The cryptocurrency market has crushed big time, Bitcoin is falling down to $6,300 and its market capitalization is currently not more than $105 billion. This seems like a huge drop and hit to the whole digital coin market, as other cryptocurrencies are falling fast along the "people's currency". However, two of the biggest banks in…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company E-Prospects Media JLT t/a Best Loans Direct. E-Prospects Media JLT is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Capital Finance Group Limited. 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…
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Chicago-based R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO), the independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, has announced that Stephen A. Brodsky – long-time exchange, trading and capital markets executive – has just joined the firm as Chief Strategy Officer. Brodsky, also Senior Managing Director, reports to Chairman and CEO Gerald Corcoran in the newly created role. Brodsky…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company 365 Binary Option owned by Oproserv Ltd. 365 Binary Option is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is…
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Fast-growing FX and cryptocurrency affiliate company Investoo Group has announced the appointment of James Beale as Chief Finance Officer. James Beale joins Investoo from Worldpay Group Plc, a global leader in payments processing, where he was Vice President of Divisional Finance. Before joining Worldpay in 2015, the University of Leeds educated Mr. Beale also worked…
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Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies saw huge price crashes, with analysts warning that the market has hit "panic mode". Ethereum has experienced the biggest drop in value of all the major digital currencies, plunging nearly 20% over the last days to hit its lowest price in almost a year, trading at $262 on Tuesday. The…
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Applied Blockchain, the UK developer of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts, has just announced that it has become an affiliate of the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), a global non-profit organisation focused on unleashing blockchain’s potential in the energy sector by building the first open-source, scalable core blockchain platform tailored specifically to the industry. As…
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Abu Dhabi based financial services firm ADSS is continuing to expand its sales presence in its London office, with a further two senior hires in the institutional sales space, following on from its recent diversification into the Sales Trading support function. ADSS has announced the appointment of Chris Andrews as Co-Head of Institutional Sales for its…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex brokerage technology group Nukkleus Inc (OTCMKTS:NUKK) is planning on launching a regulated cryptocurrency exchange, which would cater to the institutional and high-end-retail trading segment. Via regulatory filings made by the publicly traded company, we have learned that the Nukkleus recently incorporated a new Malta based holding company called Nukkleus…
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