New crypto refresher pictogram depicts evolution and its disruptive nature LeapRate

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

New crypto refresher pictogram depicts evolution and its disruptive nature

Fortunly.com has recently released a new pictogram entitled “How Crypto Is Disrupting the Financial Ecosystem”, which presents how cryptos have evolved over the past decade and how they are reshaping the world of domestic and global commerce today. Per its website, Fortunly.com’s mission is “to make the complicated world of money accessible to everyone”. They…

FXCM Pro release comprehensive data product suite

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group adds crypto baskets to its retail offering

Retail forex broker and provider of FX and CFD trading, FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) has just announced the introduction of cryptocurrency baskets to its retail customers. CryptoMajor - the cryptocurrency basket – is made up of the 5 major cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ether. CryptoMajor addresses hedging transparency issues by giving an equal weighting…

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFH Clearing adds sentiment data and newsfeed from Acuity

CFH Clearing, TradeTech Group’s Liquidity Provider and Prime of Prime brokerage, has just announced that it has added news sentiment data tools and an enhanced multi-asset newsfeed to its platforms. Both newsfeed and data will be delivered through news technology company, Acuity. CFH clients can now access Acuity through its proprietary platforms, ClearPro and ClearWeb…

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: European markets open lower on Monday

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for October 14, 2019. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT After reaching three-month highs on Friday, the pound lost some steam and is down 0.7% against the dollar in early Monday trading. The gains at the end of last week were driven by reports…

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group reaches record APAC ADV of 1.2m contracts in Q3

Derivatives marketplace CME Group has today announced that it achieved its highest quarterly Asia Pacific average daily volume (ADV) on record, with 1.2 million contracts traded during third-quarter of 2019. That's a 61% rise YoY and surpassing the previous quarterly record of 1.1 million contracts traded in second-quarter 2019. Latin America quarterly ADV was 152,000…

New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forbes reports Bakkt not the issue – BTC fall due to mainstream coverage

Bitcoin enthusiasts, investors, and observers have still not gotten over how severely Bitcoin fell from grace, after the Bakkt crypto futures exchange opened for business. The blame-game has continued for weeks. The S&P 500 Index also took a tumble at the same time, as trade talks worsened and recession fears ramped up, but none of…

October 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Just2Trade introduces new MetaTrader 5 global account type

The licensed European broker Just2Trade Online Ltd has just announced that it has launched a new service via the multi-asset MetaTrader 5 platform. Just2Trade now offers its private and institutional clients access to financial instruments traded on major global exchanges: US (NYSE, NASDAQ) Canada (TSX) UK (LSE) Germany (Xetra) France (Euronext) Russia (MOEX) Spain (BME)…

October 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ripple CEO on speaking trail, but draws criticism for rewriting XRP history

Brad Garlinghouse, the talkative CEO of Ripple Labs and manager of the XRP token, has taken to the speaking trail to defend his product offering, but in an odd twist, his critics claim that he is trying to distance himself from the creation of the XRP token. Yes, his ongoing battle with the SWIFT organization…

October 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Will blockchain disrupt Wall Street? Option test of concept very positive

Blockchain technology is making inroads into every possible corner of commerce, if you take the time to examine the level of research and development taking place in this new decentralized ledger system. Yes, cross-border payment transactions have received the most hype in the press, but as we recently reported: Consulting firms have told us that…

October 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Iran tanker hit

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for October 11, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, An apparent breakthrough has been achieved in the Brexit negotiations as Prime Minister Johnson and Irish Prime…