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Feb 08
Bitcoin rebound hits $45.5K as focus switches to future support retests

Bitcoin (BTC) hit new multi-week highs above $45,000 on Feb. 8 as the largest cryptocurrency’s comeback continued. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView $40,000 becomes popular retest target Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD reaching $45,500 on Bitstamp in its latest surge before consolidating. Volatility was once again in evidence as the […]

Feb 08
API data reportedly show declines for weekly U.S. crude, gasoline and distillate supplies

The American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies fell by 2 million barrels for the week ended Feb. 4, according to sources. The API also reportedly showed weekly inventory declines of 1.1 million barrels for gasoline and 2.2 million barrels for distillates. Crude stocks at the Cushing, Okla., delivery hub edged down […]

Feb 08
www.intesa-gestion.com (cloned firm)

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) warns the public against the activities of the website named www.intesa-gestion.com, which offers wealth management services and real estate investments, especially in parking spaces, without complying with Belgian financial legislation. The persons operating the website named www.intesa-gestion.com are not authorized to provide investment services in or from Belgium. Moreover, the […]

Feb 08
Remarks by the Chairman of the FSMA to the General Meeting of the IRAIF/IREFI

The chairman of the FSMA, Jean-Paul Servais, spoke at the General Meeting of the Institut des Réviseurs Agréés pour les Institutions Financières/Instituut van de Revisoren Erkend voor de Financiële Instellingen (IRAIF/IREFI) on 3 February 2020. During his remarks, the chairman emphasized the importance of the role of auditors in the smooth operation of the markets […]

Feb 08
Identity theft from authorized companies: beware of fraud!

During recent months, the FSMA has observed a significant number of cases of investment fraud that take the form of stealing the identity of authorized companies (‘cloned firms’). In this form of fraud, swindlers take on the identity of an authorized company in order to give consumers the impression that they have the authorization to […]

Feb 08
Press release on the reopening of trading in Asit Biotech

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 78 OF THE LAW OF 21 NOVEMBER 2017 Trading in the financial instruments of Asit Biotech, ISIN BE0974289218 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on 12/02/2020 at 09:00 CET. Source: FSMA