After China announced its ban on domestic exchanges trading Bitcoin, South Korea is the next country that also came out with the news that it is going to ban Initial Coin Offering (ICOs). With the popularity of ICOs going through the roof, with some estimating that the total market value of the ICO market is…
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Trading platform and technology tools provider Leverate has announced the launch of a new professional services department, called Acxelr8. The department is going to be under the direction of Chen Ben Nun, who joins Leverate after stints in conversion and sales at Alpha Forex, UFX and Plus500 Ltd. (LON:PLUS). The company stated that Acxelr8 and was born…
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Dubai is yet another "big player" to join the cryptocurrency craze with its launch of its first ever state cryptocurrency - the emCash. According to Arabian Business Magazine, people will be able to pay for various government and non-government services in Dubai with emCash. The name of emCash comes from the the subsidiary of Dubai…
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Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that it recorded the highest average daily volume as well as overall monthly volume since the service was founded nearly six years ago. The current month's volume exceeds the company's previous volume record set in November 2016, which included the daily volume high of USD $49 billion on US…
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Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, a business of Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), has announced today that unveils its next generation board portal and team collaboration software, Nasdaq Boardvantage. Nasdaq Boardvantage is available as a web-based, tablet and mobile solution and offers enhanced governance and collaboration solutions for C-suite leadership, board members, corporate secretaries, and other corporate and private…
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Advisory Board includes Toronto Stock Exchange Vice President, Ethereum Co-Founder and Former Yahoo Vice President Enterprise blockchain company Nuco today announced the advisory board for Aion, the first interoperable blockchain network and the framework allowing communication between blockchains. Aion’s 11 advisors bring experience ranging from blockchain, finance, and technology to help guide the company’s mission…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular currencies research analyst Marshall Gittler has gone live with his new venture, an app-based FX signals provider called ACLS Global. Mr. Gittler's partner in the venture is (less well known) FX trader and analyst Varkuti Geza, who most recently worked with Mr. Gittler at Cyprus based Retail FX…
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Order book turnover on Deutsche Börse cash markets totalled €117.7 billion in September (September 2016: €109.1 billion, August 2017: €116.2 billion). Of the €117.7 billion, €107.3 billion were attributable to Xetra (September 2016: €100.8 billion) and €3.4 billion to Börse Frankfurt (September 2016: €3.3 billion). Order book turnover on Tradegate Exchange totalled €7.0 billion (September…
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Today, REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository, has launched its services in the Swiss market. It had been recognized in April by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as a foreign repository. This service will allow participants to comply with their obligation to report under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA), also known under the…
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The Derivatives Service Bureau announced that has launched its real-time International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) creation service today and users can now create OTC derivative ISINs and obtain associated reference data to address regulatory reporting obligations and processing requirements. A year after the initial announcement of the core functionality of the first automated global ISIN-allocation…
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