And now there are two contenders for the “2019 Crypto Hubris Award”, as if Libra needed a competitor to spur it on to victory or to smash it flat in defeat. Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, in its infinite wisdom has decided to join the race to assist the un-banked masses of…
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Multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company, OANDA Global Corporation, announced that it has appointed Gavin Bambury as Chief Executive Officer, effective Monday 26 August 2019. LeapRate reminds that the CEO of OANDA Global Corporation Vatsa Narasimha stepped down from its position for personal reasons back in February 2019. Bambury has more than…
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LeapRate Exclusive... The investment company, RoboMarkets, has extended the sponsorship deal with Autolife rally team until the end of 2019. Under the agreement, RoboMarkets will be the team’s title sponsor at two more races at least, in Jordan and Cyprus. RoboMarkets/RoboForex group has been cooperating with Autolife, the team of Roman Starikovich and Bert Heskes,…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 21, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar remains pretty much where it started at the beginning of the week, with the Dollar Index, which measures the performance of the greenback against a basket of other major currencies, hovering…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Saxo Bank, a provider of electronic trading and investment services, strikes partnership with fintech company Tradesocio. Expanding Tradesocio’s ecosystem of liquidity providers, Saxo Bank also becomes part of the fintech provider’s Marketplace, comprising of leading financial institutions and technology providers worldwide. Brokerage firms, wealth management companies, fund administrators and other financial organisations implementing…
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Prime of Prime and liquidity provider, IS Prime, just announced that it has extended its liquidity distribution by teaming up with FX and Digital Asset trading solutions provider TradAir. Banks and brokers can now view and trade directly against IS Prime liquidity as well as utilize TradAir's solution to enable their clients to benefit from…
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There is an old trading maxim that veteran traders always abide by, which states that one should never let their emotions convince them that they are smarter than the market. We have all made this mistake. We develop a strategy around a perception of what we sincerely believe the market will do. We establish a…
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eToro UK markets analyst, Adam Vettese, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for August 20, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Stocks react to delay on Huawei ban: Amidst the Trump administration’s decision to delay the ban on Huawei, as well…
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The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) informed today that it has updated the Conduct of Business Rulebook, announcing permanent restrictions regarding the marketing, distribution or sale of Contracts for Differences (CFDs) to retail investors. During the last years, the European market has witnessed a rapid increase in the marketing, distribution or sale of CFDs to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several more unauthorised firms this week. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people in the UK that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Their details can be seen below, keep in mind that the…
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