The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a warning against a scam company called White Square Trading Limited. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has published a warning in relation to this entity, which can be accessed by the following link: White Square Trading Limited – trading as Universe Markets. White Square Trading Limited Entity name: White…
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LeapRate Exclusive... It has been quite the launch. LeapRate has learned that Investoo Ltd, which launched in late 2016 as a Forex broker (and later Cryptocurrency) affiliate and lead generation company has indeed grown quite rapidly, generating £13.8 million (USD $18.0 million) in Revenue in its first full year of operation. (The period covered is…
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has announced that on September 10, 2018, BANK ONE Capital III will be liquidated, the 8.750% Preferred Securities (the “Trust Preferred Securities”) and the 8.750% Common Securities (the “Trust Common Securities”) issued by BANK ONE Capital III will be cancelled, and the 8.750% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE), the exchange holding company, has just announced that Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today introduced S. 3283, The Options Markets Stability Act. The legislation is identical to H.R. 5749, which the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed earlier in July and was included as part…
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Soluna Technologies, Ltd., the company powering the blockchain-economy with low-cost renewable energy, has just announced that it is launching its utility-scale blockchain computing facility integrated with its own renewable energy resources. Soluna plans to develop its own 900MW wind farm power plant in Morocco in one of the world’s windiest regions and combine it with…
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In a quarter which was much more about strategic, long-term focused moves than about numbers, FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported its financial figures for Q2-2018 that take a little time to digest. The company has restated historical figures due to the sale of the company's institutional FX division GTX, which was acquired…
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Bitcoin is currently rising, although not in a "hockey-stick" manner, but investors and hodlers have faith that the currency will continue its climb and soon hit the $10,000 critical price level. However, at the very beginning of 2018, the cryptocurrency market went down by a huge percentage. Overall prices went down by 60% and Bitcoin…
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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 Monaco Finance. Monaco Finance is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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The Cürex Group, an institutional foreign exchange execution services and data analytics company, has just announced the appointment of Richard Daniels as Managing Director, Data Products and Sales. Reporting directly to James Singleton, Cürex Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Daniels will be driving new business opportunities for Cürex’s unique streaming FX data set, live…
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CoinDesk, the digital media, events, and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community, has just announced the launch of “Late Confirmation” - a new daily audio show hosted by a rotating list of cryptocurrency’s top reporters and columnists from the news pit of CoinDesk. Commencing July 25th, the show will debut…
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