release of the Global Code for ...
Baltic Exchange outlines bold plans to enhance maritime leadership role
April 26th, 2017
Development of post-trade digital maritime market infrastructure Move into LNG and container indices Enhancement of regulatory role Change of data distribution policies Newly appointed Baltic Exchange Chief Executive Mark Jackson has set out the Exchange’s ambitious vision of the ...
Ex-DBS trader gets jail in a scheme to defraud CFDs providers in Singapore
March 23rd, 2017
Mr Tey Thean Yang Dennis (Tey) was today sentenced to a total of 16 weeks’ imprisonment as a result of a conviction arising from a joint investigation conducted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs ...
Why All Exchange Rates Are Bad
March 2nd, 2017
The economics of exchange rates can be tough sledding. Every now and then, I post on the bulletin board beside my office a quotation from Kenneth Kasa back in 1995: “If you asked a random sample of economists to ...
