At a business conference in Washington, New York state's chief financial regulator, Benjamin Lawsky, introduced the final version of rules for businesses working in bitcoins...
On Thursday the Bank of England announced interest rates will be unchanged at 0.5%. The Bank also maintained the size of its bond-buying stimulus programme unchanged at £375bn. The pound sterling remained higher against the dollar after the news...
On Thursday the euro touched a high of nearly five months against the yen in Asia trade as the single currency reversed the losing course against other currencies following revisions to the eurozone’s inflation forecasts...
Taiwan will launch Chinese yuan forex futures on July 20 - four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, in the island's latest efforts to become a major offshore yuan market...
According to the two firms, the strategic partnership offers Bitcoin payments to X-Cart’s European customers; this will help X-Cart gain Bitcoin capabilities for its customers...
On Wednesday the greenback rose against a basket of other major currencies, as investors awaited the release of a series of U.S. economic reports for further indications on the outlook for second quarter growth...
On Wednesday the dollar remained broadly lower against the other major currencies as weak U.S. factory data released Tuesday dampened expectations for higher interest rates...
On Wednesday the Australian dollar was higher as the country's GDP rose more than expected in the first three months of the year...
The greenback hit session lows against the euro and the yen on Tuesday after data indicated U.S. factory orders fell for the sixth straight month in April...
On Tuesday the greenback edged lower vs rivals, as investors locked in profit-taking from the dollar's recent rally caused by a series of recent positive data and mounting expectations for a U.S. rate hike later in the year...
David Whiteing, the CIO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia or CBA which will soon launch Ripple technology for its subsidiaries to transfer payments between them, says that digital currency technology is where the future of payments is heading...
On Tuesday the dollar rose to fresh 12-and-a-half year peak against the yen as positive data on U.S. manufacturing activity and construction spending spurred renewed expectations for higher interest rates later in the year...
The company informs that the initiative allows Bitstamp’s clients to get US dollars, Euros or British pounds denominated debit cards. Nonetheless, these debit cards can be either virtual or physical and loaded with Bitcoin...
On Monday the euro was slightly higher vs dollar on speculation that the Greek deal was oncoming although the information was not confirmed. Meanwhile, the dollar saw a rise against the yen after data showed that U.S. manufacturing activity improved in May...
On Monday the dollar remained broadly higher vs its rivals boosted by mounting expectations for a U.S. rate hike in the coming months and as markets awaited data on U.S. manufacturing activity. The U.K. currency meanwhile hit a three-week trough as data indicated that the U.K...
On Monday the euro edged lower against the dollar as ongoing concerns over the prospect of a Greek debt default weighed, while the greenback was steady near its highs against the yen...
On Friday dollar was higher against its peers, as investors awaited the release of U.S. GDP data for the first quarter. Meanwhile, expectations for earlier rate hike continued to lend support for the greenback, as this week was rich for economic reports which indicated that the U.S...
On Friday the greenback edged lower against the yen in Asia trade, with some investors locking in profits in the wake of this week’s high-profile rally...
On Thursday the euro slid back to the one-month low as hopes for a close deal between Greece and creditors faded after ECB warning. The dollar was still stronger against peers despite fresh downbeat numbers...
