Australian banks reject cryptocurrency Customers have been of blocked transactions and frozen accounts, leading one cryptocurrency exchange to restrict transactions in Australian dollars. The banks’…
Posts published in January 2018
Deutsche Bank forecast lower full-year revenues and a $1.8 billion earnings hit in the fourth quarter from the new US tax law, becoming the latest…
FXCM’s Trading Volumes Hit Record Lows in December 2017
January 5, 2018
Foreign exchange and CFDs brokerage FXCM Group has just reported its operating statistics for the month ending December 2017, which were unable to match the…
Stater Blockchain Looking to Acquire Hashcove Limited
January 5, 2018
Stater Blockchain Limited, the recently renamed operating name of Stater Holdings, has moved to shore up its solutions offering with a letter of intent to…
TMX Group Discloses Further Volumes Growth in December 2017
January 5, 2018
TMX Group Limited, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange and another four marketplaces – TSX Venture Exchange, Alpha, Montreal Exchange (MX) and NGX – has…
Long Blockchain Corp., the Farmingdale company formerly named Long Island Iced Tea Corp., today announced that it has penned a definitive agreement to acquire 1,000…
Visa Cuts Off Services to Several Bitcoin Payment Cards
January 5, 2018
Several Bitcoin debit cards services are suspending payments due to Visa’s new restrictions on its Gibraltar-based issuer WaveCrest. Bitwala and Cryptopay have joined Wirex and…
The rising global demand for cryptocurrencies has sparked massive growth for Bithumb and other crypto exchanges. Bithumb is adjusting to the increase in business activity…
Credit Suisse has announced that it will be vacating its offices in London’s Canary Wharf financial district. The move comes as the Swiss headquartered firm…
UK Treasury Appoints Former Lawyer Charles Randell as FCA Chair
January 5, 2018
The UK Treasury has announced the appointment of Charles Randell as the new Chair of the FCA. He will also be taking the same role…