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Warwick Business School's Assistant Professor Of Finance Dr. Daniele Bianchi Comments On South Korea's Suggested Crackdown On Cryptocurrency Trading

Date 16/01/2018

Commenting on South Korea's suggested crackdown on cryptocurrency trading Dr. Daniele Bianchi, Warwick Business School Assistant Professor of Finance said: "Increasing value and legitimacy of cryptocurrencies is not only good for investors, but also brings attention from regulators and policymakers. As Bitcoin and altcoins are becoming more mainstream, being constantly in the spotlight, we are seeing regulators becoming more active to crack down on illegal uses.

EEX Group Achieves Double-Digit Growth In Natural Gas, Emissions And Agriculturals - Innovation And Diversification Results In Significant Growth Across Majority Of Portfolio – Decrease In Power Derivatives Due To Regulatory Uncertainty

Date 16/01/2018

EEX Group continued to build upon its growth path in 2017, recording significant increases in trading volumes on the natural gas, emissions and agricultural markets. Volumes also increased on the power spot markets while the power derivatives markets showed a year-on year decrease.

Bunny Ranch Brothel Moves Toward Accepting Bitcoin Digital Currency

Date 16/01/2018

Nevada’s most famous legal brothel is the latest retailer to get on board the Bitcoin bandwagon.  The Bunny Ranch, owned by best selling author and star of HBO’s “Cathouse” series Dennis Hof, is announcing that due to popular demand, his brothels have started exploring the idea of accepting the popular online currency as a payment for sexual services.

Avenir Registrars Signs 100th Client - New Corporate Registrar Sees Growth Accelerating

Date 16/01/2018

Avenir Registrars Ltd, a provider of CREST registry services, has signed its 100th client. The company celebrated its third anniversary in September 2017. Avenir now acts as registrar for a wide range of securities, including debt and equity issuance on a number of markets including the main board of the London Stock Exchange. 

Houlihan Lokey Acquires Quayle Munro Limited And Establishes A New Global Data & Analytics Group - Acquisition Substantially Expands Service Offering To Assist Clients In Dynamic, Growing Sector

Date 16/01/2018

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Quayle Munro Limited (Quayle Munro), an independent advisory firm that provides corporate finance advisory services to companies underpinned by data & analytics, content, software, and services. The agreement was signed on January 15 and is expected to close following regulatory approvals.

Nigerian Stock Exchange Reviews 2017 Market Performance And Gives Outlook For 2018

Date 16/01/2018

• Emerged 3rd best performing stock exchange in the world
• Market turnover increased by 121%
• Set to become a more agile and flexible demutualized securities exchange

Metamako Provides Technology To Monitor Every Trade At Deutsche Börse - Europe’s Largest Exchange Goes Live With Metamako For Greatly Improved Data Capture, Network Monitoring And Precision Timestamping

Date 16/01/2018

Metamako, the leading provider of intelligent, FPGA-enabled  network platforms, is providing its technology to Deutsche Börse Group. The exchange is using the company’s network devices to increase the accuracy, speed and precision of data capture, network monitoring and timestamping of its co-location network. Every trade is now monitored by a Metamako device, making it an integral part of the Deutsche Börse infrastructure. The deployment pertains to its 2017 network upgrade of the Eurex and Xetra markets.

Horizon Enters Cryptocurrency Market

Date 16/01/2018

Horizon Software (Horizon), the world’s leading provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, announced today its new support for the cryptocurrency market.

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index Hits New Record High

Date 16/01/2018

The FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index yesterday established a new all-time high closing at 50,366.38, up from Friday’s 50,316.17.

NSD And CSD Community Advance Blockchain For Post-trade

Date 16/01/2018

The CSD Working Group on DLT, which includes National Settlement Depository (NSD), and SWIFT have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). In addition to NSD, the CSD Working Group on DLT includes Strate (the CSD of the South African Republic), SIX Securities Services (the international CSD located in Switzerland), Nasdaq (CSD in Baltics and worldwide CSD technology provider), DCV (Chile’s CSD), Caja de Valores (Argentina’s CSD), and ADX (United Arab Emirates’ depository).