French Regulator Accepts CASP Applications Ahead of MiCA Rollout
France's financial markets watchdog, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), is now taking applications from cryptocurrency asset service providers (CASPs). This comes six months before Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) rules start. Starting December 30, companies offering any of the ten crypto...
Do Kwon Extradition To South Korea Approved By Montenegro Court
Montenegro's Appeals Court decided on Thursday that Do Kwon, the co-founder of Terraform Labs, must be sent back to his nation, South Korea. This decision followed an April ruling from the High Court of Podgorica which turned down a request...
SME Taskforce Reveals UK Growth Strategy
A taskforce formed in April by the Centre for Finance, Innovation & Technology (CFIT) has published a report with a seven-point agenda. It aims to put the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill at the top of their list. It...
Bybit Ends Operations In France Amid Regulatory Challenges
Bybit, one of the leading crypto exchanges by trading volume, recently revealed that it will stop offering its services to users in France. The exchange stated that the new rules in the country is the reason behind its decision. The...
Elon Musk Criticizes Fed For Delayed Interest Rate Cuts
Twitter (Now X) Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, stated that the Federal Reserve must slash interest rates and he thinks it is silly that the United States central bank hasn't done it yet. Musk's comment, which he made after seeing...
The SME Finance Taskforce reveals a series of objectives to improve the UK’s economic growth
The SME Finance Taskforce, formed in April and chaired by the UK’s Centre for Finance, Innovation, and Technology (CFIT), recently released a plan to boost the country’s economy. The idea is to do it by speeding up lending and access...
Easy Pay Transfers Joins M-DAQ Global To Elevate Cross-Border Payment Services
M-DAQ Global, a financial technology company in Singapore, has announced that it has bought Easy Pay Transfers, a business-to-business payments service company based in Malaysia. This move is part of the company's goal to broaden its presence in the ASEAN...
StoneX Advances Global Strategy With Montreal And ASX Memberships
StoneX Group Inc. revealed that its branch, StoneX Financial (Canada) Inc., has been granted Approved Participant status on the Montreal Exchange (TMX). This rank improves StoneX’s financial services network, which now includes more than 40 derivatives exchanges around the world....
SpeedTrader Sees Huge $165,000 Fine For Inadequate Controls
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has fined SpeedTrader Inc. $165,000 for not properly supervising trading activities that could be manipulated. The authority also accused the company of not upholding adequate market access control. SpeedTrader has agreed to pay the...
Marathon Digital stock drops 8% after $138 Million penalty
Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA) saw its stock value decrease by up to 8% in after-hours trading on August 1, 2024. This reduction came after the company disclosed that its income for the second quarter did not meet the expectations set...
Deutsche Bank Announces The Appointment Of A Head Of Market Data Methodology
Deutsche Bank has appointed Alexis Fauth as its Head of Market Data Methodology. The foreign exchange and data science specialist has several years of experience at major companies, including at Tradefeedr FX and Citi. He also had a two-year stint...
Hong Kong’s ZA bank rolls out the new “Walk To Earn” Program
Hong Kong-based ZA Bank recently took financial fitness to a new level by introducing a new program called Walk To Earn. The move comes of the bank’s new campaign to allow users to earn bonus savings rates by walking and...
Aviva Secures US$5.5 Million To Strengthen Its Presence In Mexico
Aviva is a fintech company that focuses on microbusinesses and personal financing. The firm has revealed that it has secured $5.5 million in an overfunded investment round, a kind of round where investors contribute more than what the company asked...
CleanSpark Expands to Third US State with Wyoming Mining Acquisition
CleanSpark, the second-largest Bitcoin producer on Wall Street by market value, has recently announced that it has signed power contracts for 75 megawatts (MW). It has also bought its first Bitcoin mining site in Wyoming. This expansion adds a third...
Forex Spot Volume Hits High In July With Yen And Dollar Leading The Way
In July, the foreign exchange market experienced a lot of volatility, especially with the Japanese yen and the falling US dollar. Because of this, the average daily volumes (ADV) of the biggest institutional players in the sector went up compared...