Bitcoin derivative exchange BTC.sx has partnered with bitcoin exchange itBit to track the latter’s BTC/USD pair as a tradable instrument in its platform. Until now, BTC.sx had only tracked prices on Bitstamp, which replaced MtGox. BTC...
BitPay has issued a document outlining its concerns with the BitLicense proposal, joining a chorus of Bitcoin enthusiasts and businesses worried that it would adversely impact Bitcoin. Two months ago, China’s three largest bitcoin exchanges penned a joint open letter doing the same...
Citi has introduced significant enhancements to Dagger, its leading liquidity-seeking algorithm for equity markets...
Citi has launched a full suite of algorithmic and direct market access trading products providing clients electronic access to the Turkish equities markets...
Europe's largest stock exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe (BATS) is launching a new offering that grants exposure to Turkey’s most liquid stocks in the form of the BIST30 index, which is slated to begin in early November...
After suffering through more than a year of difficult market conditions, fixed income traders were finally having a good couple of months...
Brazil’s too-close-to-call election is pushing volatility on the country’s stocks (IBOV) to the highest in nine years relative to emerging-market peers. With polls showing support for President Dilma Rousseff and challenger Aecio Neves within the margin of error, price swings are surging...
Last month, Ryan Dochuk told me about his company’s new privacy policy. Companies change their privacy policies all the time, of course, but Dochuk doesn’t just work for any company. He co-founded and operates the VPN service TunnelBear...
High quality global journalism requires investment. Global corporate borrowers are returning to the US debt capital markets after sales of new bonds collapsed last week in the aftermath of a sharp sell-off in equities and a spike in volatility...
• Central bank intervention in US adds to optimism • EU forced to pledge ‘all help possible’ to Greece Strong US factory output growth and the intervention of a senior American central bank official brought some relief to markets following three days of turmoil that have knocked billions of pound...
MEXICO CITY—Mexican conglomerate Alfa SAB said Monday it plans to issue new stock to raise capital as it seeks to take advantage of opportunities opened up for the private sector under Mexico’s new energy laws. Alfa, based in Monterrey, said in a news release that the... Read more -> Sources...
(Bill Holter) Silver closed last week under $17 for the first time in 4 years. Maybe we have in store another "event" like 2008, 2011 or 2013 where the "price" gets forced down which explodes demand to a point where shortages again show up? Read More -> Sources...
LME Confirmed as New Metals Ringmaster as Market Rigging Fears Take Benchmarking Digital With palladium and platinum price 'fixing' shifting to the LME in December, is benchmark manipulation likely to be curbed or compounded? Any system or solution is only as good as its wielder...
The dollar to weaken in the wake of China's data confirm that the slowdown of the second world economy with possible repercussions on the global economic cycle. The cross Eur / Usd back above 1.28 is placed below the resistance at 1...
Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank president, indicated in September that the latest measures to boost faltering eurozone inflation and get the economy moving again could increase the ECB’s balance sheet up by to €1 trillion...
Dollar slightly down on yen and Australian currency on the shields on the end of the Asian session, as investors still metabolize the latest macro data from China which showed a growth that is losing force, the lowest level since the financial crisis of 2008/2009, and could need for new stimulus...
The California Earthquake Authority, the largest seismic insurer in the U.S., is selling $350 million in bonds to strengthen its ability to pay claims, after the state’s first death due to a quake in 11 years. The debt, which is federally taxable, is the first offering by the authority since 2006...
Tim Cook is getting the end-of-year shopping season down to a science. Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s chief executive officer yesterday forecast a record holiday sales quarter, fueled by new bigger-screen iPhones, refreshed and slimmer iPads and the introduction of the Apple Pay mobile-payments service...
Asian stock markets drifted lower Tuesday after China reported its weakest economic growth in five years. Wall Street stock futures were under pressure several hours ahead of the market open in New York. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 2...
The defense company estimates that its finance expense will rise by $15-20 million. Elbit Systems Ltd...
