An American judge has decided that that crypto-tokens can be classed as commodities for the purposes of a criminal case. US District Judge Rya Zobel…
Posts published in September 2018
ATFX Expands to the UAE, Opens Office in Abu Dhabi
(ATFX), a leading online trading platform, announced on Wednesday that it has opened its first office in the United Arab Emirates, located in the country’s…
Peter Hetherington Steps Down as IG Group CEO
IG Group Holdings Plc, , announced today that its Chief Executive Officer Peter Hetherington is stepping down from his position and from the Board with…
Centroid Solutions Ventures into Australian Market
Financial technology provider Centroid Solutions is expanding into the Australian market. The company, which provides a wide array of services in the areas of , connectivity,…
Thomson Reuters’ New Parent Mulling FXall Sale
A significant part of the foreign exchange business of Thomson Reuters could be up for sale, Bloomberg reports. Blackstone Group, which is the of the…
TFS-ICAP Pleads Guilty to FX Options Securities Fraud
United Kingdom-based brokerage firm TFS-ICAP LIMITED and its affiliate in the United States TFS-ICAP LLC, have both plead guilty to , Attorney General Barbara Underwood…
Crypto Exchange Powered by FX Broker AAATrade Launches Mobile App
Virtual currency platform CryptoExchange, which has been created by the team behind the CySEC-regulated FX broker AAATrade, has launched a beta mobile app with complete…
CFTC Says Y Trading Brand Was A Binary Options Fraud
The now defunct binary-options brand Y Trading and its principal Yehuda L. Belsky, of Brooklyn, New York, have been hit with fraud charges for violating…
Canadian Dollar Plunges on Fed Rate Hike, NAFTA Uncertainty
The Canadian dollar is plunging midweek after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and on growing uncertainty regarding a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Without any upcoming Canadian…
CoinField Cryptocurrency Exchange to Use XRP as Base Currency
Canada’s cryptocurrency exchange CoinField is exploring the possibility to employ to facilitate transactions as a ‘base currency,’ the venue said on Twitter. CoinField said XRP…