Thomson Reuters Adds Bitcoin-to-USD Prices to Eikon Trading Software

Thomson Reuters Adds Bitcoin-to-USD Prices to Eikon Trading Software

International media and information firm Thomson Reuters, the parent company of global financial news agency and financial market data provider Reuters, has added bitcoin pricing information to its Eikon trading software. Offering a mix of news, markets data and analytics, Thomson Reuters Eikon was launched as a competitor to Bloomberg terminals, the 320,000-subscriber strong tool that helps empower Wall Street and professional traders. Eikon will now display the price of bitcoin in USD as tracked by major Europe-based digital currency exchange Bitstamp. Thomson Reuters cited strong....


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