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MarketsPulse reports that 30% of Binary trades in its system were on mobile apps in February, up four-fold from last year.

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The leading annual FX and online trading Expo in China.

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Mt Gox, which handles 80% of Bitcoin trades, sees its trade engine freeze as interest in Bitcoin soars.

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Biggest drop was at Interactive Brokers, which dropped 22%.

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Bit4X on MetaTrader; Coinsetter raises $500K; but when will the Bitcoin hit the "mainstream" retail FX world?

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  • John says #
    surely of interest
    could be something to add to their managed accounts at http://www.managedforex.com
  • Gerald Segal says #
    RE:surely of interest
    Thanks John. Perhaps you could let our readers know, how would a managed Bitcoin account work? And isn't Bitcoin too volatile righ
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The Gain Capital (Forex.com) board puts in place a controversial "Shareholder Rights Plan".

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  • Harrey Martin says #
    Re:Gain Capital adopts 'poison...
    As would be expected in a situation like this, FXCM CEO Drew Niv and his team held a series of discussions with his Gain Capital c
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Amounts to a small slap on the wrist for Interactive Brokers, but shows the CFTC is cracking down on safety-of-client-fund issues.

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CFTC orders those named to pay $750,000, and imposes permanent trading and registration bans.

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Follows a very brief attempted "friendly" offer by FXCM, which was rebuffed by Gain Capital management.

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  • RTisafool says #
    Ahh but the change of ownershi...
    You make some good points but i believe there is a valuable change of ownership clause for Glenn and Tim. As suggested, these guys
  • Gerald Segal says #
    RE:Ahh but the change of owner...
    Good point. Glenn Stevens (Gain's CEO) does indeed have a nice "golden parachute" agreement should he get fired without cause, wit
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CySEC allows FX brokers to release client names and data to banks, to allow for release of client funds.

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