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Skrill, which is specialized in international money transfers, will require all forex and CFD brokers providing services in the European Union to show an official copy of their license, allowing them to offer financial services to retail clients.

Skrill says the move is related to the recent changes in the regulatiоn, initiated by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and similar moves by other companies like Google, MasterCard and VISA, aimed at curbing the investment risk for customers.

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Fears of slowing economic growth have driven financial markets lower, but growth cycles have far more potential than most people realize. How the Fed balances sustainable growth and interest rates will go a long way in determining the length of our current cycle.

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The Bank of England is set to hold interest rates unchanged on Thursday as the economic outlook remains highly uncertain with the Theresa May government being accused of dilly-dallying on reaching a deal on Britain's exit from the European Union. The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee, led by Governor Mark Carney, is widely expected to leave the bank rate unchanged at 0.75 percent.

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Ohio became the first US state to allow bitcoin payments for a wide range of corporate taxes.

Since Monday businesses throughout the state are allowed to use the crypto coin to pay for as many as 23 taxes with just 1% fee, which is a smaller charge than the standard 2,5% credit card fee.

For the time being the authorities in Ohio accept only Bitcoins and not any other of the major crypto coins like Ethereum, Ripple, Monero or Dash. Also, the option is limited to corporate taxes and citizens are not allowed to pay personal taxes with the crypto currency.

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Australia had a seasonally adjusted merchandise trade surplus of A$1.925 billion in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

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The Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan may approve exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track crypto assets, although earlier this year the regulator abandoned plans to legitimize other crypto derivatives like futures and options.

The hope shared by many analysts is that such a decision will help revive the crypto market, suffering the worst selloff in a year, by attracting institutional investors.

Currently FSA is assessing the potential interest in crypto currencies tracking ETFs.

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Since the election of Hugo Chavez in December of 1998, Venezuelans have embraced Chavismo. This peculiar form of socialism has allowed Venezuela to morph into what is in essence an organized crime syndicate and has pushed the country in an economic death spiral.

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After raising interest rates by a quarter point last month, the Federal Reserve announced its widely expected decision to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday.

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The European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) announced this week it is renewing the restrictions on CFDs trading for another three months as of February 1, 2019. The pan-European regulator also implied that it will monitor closely forex brokerages, as it has identified certain malpractices. ESMA stated it is aware of those malpractices and will monitor closely CFD providers. The regulator also implied it is possible to introduce “other Union measures” it deems appropriate.

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US Dollar Index rises to 97.20 places ahead of data.
Reports of the U.S. and China reaching consensus apropos the order of key issues boost the sentiment.
US 10-year T-bond complies moves into the sure territory.

after losing 50 pips behind the reference to Thursday, the USD/JPY lengthy its slide during the European trading hours and touched a 4-hours of day low of 110.25 in the back getting concord of traction ahead of the Wall Street trigger scare. As of writing, the pair was unchanged concerning the daylight at 110.52.

Chinese news agency Xinhua today reported that Chinese and U.S. negotiators have reached consensus regarding some key issues during trade talks. Similarly, White House press secretary Sanders told reporters that the U.S. and China made enlarge on in talks and added that exposure to the atmosphere would continue adjacent week in Washington even if explaining that the U.S. was focused upon issues on the order of technology transfer and currency sick-treatment.

Boosted by these headlines, the S&P 500 Futures turned sure upon the hours of daylight to counsel that Wall Street is likely to reply well along. Additionally, the 10-year T-sticking together have the same opinion retraced its daily slip to grip the pair's recent rebound.

Later in the session, import/export price index, industrial production, and the UoM Consumer Sentiment Survey from the U.S. will be looked upon for well-ventilated impetus. Ahead of this data, the US Dollar Index is going on 0.28% upon the daylight at 97.30.