November 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Top Bitcoin Myths – #3: Bitcoin allows for anonymous payments

The following guest post is one of a series courtesy of Marco Streng, CEO and Co-founder of Genesis Mining. — The best way to define Bitcoin is to visualize it as a public ledger. This ledger records every transaction that occurs on the network and every transaction that will ever occur on the network. With limited technical…

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October 31, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ThinkForex UK offers extra £1m insurance protection, launches spread betting on MT4

Since obtaining its FCA license, ThinkForex has been steadily building its operations in the UK. On Friday the broker announced it was beefing up protection for investors by offering an additional £1m insurance protection. Whereas most brokers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) offer the industry-standard Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) coverage of £50,000,…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MT5 build 1210 offers enhanced Depth of Market

MetaQuotes Software today announced the release of the latest build of MetaTrader 5 (MT5), which offers enhanced Depth of Market and other improvements. The latest build of the platform enables traders to place limit orders at a price worse than the market price in the Depth of Market. This allows traders to get a guaranteed…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FINRA's CEO Richard Ketchum set to retire in 2016

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that Chairman and CEO Richard Ketchum is set to retire in the second half of 2016. In its announcement, FINRA praised Mr. Ketchum as one of the foremost industry regulators for more than three decades. He joined FINRA from the NYSE where he was CEO of NYSE…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Bank of Russia keeps key rates at 11%

After a rate-setting meeting today, the Bank of Russia Board of Directors has decided to keep the key interest rate unchanged at 11.0% per annum, referring once again to substantial inflation risks. In its announcement, the Russian “Megaregulator” said the balance between inflation risks and the risks of economy cooling has broadly remained the same…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CBOE Holdings registers 40% YoY jump in net income in Q3 2015

The string of bullish financial reports for the third quarter of 2015 continues, with CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) announcing a set of solid performance metrics for the period, including a steep jump in revenues and income. Net income allocated to shareholders of CBOE Holdings amounted to $67.2 million in the three months to September 30,…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

KCG sees steep rise in Q3 2015 income

KCG Holdings, Inc. Class A (NYSE:KCG) has earlier today posted its financial metrics for the third quarter of 2015, with the numbers turning out very solid as the company has managed to benefit from an upturn in market conditions in the US equity market. GAAP pre-tax income for the three months to the end of…

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October 30, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Deutsche Börse, Shanghai Stock Exchange, CFFEX establish RMB JV

Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1), Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), and China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) on Thursday officially established their joint venture “China Europe International Exchange” (CEINEX). This new marketplace will offer trading of RMB-denominated offshore products and is set to start operations on November 18, 2015 under the new brand CEINEX. The respective agreement was…

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