Daily market commentary: The pound climbed to a 5-month high yesterday LeapRate

October 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The pound climbed to a 5-month high yesterday

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for October 16, 2019. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT Today the pound is receding against both the dollar and the euro, after climbing to a five-month high on Tuesday when it touched $1.28. Obviously Brexit and the ongoing negotiations between the UK and…

October 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Admiral Markets adds Australian Bluechips for trading as stocks and CFDs

Estonia based Retail FX brokerage group Admiral Markets has announced that it has added the Australian markets to its global equity offering in the MetaTrader platform. Admiral Markets clients with MT5 accounts will now have access to most popular markets from the Australia 200 index, including: Australia's biggest banks - Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank,…

October 16, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Exclusive interview: PumaPay token listed on the OKEx exchange: CEO Yoav Dror with details

LeapRate Exclusive… Yoav Dror is the CEO of PumaPay, one of the biggest ICOs in 2018, raising over $117m. With an MBA and over 20 years of experience in heading online high-transaction companies, Yoav is now leading the team developing PumaPay’s blockchain-based PullPayment protocol, enabling businesses to easily accept cryptocurrency payments. Yoav joins Leaprate today…

October 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

E-commerce company Amazon 3Q preview

The following post was provided by online FX and CFD broker ATFX. Global e-commerce platform and public cloud provider Amazon will share its Q3 earnings results on October 24, 2019. Amazon is the third-largest digital ad platform behind Facebook (FB) and Google (GOOGL). The company continues to launch new products and services and is targeting…

October 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFI enhances UK presence with FCA authorized and regulated subsidiary

Online trading company CFI has just announced that it has obtained FCA’s approval for its UK subsidiary Credit Financier Invest Limited (CFI UK) to commence its operations. As of October 14 2019, CFI UK operates as an authorized and regulated firm by the Financial Conduct authority (FCA) under license number FRN 828955. Hisham Mansour &…

October 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto exchanges struggling with FATF AML regulations – 8 months to go

When the G20 approved the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) back in late June, the group imposed a one-year deadline for local regulators to adopt new rules and regulations regarding implementation and compliance. The rules themselves have no explicit penalty provisions, but crypto exchanges are already four months into the process and…

Venezuela in financial and political turmoil, but approves crypto legislation

October 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Venezuela's Petro getting traction

Venezuela's oil-backed state cryptocurrency is getting some traction. After the stable coin was created to fight off inflation and Trump's imposing regulations on the country, the Petro has experienced some downs, as it was not perceived well from common people and especially businesses. Things are starting to change, it looks. The Petro is now reportedly…

October 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

B2Broker's Trader’s Room now with a free IB module

Liquidity and tech provider of solutions for the crypto and FX industry, B2Broker has just announced that it has launched a special offer to new clients of Trader’s Room. The company will now offer new Trader’s Room clients integration with its IB Module free of charge for 6 months, providing a highly effective affiliate program…

The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed

October 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

SEC rejects Telegram token GRAM and sues TON

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is definitely not wasting its time when it comes to slashing ICO dreams. The financial regulatory body, after rejecting another Bitcoin ETF application, went on to file a legal complaint against the messaging app Telegram and its Telegram Open Network or TON. The reason? The unregistered ICO of…

October 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Bank earnings day

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for October 15, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, The only real way to describe it, a total buzzkill. Just as Telegram was set to release…