Crypto.com finally gets a home in Monaco Visa card rebrand
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto.com finally gets a home in Monaco Visa card rebrand

Monaco, the pioneering cryptocurrency and financial services firm, has announced its rebrand to CRYPTO.com, reflecting its mission to accelerate the global development, adoption, and transition to cryptocurrency. Its integrated portfolio of premium consumer cryptocurrency products previously known as Monaco — including the wallet app and Visa payment cards — will be branded as MCO to…

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Alexis Webster FXTM
July 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXTM hires former FOREX.com executive Alexis Webster as CCO

FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX brokerage group FXTM has announced the appointment of Alexis (Lex) Webster as the company's new Chief Commercial Officer. As CCO, Lex will be responsible for overseeing various functions within the company, including the Sales, Marketing, Market Research and Partnership Support departments. Lex is a well-known figure in the financial services…

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July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fonetic's Ed Lloyd named Executive Vice President of encompass

encompass corporation, a fast-growing global provider of robotically automated Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, today announced the appointment of Ed Lloyd, a long-term veteran of the compliance technology industry, to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Sales. Ed Lloyd joins encompass from Fonetic, where he led sales and pre-sales for the Surveillance Solutions business,…

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Bitcoin
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Is the Bitcoin hype over?

With recent news reporting that over 800 cryptocurrencies are now considered dead, is the end of Bitcoin upon us? Are cryptocurrencies a fad that will be obsolete within 5 years? Cryptocurrency Experts give their insight into whether the death of crypto is upon us. Max Kortrakul, Founder and CEO of social crypto trading platform Carboneum,…

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July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CoinAnalyst's Pre-ICO ends earlier through cooperation with ShareRing

The Australian blockchain project ShareRing has informed the public that it enters into a partnership with the Frankfurt company CoinAnalyst, which launched its Pre-ICO on June 21st and enters the regular ICO phase on July 7th. Through this cooperation CoinAnalyst can successfully and prematurely terminate its Pre-ICO. The startup CoinAnalyst from Frankfurt that offers an…

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fca warning
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Tait Investment Group

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 Tait Investment Group. Tait Investment Group is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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Nasdaq Copenhagen Improves Small Cap Market Access For Non-Nordic Trading Members
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq welcomes 52 new listings to its Nordic markets

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) has announced that it has welcomed 52 new listings to its Nordic markets during the first half (1H) of 2018, raising 2.4 billion EUR in capital. Twenty-three of the new listings were on the Main Market, while 29 occurred on Nasdaq’s European growth market, Nasdaq First North. We have experienced a very…

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FINRA's 2018 volume tops 2017 activity by 87%
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINRA launches enhanced public records review

FINRA has announced that it is launching an enhanced disclosure review process for public financial records of individuals seeking registration with a brokerage firm. Beginning on July 9, FINRA will perform a public records review within 15 calendar days after a firm applies to register an individual with FINRA. The review will enhance the quality…

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warning
July 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against several unauthorised crypto websites

On 22 February 2018, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) published an analysis on its website concluding that crypto derivatives may be legally considered financial contracts. As such, the AMF and the ACPR have decided to jointly publish a blacklist with the websites that offer crypto derivatives without authorisation in France. Here is the list…

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