Robinhood
June 28, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FTX exploring acquisition of Robinhood Markets

Bankman-Fried recently bought a 7.6% stake in Robinhood through his company Emergent Fidelity Technologies. Robinhood Markets is controlled by its co-founders, Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev and Chief Creative Officer Baiju Bhatt, who hold more than 50% of the voting power. Robinhood Markets’s commission-free model disrupted the retail stock trading industry. The brokerage gained a…

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June 28, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: European inflation ahead

On the chart, the picture is generally neutral aparts from moving averages. Volume is low so far this week and the slow stochastic is almost exactly neutral at just above 50. The 50 SMA is the main technical reference at the moment, with movement above there unlikely unless traders receive positive new information of some…

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June 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

NinjaTrader and Tradovate now offer Nano Bitcoin futures from Coinbase Derivatives Exchange

Boris Ilyevsky, Head of Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, said: NinjaTrader's reputation within the retail futures sector is unparalleled, and Tradovate has collaborated with us from day one by sharing our values in creating best-in-class products for their customers. We couldn't be more excited to continue our partnership with them and innovate on new products together for…

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Daily Market Commentary
June 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: The US dollar index is hedges lower

Also offering support to the American currency, is the growing likelihood of an economic recession, triggered by the withdrawal of stimulus; a scenario that increases demand for the relative safety of the dollar. Ricardo Evangelista – Senior Analyst, ActivTrades Disclaimer: opinions are personal to the authors and do not reflect the opinions of LeapRate. This is…

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ASIC ban
June 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC freezes assets of four companies and director

ASIC discovered that Arandez obtained $2.5 million from Australian investors based on false and misleading statements. He claimed the funds would be invested in property and cryptocurrency and used the fund in part for personal benefit and to pay returns to other investors. The regulator acted quickly in order to personal benefit and to pay…

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June 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Russia defaults on Foreign Debt for a first time in a century

The Kremlin has repeatedly pushed back against the default saying there is no grounds for it. However, the country is unable to send money to bondholders because of the western sanctions. Meanwhile, Reuters reported that some Taiwanese holders of Russian bonds denominated in euros had not received interest payments. Euroclear has not confirmed if the…

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Your Bourse
June 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Your Bourse releases automation tool to enhance brokers' efficiency

The new Corporate Actions tool allows brokers to upload changes in bulk and plan them ahead of time which reduces the time they spend in manual operations. The platform functionality uses a secure Manager API connection and it doesn’t require the installation of any plugins on MetaTrader servers. Moreover, Corporate Actions, while being part of…

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Daily Market Commentary
June 24, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: The euro is trading in the green

European Shares Markets opened in the green in Europe at the end of the week, extending gains registered in Asia overnight, with tech shares leading the way. Market sentiment improved yesterday after Fed Chairman, Jerome Powell, reaffirmed his “unconditional” will to tame down inflation. However, while some investors perceived these words as good news, others…

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