After jumping up with 700% in the last year, with little fluctuations here and there, bitcoin turns out to be the hottest investment for a portfolio over the past two years. Now, as the technology behind bitcoin, blockchain, finds application in a series of industries, it is no wonder that some of the biggest and…
Read moreSwedish financial group SEB has joined a $4 million Series A funding round for Danish blockchain payment service provider Coinify. The bank's venture capital arm was joined in the round by Seed Capital Denmark, boosting Coinify, which claims to be the largest facilitator of blockchain payments in Europe, supporting more than 20 PSPs and reaching over 100,000…
Read moreWestpac Banking Corp (NYSE:WBK) as reported early Tuesday morning from Reuters stated that its venture capital fund had invested an undisclosed sum in US based bitcoin start-up Coinbase in the first such deal by an Australian bank in the still developing digital currency. Westpac is Australia’s second largest bank by market value and said the investment would allow its…
Read moreESMA is interested in how different virtual currencies and the associated blockchain, or distributed ledger, can be used in investments, and seeks input from market participants
Read moreSwiss hedge fund managers, global venture capital investors, high net worth professionals, and institutional FX traders conduct business with top international corporate partners among the heights of fashion as GFE attracts 540 participants in November
Read moreAfter reviving its plans for IPO and successfully raising $70 million on London's stock exchange recently, Israeli digitial ad company Matomy has sold a 20% stake to investor Publicis for a substantial $66 million
Read moreSnoop Dogg, Nas and Jared Leto are not names which are generally synonymous with the staid world of stockbroking, however a young, dynamic audience is being attracted by Robinhood as the trad gives way to the ultra modern
Read moreTradency's foray into the notoriously Tokyo-centric Japanese market in 2011 has borne fruit, with FX giant Invast Securities entering into an equity deal with the firm to collaborate on future development projects in unison
Read moreBritain's regulatory authority gives the go-ahead for LCG's proposed financing plan to raise up to £17,500,000, through the issue of convertible loan notes to GLIO and Institutional Investors
Read moreCME shareholders are set to receive a quarterly dividend of $0.47 per share, an identical figure to the previous quarter.
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