TradeStation gives access to Cboe’s Bitcoin Futures LeapRate

TradeStation to deliver free real-time cryptocurrency spot data with GDAX Exchange

December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradeStation gives access to Cboe’s Bitcoin Futures

Online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), just announced that eligible futures clients can now trade the new Bitcoin futures contract being offered by Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE). Chicago-based Cboe commenced trading in the contract (ticker symbol XBT) on its Cboe Futures…

December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Colt significantly reduces network latency between Tokyo and London

Faster connectivity for financial organisations and enterprises Colt Technology Services today announced it has substantially reduced latency between Tokyo to London financial centres, to less than 159 milliseconds. This network optimisation is part of Colt’s ongoing investment programme in the Colt IQ Network, addressing specific requirements of financial firms and enterprises. The improved latency strongly…

December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX introduces Value Added Analytical Product

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced the start of a trial offering of a new analytical product, Value Added Analytical Product. The new product is intended for domestic and international institutional investors, and can be used as an additional tool for analysis of financial instruments traded on MOEX. The new product consists of analytical reports based…

December 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC’s regulatory sandbox proposal to remain unchanged

ASIC has today released a review of its regulatory sandbox, introduced in December 2016. In the review ASIC proposes to retain class waivers known as the fintech licensing exemption, that allow eligible financial technology (fintech) businesses to test certain specified services without holding an Australian financial services or credit licence. ASIC had committed to reviewing…

December 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Global Brokerage gets approval for Chapter 11 restructuring and delisting, shares plunge

Global Brokerage, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLBR), formerly known as FXCM Inc, announced that 78.5% of the holders of its $172 million of outstanding Convertible Notes voted to approve the company's reorganization plan. The plan will see GLBR enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, with the convertible notes "converted" to become non-convertible, their interest rate hiked from 2.25% to 7%,…

The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed

December 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

$15 million ICO of restaurant review iPhone app Munchee pulled on registration concerns

A California-based company selling digital tokens to investors to raise capital for its blockchain-based food review service halted its initial coin offering (ICO) after being contacted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and agreed to an order in which the SEC found that its conduct constituted unregistered securities offers and sales. According to…

December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Litecoin - the real winner after CBOE launched bitcoin futures

Litecoin is currently the fifth largest cryptocurrency available to investors by market capitalization (around $11 billion). According to Coinbase, the digital currency is up with +4,752.77% annual change. Now, in just under 24 hours, Litecoin's price jumped with almost 25%, reaching a new high of $197, just after CBOE launched bitcoin futures on 10th December,…

December 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Day trader Joseph Spera charged with Insider Trading

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former day trader with making more than $1 million in illegal insider trading profits as part of a ring that allegedly stole confidential information from investment banks and clients so they could trade in advance of secondary stock offerings. The SEC alleges that Joseph Spera schemed…

December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Two major companies applying for Bitcoin ETFs after CBOE launched bitcoin futures

Just after CBOE, the Chicago-based exchange, launched Bitcoin futures, two firms have filed applications for bitcoin ETFs that trade in crypto derivatives. CryptoCoinsNews just reported that, according to the SEC public filing system, the commission has received new applications for both REX Bitcoin Strategy ETF and REX Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF, as well as VanEck…

December 11, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin futures off to a great start on Wall Street

On 10th of December, CBOE Global Markets launched the new bitcoin product on the market - bitcoin futures. CBOE became the first exchange to offer bitcoin futures, while CME launches them on 17th of December. While many expected the price of Bitcoin to crash and for the futures to trade at a relatively low price,…