CryptoCurrency News: It's Unanimous: Swift Blockchain Success Sets Stage for Sibos

Swift declares its blockchain proof-of-concept a success, but in the build up to its biggest annual event, implementation is far from certain.

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[FOREX NEWS] ECB QE tapering: somewhere between 25 to 40 billion, for 9 months

The European Central Bank convenes on October 26th and they had promised us some kind of news on the future of the bond-buying program. The ECB currently buys 60€ billion worth of government and corporate bonds a month and this program is set to run until the end of the year. In 2018, Draghi and [...]

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[FOREX NEWS] Mixed messages from the Fed on the December hike

Markets are pricing in a rate hike by the Fed in their last meeting of the year in December. This is in line with the dot-plot published in September and also Yellen’s insistence to hike despite the frustratingly low inflation. Ahead of the highly anticipated inflation report later today, we heard from two Fed officials. [...]

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