UK court fines traders £7.5m for unfair trading practices
Aug 13, 2015 09:29 am UTC| Digital Currency
In a historic judgement, a UK court recently delivered a verdictthat the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is entitled to permanent injunctions and penalties amounting to 7,570,000 in total against three Hungary-based...
Exante denies SEC’s allegation
Aug 13, 2015 09:02 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Maltese prime broker,Exante, has refuted the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SECs) allegation that it holds proprietary trading accounts at Interactive Brokers and at Lek Securities, which were used in...
Bitcoin Vis-a-Vis Currency Wars
Aug 13, 2015 07:57 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Peoples Bank of Chinasone-off depreciation of the yuan triggered a chain reaction across global markets and all the asset classes amid rising concerns that Asias largest economy is headed for a deeper slowdown. The...
Coinsetter submits BitLicense application
Aug 13, 2015 06:27 am UTC| Digital Currency
(Corrected second paragraph saying that Coinsetter failed to submit BitLicense application on time.) The August 8 deadline for New Yorks bitcoin companies to apply for BitLicense saw many start-ups ceasing their...
bitFlyer raises another $4 million in venture funding
Aug 13, 2015 05:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
bitFlyer, a Japan-based bitcoin exchange, has recently announced that it has raised $4 million in new funding as it gears up to improve bitcoin trading security for its customers and expand its global business. The company...
HashFin Corporation launches HashPool.com
Aug 13, 2015 05:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
HashFin Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of HashingSpace Corporation, a bitcoin ASIC mining and hosting company, has recently launched HashPool.com. It is a bitcoin mining pool that offers GEO-IP load balanced...
More tourists opting for bitcoin
Aug 13, 2015 04:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
NXT-ID, a biometric authentication company, has recently noted that more and more people now prefer bitcoin as a standard currency, particularly tourists. With bitcoin now being accepted at restaurants, amusement parks and...