November 16, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Anguilla, a Caribbean nation, to become the first ICO's regulator

FXStreet just reported that an island in the Caribbeans, Anguilla, is to become the first regulatory body of ICOs. The government of the Caribbean nation is considering the Anguilla Token Offering Act, or AUTO, which would establish the world’s first registration process for new cryptocurrencyofferings. The Chief Minister of Anguilla, Victor Banks, commented on the idea: "We…

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November 16, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Blockchain used for child trafficking eradication in Moldova

Moldova is reported to start using blockchain technology to eradicate the child trafficking activity that is currently happening in the country. Moldova is one of the countries where the trafficking of children is at the highest, also combined with an overall low GDP growth and GDP per capita. The problem stems from the fact that…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe FX reports record market share in October

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced its foreign exchange (FX) market, Cboe FX, reported record market share of 14.5% in October, surpassing its previous record of 13.6% set in December 2013. Year-over-year, Cboe FX ADV increased 26.7% to $32.0 billion in October. The record performance was driven by a number of factors, including…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Visible Alpha acquires Alpha Exchange to enhance investment research consumption

Visible Alpha announced today the acquisition of Alpha Exchange, an innovative research discovery and management platform for investment professionals. The addition of Alpha Exchange’s advanced technology platform to Visible Alpha’s existing services will create a unified consumption and collaboration experience across research reports, analyst models and corporate access events backed by a robust compliance framework.…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG makes leadership changes to support CQG China launch

Rod Giffen named President, CQG APAC; Ryan Moroney appointed President, CQG Europe and the Americas CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, market data, and technical analysis tools, informed that it has had a focused effort to add China to its global network of data and execution. With the imminent launch of this initiative,…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Options appoints new Cybersecurity Executive to Management Team

Options, the provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has today announced the appointment of John Gracey to its executive team. John joins the team as VP, Cybersecurity where he will be responsible for leading internal cybersecurity initiatives and the development of the Options Managed Security solution. Gracey brings over 15 years…

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November 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Copy Trading: The Essential Ins and Outs

As copy trading becomes ever more popular, and novice traders continue to follow experienced trading strategies that suit their investment goals, FXTM’s Nikola Grozdanovic asks, what is copy trading all about? Copy trading provides people interested in investing in the financial markets (or ‘investors’) with an avenue to automatically copy forex traders whose strategies are…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily turnover at MOEX USD/RUB FX fixing exceeded USD 500 million

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that today (14 November) FX fixing trading turnover reached USD 510 million or RUB 30.2 billion. Moscow Exchange has offered the USD/RUB and EUR/RUB FX fixing electronic matching service from 4 September 2017. The service is intended to help Russian and international banks with a hedge against the currency risk of…

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