In what is a first in China, and yet another step in the ongoing process of renminbi internationalization, the Shanghai Clearing House is launching the…
Posts published in December 2017
Switzerland’s principal exchange, the SIX Swiss Exchange, has just released its operational metrics for the month ending November 2017, having had its trading turnover increase…
Bank of Cyprus Fined $708,000 Over Serious Disclosure Failures
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has slapped the Bank of Cyprus Public Company and its former CFO, as well as ten of its…
Canadian Dollar Rises Sharply on Booming Employment, Rising GDP
The Canadian dollar jumped sharply today following the release of the stellar employment data in Canada. The better-than-expected GDP print did not hurt the currency either. Employment in Canada rose by a whopping 79,500 in November…
Interactive Brokers LLC (NASDAQ:IBKR), a global electronic multi-asset broker and market-maker listed on Nasdaq, has just disclosed its consolidated trading volumes for the month ending…
Dollar Loses Ground as Flynn Prepares to Testify Against Trump
The US dollar fell against most-traded currencies (though not the Great Britain pound) today as US politics took the center stage yet again, distracting market participants from other fundamental…
FXSpotStream LLC, the aggregator service of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced its latest volumes for the month ending November 2017, which took a step forward, ultimately…
Amid a showdown with the United States authorities, the embattled founders of the Tezos project are making an emergency request to the Swiss-based association that…
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOE) have both issued separate announcements to specify details about their upcoming Bitcoin futures…
Breaking: CFTC Urges Bitcoin Exchanges Surveillance to Prevent Futures Manipulation
The US CFTC has just stated its worries related to the launch of Bitcoin futures contracts and regulated binary options. As the CME, the CBOE and…