One persistent criticism by skeptics of cryptocurrencies has been that the criminal element of our society and terrorists profusely uses cryptos as a medium of exchange to carry out a number of their nefarious activities. The anonymity aspect of cryptos is always cited as the problem that must be solved by imposing strict KYC/AML/CFT compliance…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 26, 2019. See details below: FOREX During early Wednesday trading the US Dollar staged a remarkable recovery from a three-month low against other major currencies. This change of direction followed Fed’s chairman Jerome Powell’s speech and press conference on Tuesday,…
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Integral just announced that INTL FCStone Ltd has deployed an FX trading app built on the Integral platform to expand mobile trading services to its institutional customers. INTL provides global expertise in trading and clearing in the full spectrum of OTC FX instruments. The group is committed to providing its clients with state-of-the-art electronic market…
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It was only two weeks ago that the Bitcoin faithful were perturbed by the ranging behavior of their favorite cryptocurrency. BTC had been mired within a tightly bounded range between $7,500 and $8,100, with no particular since of what was to come. Even advocates began seeing “Head-and-Shoulder” formations that spoke that doom was imminent, perhaps…
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Report identifies fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) across the UK IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, has been identified as one of London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain 2019’. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium sized businesses…
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The Australian regulator ASIC announced today that it has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Sydney-based Guarded Pty Ltd for failure to comply with financial services laws, effective from 27 May 2019. Guarded failed to maintain competence to provide the financial services authorised by its licence after its responsible manager, who had been…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for June 25, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Let's start off by saying that Facebook's new Libra coin (under current proposal) should not be called a stablecoin.…
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Spread betting and CFD provider CMC Markets announced that it is rolling out to its customers the ability to spread bet and trade CFDs on three new cryptocurrency indices. Major Crypto Index will include bitcoin, ripple, bitcoin cash, ethereum and litecoin. Emerging Crypto Index is based on dash, EOS, monero, NEO, stellar lumens, cardano and…
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Global financial services firm JST Capital just announced that it has launched a full suite of offerings, now available to institutional investors, blockchain companies, banks, and brokers in the digital assets ecosystem. These offerings include over-the-counter (OTC) trading via a sophisticated GUI and FIX connection, risk management modelling, crypto optimization strategies and consulting services. JST…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 25, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar continues to lose terrain against other major currencies, under pressure from a cocktail of circumstances. These include: an expected interest rate cut from the Fed, which could arrive as early as…
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