What did the FCA have to say about looking at a ban on all leveraged CFDs? What did European regulator ESMA admit about the results of its CFD leverage cap, meant to lower the percentage of retail traders who lose money trading CFDs? Who did IG Group hire as its new CEO? Which UK broker…
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Jeffrey Burns is a lawyer and cryptocurrency millionaire, whose company, Blockchains LLC just bought a huge piece of land in the Nevada desert for $70 million. The plan of Mr. Burns includes the construction of a new blockchain-powered futuristic city. While the purchase happened this year, Mr. Burns has already engaged top architecture companies to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Cryptobourse. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of October 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets increased by 12.5% to RUB 78.1 trln in October 2018 (up 10% MoM). Trading volumes grew on the Equity Market (+55.7%), Derivatives Market (+28.8%), Money Market (+14.9%) and FX Market (+11.4%). Equity and…
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just warned the public about the activities of the website https://capitalncl.com/, which encourages retail investors to invest in various projects and falsely claims to have a crowdfunding adviser (CIP) license. The website https://capitalncl.com/ proposes investments in various projects and states in its general terms and conditions of sale…
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Phore Blockchain, a blockchain platform and ecosystem focused on real-world use, has just announced that it's digital asset Phore (PHR) will be listed for trading on the high-security Ternion Exchange upon its launch on Nov. 15. The PHR listing will go live on the exchange with a PHR/Bitcoin pairing followed by a PHR/USD fiat pairing…
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On October 26, 2018, Jiang Feng, President of the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), and Akira Kiyota, CEO of Japan Exchange Group (JPX), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Closer Cooperation on behalf of the two exchanges. The two sides agreed to carry out the feasibility study on ETF products cooperation to jointly promote…
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Right after announcing that it has completed the acquisition of NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) has informed that it has reached average daily volume (ADV) of 20.6 million contracts per day during October 2018, up 38 percent from October 2017. Open interest at the end of October was 128…
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Boerse Stuttgart has announced that it has generated turnover of more than EUR 6.9 billion in October 2018. Securitised derivatives accounted for the largest share of the turnover. The trading volume in this asset class was around EUR 3.4 billion. This represents an increase of 44 percent in comparison with the previous month. Leverage products…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE) has reported several new trading records. Cboe VIX futures set new monthly total volume record Cboe SPX options set new monthly total volume record In the month of October, Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX®) futures traded at Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE®) had record monthly volume of 9.66 million contracts, surpassing…
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