February 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PolySwarm reaches US$15 million token presale goal

PolySwarm announced that it has reached its $15 million USD goal. Contributors included cryptocurrency incubator Science Blockchain. The Nectar presale was met with overwhelming demand, PolySwarm’s public token sale will launch February 20, 2018. We’re pleased with the early support from investors to create the first marketplace where security experts compete to protect users,” said…

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February 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bulgarian FX broker DF Markets adds equity and ETF CFDs

FCA regulated Bulgaria based retail FX and CFDs broker DF Markets has announced that it has added several new shares and a financial ETF to its range of markets. Shares Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR): Headquartered in the US, Broadridge is a global company providing services in the fields of investor communication, clearing and tech solutions…

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clone firm FCA warning
February 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Carina Asset Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Carina Asset Management. 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…

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Euronext
February 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Institutional FX platform FastMatch saw Revenue of just €1.57 million monthly post Euronext acquisition

LeapRate Exclusive... Following our earlier report on the 2017 results of exchange operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX), digging into the results LeapRate has learned that the company's Forex ECN unit FastMatch - which Euronext bought in mid-2017 for $153 million - generated a total of €7.2 million of Revenue for the 4.6 months it was owned by…

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Euronext reports strong results in 2018
February 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext announces 7% revenue increase in 2017 volumes report

Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone with nearly 1,300 listed issuers, has just announced its results for the full year 2017. Strong operating performance for the full year 2017 Increase in revenue to €532.3 million (+7.2%): Despite low volatility, cash trading revenues at €190.3m up 5.3% , thanks to strong market share at 64.4%…

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VPN
February 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bypassing Blockchain GeoIP Bans through VPN Use

The following article was written by Chris San Filippo of the Hotspot Shield Marketing Team. Over the course of 2017, there was a massive surge in both the use and value of cryptocurrencies. The most prominent of these, BitCoin, shot up from $1,000 to $20,000 within that year, while less widely-used cryptocurrencies saw more rapid…

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February 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

An anonymous trader just bought $400 million in Bitcoin

Amid the cryptocurrency bloodbath in January 2018 and the recent comeback of Bitcoin and major alt coins, one trader made a huge bet by buying $400 million in the "people's currency". According to press, the anonymous investor bought Bitcoin when the price was coming to around $6,000, which now puts this person in the Bitcoin…

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