[FOREX NEWS] Draghi can try to push the euro lower, but will likely fail

The big news was out already at the October meeting. The ECB will halve the volume of its bond-buys in January to 30 billion euros per month and the program will run through September 2018. Draghi left the door open to what happens afterward, and that was a dovish sign that sent the euro down. [...]

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CryptoCurrency News: Scratch That: CryptoKitties Isn't Ethereum's Vision for Apps

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CryptoCurrency News: Victory Lap? 2017 Was Bitcoin's Backwards Year

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CryptoCurrency News: Mt Gox Creditors Want Bitcoin Exchange Taken Out of Bankruptcy

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CryptoCurrency News: Coinbase Halts Litecoin, Ether Trades as Prices Spike

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CryptoCurrency News: 2018 Will Be Another Growth Year for Blockchain

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CryptoCurrency News: Hong Kong Regulator Issues Warning on Unregulated Bitcoin Futures

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