Author: Aaron
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The Next Stage of the Crypto-boom is Starting to Take Shape
Last year, crypto-currencies burst on to the scene. Bitcoin saw incredible gains in 2017, rising from $1,000 all the way to $19,000 in mid-December. But regular investors have so far missed out on the cryptocurrency craze, as not only is the technology behind cryptocurrencies confusing, but the investment process is intimidating or at least it used to be. Included…
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Amelie’s Bitcoin Challenge across Asia
Bitcoin Seeks to Conquer Once Again in Asia’s Payments Race as Adastra Marketing Director Amelie Arras Travels from Hong Kong to Singapore Following the success of bitcoin last year in the Payments Race from Toronto to Las Vegas, organised by Money20/20 and Fintech Finance, Adastra’s Marketing Director Amelie Arras looks to defend her crown, and become the first woman to cross Asia solely using…
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CRS Compliant ICO Operational Trading Platform
The one CRS and FATCA compliant ICO operational trading platform, exempt from SEC registration, is overseas retirement [box type=”note”]Regulatory focus on ICO’s: 2017 saw an enormous increase in the number of “Initial Coin Offerings” (ICOs) that have been arranged.[/box] [box type=”tick”]Over US$5.68 billion was said to have been raised in 2017, with over 1.4 billion in December 2017…
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Bitcoin, The New World Currency or A Passing Fad
BitCoin is all over the news. People are making – and losing – fortunes with the currency, all while traditional channels suss out how it actually works. There’s a question of whether one is watching a real revolution in economics or whether this is a digital version of the Dutch Tulip Craze. The truth is,…
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Navigating the Current Stock Market for Investors and Traders
MoneyShow is Returning to Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A strong economy has landed investors and traders in unprecedented territory. With interest rates at an all-time low, fears of inflation are flooding the markets with investors simultaneously selling bonds and seeing little to no bond reprieve, and little to no change in yields.…
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Balanced Growth in Singapore as Economy Gathers Pace
More individual investors from Japan, Australia, Indonesia, the UK and France set sights on Singapore SINGAPORE, Feb. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Singapore ended the year positively with 14,115 new businesses formed in Q4 2017, according to data presented in Hawksford Singapore’s latest research report, Singapore New Business Trends Report Q4 2017. Despite a 10.7% decline quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), Hawksford Singapore noted…
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ETF Industry Veteran Matt Hougan Joins Cryptocurrency Index Fund Manager Bitwise
The Bitwise HOLD 10 Index Fund substantially outperforms Bitcoin in First Two Months Since Launch SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bitwise Asset Management, manager of the first cryptocurrency index fund, the Bitwise HOLD 10 Private Index Fund, announced today that ETF industry veteran Matt Hougan is joining the firm as Vice President of Research & Development. Hougan was…
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Global dividends break new record in 2017, with more to come for the year ahead
DENVER and LONDON, Feb. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A strengthening world economy and rising corporate confidence pushed global dividends to a new high in 2017, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index. Global dividends rose 7.7% on a headline basis, the fastest rate of growth since 2014, and reached a total of $1.252 trillion. Every region of the world and…
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UnionPay mobile payment transaction volume grows as Chinese tourists celebrating the Spring Festival all around the world
SHANGHAI, Feb. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Today is the fifth day of the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, and the Chinese New Year has become a global tourism peak season with more and more Chinese tourists celebrating the festival abroad. According to the data from China Tourism Academy, as many as 6.5 million Chinese people travel abroad this Spring…