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Forex News

  • Large currency options set to expire Wednesday across major pairs
  • Treasury yields edge higher as markets brace for hawkish tone in Fed minutes
  • Sterling today: Pound holds near multi-week highs as dollar stays becalmed
  • Dollar flat ahead of Fed Minutes; Euro softens despite German industrial bounce
  • Citi sees yen weakness tied to Japanese equity strength

Federal Reserve News

  • Federal Reserve Board requests comment on a proposal to amend its requirements for banks to maintain anti-money laundering programs
  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Small Business Bank and announces termination enforcement actions with BNP Paribas S.A., BNP Paribas USA, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and Community Bankshares, Inc.
  • Federal Reserve issues initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study
  • Agencies release list of distressed or underserved nonmetropolitan middle-income geographies
  • Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action with Jiko Group, Inc.

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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Four ways to dodge cybercrime when banking, shopping on mobile phones

Written by: USA Today
Category: Mobile Banking

The nature of identity fraud is changing. With the rollout of smart chips in credit and debit cards making it more difficult to steal using cards themselves, thieves have their eyes on your data instead.

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Bitcoin Halving Infographic

INFOGRAPHIC: Bitcoin Halving: Definitive Guide (In Just 5 Minutes)

Written by: Abishai James, WinBTC
Category: Digital Currency

Bitcoin halving is often referred as “Halvening”, it’s a formulated reduction in the reward coins offered to the miners using a predefined blockchain algorithm. Learn exactly what that means to the bitocoin community and how it may affect you.

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Will ATM Operators start accepting BitCoin

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: ATM

In Korea a company called Coinplug allows ATM operators to accept bitcoins. Over 7000 ATMs can now accept bitcoins in Korea thanks to the ATM manufacturer Nautilus Hyosong.

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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 Your Smartwatch Reveals Your ATM PIN Codes

Written by: INC
Category: ATM

Hackers who gain control of a smartwatch can record hand motion down to the millimeter and steal PIN numbers when they are entered at ATMs with 80 percent accuracy on the first try, and over 90 percent accuracy after three tries, according to researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey and Binghamton University in New York.

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Do You Have a Generic Banking Brand? Or a Niche Focus?

Written by: Kevin Tynan, The Financial Brand
Category: Banking

Community-based institutions must serve a specific niche in order to survive. Do you know what your unique position is in the market? Or do you have a generic brand? A marketing plan is just not enough.

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Wall Street's Obsession With Blockchain And the Future Of Banking

Written by: Fortune
Category: Banking

Anyone who sends money abroad knows how inconvenient it is. Banks take days, sometimes weeks, to clear payments, and they collect a hefty fee in between. And God forbid, when errors occur, money vanishes into thin air.

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Bitcoin News

  • LeBron James Leaves Lakers as Prediction Markets Wager Millions on His Next NBA Home
  • Bitcoin Reclaims $64K After $62.8K Dip as $108M in Short Liquidations Fuel Rebound
  • AEREDIUM Joins Lava Sandbox to Test Real Estate Settlement Across Multiple Payment Rails
  • Bitcoin Suisse Advances Middle East Expansion, Receives Financial Services Permission in Abu Dhabi
  • Kucoin Locks In Exclusive Crypto Deal With UAE Team Emirates for Tour de France

Coin Telegraph News

  • Here’s what happened in crypto today
  • Kraken wins $22M arbitration against former auditor Mazars
  • USDT wins payments, USDC wins DeFi as stablecoins diverge: Dune
  • Tether invests in Mercado Bitcoin as blockchain finance expands in Latin America
  • Nigel Farage to resign from UK Parliament amid crypto “gift” scandal, will stand in by-election

Coin Journal News

  • KuCoin partners with UAE team Emirates-XRG ahead of Tour de France
  • Mixed market signals leave XLM at key technical levels
  • Bitcoin could drop below $63k as market structure remains volatile
  • Ethereum begins new week on strong footing as bulls target key breakout levels
  • Bitcoin dips below $63K amid ETF outflows and geopolitical risks
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