The UK Treasury has announced a plan to include cryptocurrency under the umbrella of the European Union’s anti-money-laundering rules. Historically, the rules have required stock…
Posts published in December 2017
The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has granted regulatory licenses to four new exchanges – Xtheta Corp., Tokyo Bitcoin Exchange Co. Ltd., FTT Corp., and…
Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Bitfinex today said that its platform was under distributed denial-of-service attacks, or DDoS, that attempted to paralyze its system with a…
Blockchain infrastructure provider BitFury Group today announced a partnership deal with Hut 8, a Bitcoin mining company, to set up a project that they described…
CME Group Reports Record Gold Futures Volumes, FX Flatlines
The Chicago-based CME Group is reporting record trading for gold futures in November. Whether it is on the heels of tax reform back and forth…
MT5 Brokers Just Got a New Physical Gold Delivery Provider
Brokers that are keen to provide physical bullion delivery to their clients have one more option from today. The developer of the most popular trading…
Moscow Exchange Reports Flat FX Volumes for November 2017
Moscow Exchange (MOEX), Russia’s largest institutional trading venue, has released its trading volumes for the month ending November 2017 – the exchange’s total FX volume…
Bitcoin is at All-Time Highs – What Does It Mean?
Bitcoin was at 8, 9, 10, $11,000 in just days, if not hours. Since then, it moved back to $9,000 and then back. But the…
Coinbase Working on the Integration of SegWit
In a recent Twitter conversation, the US’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platform, Coinbase, has revealed that it is working on the integration of the…
SEC Freezes Assets of PlexCoin ICO Organizer, Halts $15 Million Scam
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged PlexCoin ICO organizer Dominic Lacroix, who raised $15 million through soliciting investors from the US and…