has found itself a new Group Head of Marketing, naming Stefan Lucas as its newest London head, whose main tasks will entail the steering and…
Posts published in September 2014
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has announced that its subsidiary, the London Metals Exchange (LME), will be raising fees and charges on a…
IPO Is the Forex Industry’s Holy Grail. Do You Have What It Takes?
Ever since the successful Initial public offering (IPO) of last year, there has been a massive surge of interest in pursuing IPOs by forex and…
10-day Bitcoin festival wraps up in London
A 10-day festival dedicated to Bitcoin in London’s inner city district of Shoreditch. The festival, called “BlockStock” (a hybrid of blockchain and Woodstock), educated attendees…
UBS Announces Settlement Talks Over Forex Rate Manipulation
The largest investment bank in Switzerland, and one of the largest banks in the world, UBS, announced that it has begun settlement talks with an…
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co, has appointed David Stubbs as its newest Global Market Strategist, part of its Global…
Reported glitch on Bitfinex shows other user balances
A reported bug on the Bitfinex bitcoin exchange apparently lets you view the account balances of other users. So reported a , whose claims were…
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Takes Emergency Measures as Anti-Beijing Protest Rocks the Island
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the de facto central bank of the Special Administrative Region of China, took emergency measures today to cope with the tense situation…
Circle opens doors to the public with free wallet/payment solution
Circle has just opened its doors to its long-awaited offering, a wallet/payment solution. Any user can now create an account on its , with mobile-based…
Peercoin surrenders most of its gains, trading flat near 0.0026 BTC
Peercoin (PPC) has given back the bulk of its gains from that started 2 weeks ago, losing over 40% in 24h to fall as low…