The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), one of the financial industry’s marquee post-trade market entities, has launched an extended Global Trade Repository (GTR) service…
Posts published in April 2014
More Allegations of Bitcoin Censorship: This Time Youtube
Youtube terminated the channel of Stefan Molyneux, a popular Canadian pro-Bitcoin speaker. Following outcry from the community and on the of David Seaman, another popular…
Deutsche Bank issued its Q1 2014 figures today. In the quarter, net income before taxes declined 30% to €1.7 billion from the same period in…
PPC/USD Technical Analysis – 29th April 2014
Despite a fall below 2 on Peercoin yesterday, we do now have some decent support which looks to have stopped the sell off in its…
Ukraine Difficulties Erode Eurozone Confidence
The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate, and that is impacting confidence across the eurozone. The pessimism starting to rise in the 18-nation currency region is impacting the euro, and sending it lower against some of its…
$100 of Bitcoin to be Distributed to Every MIT Student
Every undergraduate student in MIT $100 worth of digital currency this fall. And no, this is not going to be an “Airdrop” of “MITcoin”, promised…
Ruble Rebounds on Hopes for Mild Sanctions
The Russian ruble gained today on speculations that sanctions against the nation will not be too severe and the conflict with Ukraine will not result in a full-scale war. The ruble still remains…
BTC/USD Technical Analysis – 29th April 2014
After a bleak few days, Bitcoin appears to be showing signs of strength. Let’s take closer look at the latest BTC/USD H4 chart below (click…
UK Pound Continues in an Upward Trend
UK pound is continuing its upward trend today, heading higher as expectations for monetary tighten improve. With data improving in the United Kingdom, and questions being raised in other major economies,…
Won Rallies on Wider Current-Account Surplus
The won advanced today as South Korean current-account surplus widened last month, supporting the positive outlook for the nation’s economic growth. There are speculations that the rally was also caused by exporters…