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Forex News

  • Hungary to adopt euro, Magyar says
  • U.S. dollar gains on safe-haven demand amid renewed Iran tensions
  • Sterling today: Pound slips as dollar firms on geopolitical tensions
  • Dollar strengthens as peace talks falter, US blockade of Iran’s ports to begin
  • Dollar jumps after US/Iran peace talks fail

Federal Reserve News

  • Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.
  • Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement actions with Crédit Agricole S.A. and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd, and the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  • Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, March 17–18, 2026
  • Federal Reserve Board invites public comment on proposal that would allow U.S. banks and credit unions to use intermediaries to transfer funds through the FedNow Service
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with former employee of United Bank

WSJ Markets News

27 January 2025

  • Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China's DeepSeek
  • Comex Gold, Silver Settle Lower
  • DeepSeek Won't Sink U.S. AI Titans
  • Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
  • Arabica Coffee Prices Hit Record on U.S., Colombia Tariff Spat
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Smartphone Payments Are India's Best Spark for Modern Banking

Written by: Payments Source
Category: Cards & Payments

In many emerging markets, daily financial transactions—buying groceries, paying a utility bill, cashing a paycheck or billing a customer—are notoriously difficult. Banking institutions are few and far between, and large swaths of the population have little or no access to them.

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Bitcoin: Why It Now Belongs in Every Portfolio

Written by: Nasdaq
Category: Digital Currency

A technology is called “disruptive” if it creates a new market that first disturbs and then displaces an earlier technology. Bitcoin is potentially such a technology and much more.

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7 Reasons Why Your Insurance Premiums Are Rising Faster Than Your Salary

Written by: Life Insurance Post
Category: Markets & Metals

As he blazed/thrashed/insulted his way to the White House, one of Donald Trump’s constant talking points was that Obamacare was not working. According to Trump, it was a “disaster” that only he could fix. His criticisms have certainly been…creative.

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Blockchain in Japan – Understanding the Legal Framework

Written by: Aikon
Category: Digital Currency

As with all innovation, blockchain technology can only develop so far before it faces legal hurdles making it necessary to create an acceptable legal framework to grow within.

So far, even the leading blockchain countries have been slow to accommodate this fast-growing business and technology development, thus hindering and even blocking it from achieving its potential.

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How Not to Lose Your Bitcoin

Written by: Coindesk
Category: Digital Currency

After the price surges of bitocin back in 2017 bitcoin is on everyone's mind! Are you surprised by how much your bitcoin may be worth even today? Don't let that surprise turn to dismay by losing it. Now is the perfect time to take a few basic precautions to keep your cryptocurrency secure.

Here are 8 do-it-yourself tips to help you improve your security:

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Keeping Mobile Banking Safe and Secure

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Mobile Banking

Remember when stopping at the bank was something we had to do every once in a while. Neither do we. But apparently at one time people chose their bank if it was located on the right-hand side of the street on the drive home from work. Today a customer is likely to choose their bank if it has a hot new app in the "app store."

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New Polymer Notes in the Global Currency Supply Chain

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Currency

In March of 2015, Scotland became the latest country to add plastic money to the Currency Supply Chain, to be followed by England’s introduction of the 5 pound note next year. So far more than 24 countries including Canada, Fiji and Mexico have followed the lead of Australia which first put plastic-based currency into circulation in 1988.

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Bitcoin News

  • Robinhood Restricts High-Risk Prediction Contracts Amid Israel Insider Trading Charges, Iran Bet Scrutiny
  • Starkware Cuts Jobs as Starknet Revenue Collapses
  • Clearbank Europe Becomes First Dutch Credit Institution Licensed as EU Crypto Provider
  • Kraken Targeted by Extortion Group Threatening to Leak Internal Support Videos
  • Bitgo Prime Expands Liquidity Network With New Regulated European Provider

Coin Telegraph News

  • Dormant Bitcoin wallets are the biggest quantum risk: Here is why
  • Bitcoin shorts above $70K at risk since ‘90% of downside’ is already complete
  • Jito, KODA team up on institutional staking in South Korea
  • Crypto-aligned super PAC begins to endorse candidates for US midterms
  • Bitcoin bounces to $72.5K as markets react to US Strait of Hormuz blockade

Coin Journal News

  • AAVE price prediction: $100 in focus following the “Aave Will Win” Proposal approval
  • TRUMP price eyes $3.34 as whales accumulate ahead of Mar-a-Lago event
  • Pi Network slides below $0.17 as exchange inflows signal selling pressure
  • Bitcoin holds above $70K support as geopolitical tensions weigh on market sentiment
  • Dogecoin price analysis: profit-taking stalls rally attempts as breakout setup forms
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