ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for December 11, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT The Pound is down by 0.7% from the 8-month high of $1.3214 reached on Tuesday. This price action follows the publication of the most recent poll, which shows…
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New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has recently added another name to its list of unregulated firms. The latest additions are the companies Orion Holdings Capital Management and OH Capital. The regulator recommends exercising caution before dealing with Orion Holdings Capital Management (OHCM), OH Capital and their websites www.ohcmgmt.com, and https://ohcapital.com/. The business address in…
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Microsoft is expanding its Azure Cloud service offering by adding new features to its blockchain support platform, specifically new tokenization and blockchain data management services. The new token tool is designed to “simplify the definition, creation and management of compliant tokens built to industry standards”. The new blockchain data management features will simplify “the cumbersome…
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Commentators may no longer be able to accuse the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s regulatory watchdog, of taking too light an approach on fraud and financial related crimes. The regulatory agency has thus far in 2019 meted out £391.8 million in fines and penalties, its highest level in over four years. According to Jonathan…
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In the world of cryptocurrencies, fraud is a known phenomenon. After the crypto community saw several high-profile scams, the latest one is staggering by its volume - $722 million. According to press, 3 men were charged with a $722 million cryptocurrency scam that was essentially categorized as a high-tech Ponzi scheme. This is what U.S.…
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Amun AG is a Swiss fintech company that announced this Tuesday that it has gained approval from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) to offer crypto ETPs in the European Union. Amun offers ETP products (exchange-traded products) backed by either basket of cryptocurrencies or single cryptocurrency. The company currently has 10 of its products listed on…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 10, 2019. Global markets are down across the board this morning as investors err on the side of caution ahead of the December 15th deadline for the next round of US imposed tariffs, which is fast…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange, has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its 20% minority stake in EuroCCP to Cboe Global Markets, alongside the other current EuroCCP shareholders. The exchange informed that it will continue to leverage its long term derivatives clearing agreement with, and its 11.1% equity stake in, LCH…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for December 10, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The calm before the storm, is how we may characterise the relative tranquillity in FX markets. Despite a slight leaning towards risk assets, with both the pound and…
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GCEX, FCA regulated digital technology solutions provider in Cryptoassets and Currencies for the institutional and professional segments, has just announced that it has joined Gold-i’s Matrix NETwork. GCEX will now be offering its crypto liquidity to Gold-i’s clients via the Gold-i Crypto Switch™ 2.0, part of the Matrix suite of products. GCEX (GC Exchange Limited)…
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