Bloomberg China’s central bank is holding a closed-door meeting with several domestic bitcoin exchanges, people familiar with the matter said, heightening concerns that regulators will tighten their oversight of trading in digital currencies. Officials from the People’s Bank of China are meeting with representatives from a number of the nation’s trading venues, the people said, asking not to be ...

  Bloomberg Six defendants, including ex-Deutsche Bank AG trader Christian Bittar, pleaded not guilty to accusations of conspiring to manipulate a key interest-rate benchmark while working at the German lender and Barclays Plc in a London court. Bittar, one-time colleague Achim Kraemer, and ex-Barclays employees Philippe Moryoussef, Colin Bermingham, Carlo Palombo and Sisse Bohart all denied the charges on Tuesday. ...

  Bloomberg Australia’s central bank is more likely to cut interest rates than raise them if it moves at all this year, while an appreciating local dollar could make economic conditions tougher for industries outside mining, UBS Group AG’s Anne Anderson said. “Should they need to ease, I think it’s more likely that they would have to take a more ...