A Florida couple and their company, Mintco LLC, have been ordered to pay nearly USD350,000 in penalties for alleged illegal, off-exchange precious metals transactions and…
Posts published in December 2017
Breaking: EtherDelta May Have Been Compromised
The team behind the crypto decentralized exchange EtherDelta, which is powered by a smart contract on the Ethereum blockchain, has just issued a security alert…
Earlier this week the European Council acknowledged the ongoing status of Brexit negotiations with the European Union (EU), though unveiling key transition details. Of particular…
Austria’s FMA Adds FX and Binary Broker Spot2Trade to Warning List
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) of Austria today warned investors against being offered products and services from Spot2Trade Ltd, according to a recent regulatory statement.…
The cryptocurrency industry received about $2 billion in investment from hedge funds this year, according to a report in Business Insider. The information was distributed…
NYSE Arca, the exchange owned and operated by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has again thrown its hat into the ring to list the first Bitcoin…
US Dollar Doesn’t Respond Well to Good News
Today’s fundamentals looked positive for the US dollar with good housing data and the Congress voting for the final version of the tax reform bill. Yet the greenback did not respond well to the news, falling…
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today announced that it has issued a fine against the parent company of UFX, Reliantco Investments Ltd. The…
Multi-regulated forex broker RoboForex now offers its traders a new funding mechanism though a strategic partnership with SEB Bank, one of the largest banks in…
Firms Given 6-Month Transition Period to Shore up LEI Obligations
With the implementation of MiFID II less than two weeks away, many firms are scrambling to shore up their compliance. However, trading venues may have…