The Australian dollar slipped versus its US counterpart today as the greenback was trying to regain ground. The Aussie was mostly little changed against other most-traded peers, though gained on the Swiss…
Posts published in January 2018
BlockEx Raises $24 Million in Funding
BlockEx, a financial exchange platform provider for blockchain-based digital assets, announced on Friday that it has raised over $24 million in funding. The funds were collected…
Men Break into House, Steal Bitcoin at Gunpoint
We have become accustomed to hearing of cryptocurrency being stolen by hackers. It seems fitting that a virtual currency would be preyed upon by virtual…
OneCoin offices raided in Sofia Unquestionably legitimate and not at all fraudulent cryptocurrency OneCoin has come to the attention of police in its homeland of…
Coincheck, a major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange which on Friday lost over $500 million in cryptocurrency to a hack, has assured affected customers that they will…
The theme of a weak US dollar continued to dominate the Forex market this week as the currency remained vulnerable due to a range of factors. The week started positively for the greenback as the US government reopened after a shutdown.…
Canada’s OSC Appoints New Three Commissioners
A trio of Canada’s top securities experts, Cecilia Williams, Lawrence Haber and Poonam Puri, were today named commissioners of the Ontario Securities Commission. The newly…
BNP Paribas Agrees to $90 Million Penalty in Settlement over Rigging of FX Markets
BNP Paribas has been slapped with a $90 million fine in a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), over its attempts to manipulate…
Canadian Dollar Firm Despite Falling CPI
The Canadian dollar rose against some of its major peers today, including the US dollar and the euro, though not all of them, falling versus the Japanese yen. The currency was relatively firm…
New Rules: Russia Outlines Investor ICO Cap of $900 per Token Sale
The Russian Ministry of Finance has released its latest draft relating to the legal status of digital financial assets. The document is noteworthy as it…