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Forex News

  • Dollar strengthens amid resurgent U.S.-Iran tensions
  • Sterling today: Pound edges lower as dollar steadies
  • Dollar fluctuates around one-week high as US-Iran tensions cause uncertainty over peace deal
  • Goldman Sachs lowers EUR/HUF forecast on fiscal, inflation outlook
  • Dollar gives up nearly all Iran war premium as Strait of Hormuz reopens

Federal Reserve News

  • Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with Community Bankshares, Inc.
  • Minutes of the Board’s discount rate meetings on February 9 and March 18, 2026
  • 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

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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The Currency Scene

What distinguishes a cash-in-transit robber from other crooks

Written by: Business Day Live
Category: Cash-In-Transit

Dr Hennie Lochner‚ who interviewed 21 people doing time for cash-in-transit robberies, as part of his doctoral studies had some interesting findings. The study which took place in South Africa can provide some important insights for armored carrier and secure transport operators around the world.

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INFOGRAPHIC: 77 Facts About Cybercrime You Must Know

Written by: Best VPNs
Category: Cards & Payments

As a society, we cherish our right to privacy, maybe more than anything else. Sharing is great, and we all enjoy it, but there is another side to the story -- an unspoken side of all things personal and secret. Our friends at BestVPNs UK and the team at WebmastersJury have created a "must see" infographic that reveals facts about cybercirme - the stealing of our personal secrets - that every one of us should know.

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Seven myths about the Bitcoin blockchain

Written by: CIO
Category: Digital Currency

Everyone’s talking about the Bitcoin blockchain – a global, distributed ledger of transactions for the Bitcoin digital currency – allowing for peer-to-peer payments over the Internet.

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How Smartphones are Disrupting Traditional Branch Banking

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Banking

According to a recent study completed by Javelin Strategy & Research (javelinstrategy.com) the banking system in the US has reached a crucial turning point. Now the number of customers performing banking services through a mobile device exceeds both in-bank branch visits and computer online access.

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The ATM market is changing. What might the future look like?

Written by: Finextra
Category: ATM

Within the financial technology sector, the ATM is sometimes seen as an area of self-service that is seeing less use due to mobile or online adoption as consumers move towards e-money and contactless payments. What may surprise is that the global ATM market actually continues to grow at a significant pace. The theme of modernization, driven by replacements and new installations are anticipated to create change in this area of financial services in the coming years.

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How To Identify Bitcoin Scamming

Written by: The Merkle
Category: Digital Currency

Cybercriminals don’t take any breaks and now that Bitcoins are so popular, the perpetrators of Bitcoin scams are getting more and more creative.

2017 promises to be the best year ever for Bitcoin, after the cryptocurrency set some major milestones in 2016. The uncertainties surrounding its future keeps some users awake at night, but there are other perils that people should be aware of. Bitcoin scams are not exactly a novelty, but the cyber criminals are more motivated today when the crypto’s price hit new highs. Their creativity knows no boundaries and they come up with increasingly bold ways of stealing the coveted currency.

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New Money/Old Money: A look back at the newest U.S. hundred dollar note

Written by: Matthew S Daye
Category: Currency

"New money" became a literal term as the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank released the latest revision of its venerable $100 note into the U.S. currency supply chain on October 8, 2013. Staying a few steps ahead of counterfeiting threats, this new bill was designed with improved security features, making it easier for banks and businesses to validate but more difficult for counterfeiters to fake and bamboozle. Not to worry, if you have any older hundreds, they are still good!

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Bitcoin News

  • Hands-on Review by Bitcoin.com – Unravelling HTX’s World
  • ZachXBT Flags Kraken as Key Venue in M Token Manipulation, Cites $6B Cap Against $66M in App Volume
  • Bitcoin Technical Outlook: Indicators Show Buy Bias as BTC Nears Decision Zone
  • Strategy Reveals Massive 34,164 Bitcoin Buy, Sending Total Holdings to 815,061 BTC
  • ‘Mining Grid’ Celebrates First Anniversary of Mining COREs with a Major Upgrade

Coin Telegraph News

  • Japan to test government bonds as digital collateral on Canton
  • ZachXBT asks MemeCore to explain valuation and token supply
  • RaveDAO's RAVE token risks another 50% crash amid price manipulation claims
  • Here’s what happened in crypto today
  • Strategy buys 34,164 Bitcoin for $2.5B, holdings top 800,000 BTC

Coin Journal News

  • RaveDAO token crashes below $1 after ZachXBT exposes price manipulation
  • Circle Internet Group faces class action over failure to stop Drift Protocol exploit funds
  • PI steadies at $0.1770 amid core team’s mainnet upgrade plans
  • Chiliz price surges amid adoption in South Korea and UEFA Champions League excitement
  • BNB price outlook as quarterly burn cuts supply to 134.7M
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