The cryptosphere has been hit with more than its share of fraud. In the past, financial criminals and parties dealing in shady practices could use…
Posts published in April 2018
Political data firm Cambridge Analytica is in the midst of a media firestorm again after The New York Times reported it was trying to get…
The Australian dollar was somewhat soft on Tuesday after the release of policy minutes by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Macroeconomic data from China, Australia’s biggest trading partner, did not help the currency,…
The Canadian dollar gained on most of its major peers on Tuesday. While Canada’s economic data was mixed, the silver lining for the currency was the rally of crude oil prices. Foreign investment in Canadian…
Lloyds to Close Branches and Cut Over 300 Jobs
As part of an ambitious three-year project, Lloyds Bank will shut over 400 of its branches and reduced the size of hundreds more, moving away from…
Euro Slips as ZEW Economic Sentiment Declines Sharply
The euro fell against most its major rivals (though not against the weak Great Britain pound) on Tuesday as the ZEW Economic Sentiment for Germany was rather disappointing. The ZEW Indicator of Economic…
Following the held by cryptocurrency businesses, three crypto exchanges of the South American country – Buda, CryptoMarket (CryptoMKT), and Orionx – have recently applied to…
The International Financial Services Commission of Belize (IFSC) today issued a warning stating that a company calling itself BTCHOME Mining is falsely claiming to hold…
Police Officers Arrested in India for Extorting Bitcoin
Nine police officers were arrested last week in the Indian state of Gujurat for kidnapping a man and extorting 200 bitcoins from him. The crime…
The Seoul-based operator of one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in the world, Bithumb, revealed that it was holding $6 billion worth of cryptocurrencies on…