ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 23, 2019. See details below: GOLD Gold is consolidating just below $1,500 as investors await further inputs from Jerome Powell, the Fed and the other central banks. In the last few days the main focus has been the trade war…
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Admiral Markets announced that it has teamed up with Trading Central, Acuity and Dow Jones Newswires to provide clients with an advanced trading and investing analytics portal, powered by trusted, high-quality content. The Premium Analytics portal will be available for free for all Admiral Markets clients. The portal includes real-time news, professional market research, macroeconomic…
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Ripple has onboarded a new partner to its RippleNet platform - Xendpay. The company is based in the UK and provides remittance services. The new partnership allows Xendpay to join international markets such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia and other. Xendpay was created in 2012 with the main purpose of transferring money in a cheap…
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It's no secret that the demand coming from institutional investors has increased tremendously over the last year and some businesses are quick to catch the "crypto" wave and benefit from the trending market. Two such businesses are none other but Deribit and Paradigm. Deribit is a cryptocurrency exchange for options and futures on both Ethereum…
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The US Treasury, or more specifically its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has recently blacklisted three Chinese residents and their respective crypto accounts. The reason? Smuggling of drugs and money laundering allegations. The three Chinese individuals are the following: Guanghua Zheng, Xiaobing Yan and Fujing Zheng. All three of them are currently named as narcotics traffickers and…
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In our new Internet Age, news cycles often turn over so quickly that yesterday’s storylines are soon forgotten, along with any important dates that could loom large in the future. Such is the case with Bitcoin, and particularly so since price behavior tends to gyrate wildly whenever news event of interest occur. For traders and…
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When the same management team rules over both a crypto exchange and a “honey pot” with $3.5 billion on hand, while in a totally unregulated environment, there will always be the potential for fiduciary transgressions that cross over the line of accepted ethical standards. Such is the case with iFinex, the managing parent corporation for…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their special commentary on Central banks & Italy's crisis. See details below: CENTRAL BANKS: THE MARKET'S LIFE BUOY The traditionally slow month of August has been very tough for traders so far this year. A lot of uncertainty has been surrounding financial markets lately as investors’ minds kept…
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Copenhagen-based online broker Saxo Bank today reported a negative net profit of DKK 139 million for the H1 2019, compared to a positive net profit in H1 2018 of DKK 153 million. H1 2019 highlights include: Operating income: DKK 1,109.8 million (DKK 1,506.4 million H1 2018) EBITDA: DKK 57.1 million (DKK 397.9 million H1 2018)…
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The following article was exclusively prepared for LeapRate by the AMarkets team. Despite the highs and lows of the international cryptocurrency market over the last few years, most novice traders choose crypto trading instead of traditional financial markets – Forex, stock, and gold. However, old-school markets can still provide various profit-making opportunities for newcomers. How…
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