Japan is known for being a crypto-friendly country. However, the country has moved a step further and is now allowing political donations in cryptocurrencies. These will not be regulated, according to politician Ms. Sanae Takaichi. Japan does not consider cryptocurrencies as legal tender, and any regulatory action on political donations will affect only stock and…
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Insolar is a blockchain provider company that recently announced several important strategic partnerships, including ones with Microsoft, Oracle, Innosuisse and the UK Energy Innovation Center. The announcement of these partnerships coincides with the launch of Insolar's mainnet, which is scheduled for November 1st, 2019. According to press, these partnerships will enable Insolar to attract even…
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The cryptocurrency project of Facebook, Libra, got immense attention from regulatory bodies. Leaprate last reported that the cryptocurrency launch may be delayed some time in 2020. This is not what Zuckerberg wanted, but at the end Facebook vouched for complying with all regulatory issues before launching Libra. But what happens when Libra's partners start to…
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Cryptos may have taken it on the chin big time over the past two weeks, dropping billions in market cap, while even Bitcoin shed 20% of its valuation, but crypto investors can still smile in coffee rooms across the globe, since their BTC returns were 110% to date. These figures include recent losses, as well,…
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Deutsche Börse has announced today that a Goldman Sachs Asset Management ETF is now tradable via Xetra and Börse Frankfurt for the first time. The number of ETFs in Xetra trading now reaches the 1,500 mark. We are pleased to welcome Goldman Sachs Asset Management as new ETF issuer on Xetra. The first ETF adds…
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As if it was not bad enough to watch crypto valuations tank over the past two weeks, the news out now is that a collective of hackers, known as the "Gorgon Group", have launched a widespread botnet attack that focuses on crypto investors by creating a backdoor into your personal computer, bouncing around any Microsoft…
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FXCM Pro has announced today that it has partnered with FlexTrade, a company specialising in high performance execution management and order management systems for equities, FX, options futures and fixed income. The technology partnership includes FXCM’s institutional business and Flextrade’s “MaxxTrader” solution. FXCM through FXCM Pro provide retail brokers, small hedge funds and emerging market…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for October 8, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, Once again, the stable coin known as Tether is under heavy fire and as this drama plays…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for October 8, 2019. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT Trading at around $1.23, the Pound is holding on to yesterday’s losses. Information, allegedly leaked from the British Prime Minister’s office, points at the realization within Boris Johnson’s camp that the current negotiations with…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has released its trading volumes report for the month of September 2019. Total trading volume across MOEX markets was RUB 67.7 trln last month. The growth leaders in September were the Equity Market (+16.9%) and Derivatives Market (+10.5%), including commodities derivatives (+129.4%). Equity & Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity…
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