Just in the beginning of June 2019, Leaprate reported on the incredible $4.6 million-lunch between Justin Sun, the the CEO of BitTorrent and the founder of TRON, and the Wizard of Omaha, or simply Warren Buffett. Justin Sun entered a bid for the lunch and won it. Warren Buffet has been known to hold auction…
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Ray Dalio, an American billionaire investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist, has recently stated that financial markets are going through what he calls a “paradigm shift”. He is also head of the world’s large hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, and often has a unique perspective on the market, based on years of experience. In other words,…
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Crypto enthusiasts have been eagerly awaiting the launch of retail Bitcoin trading at investment giant TD Ameritrade. After all, with over $1.3 trillion under management and 11 million clients, any moves in the crypto market by this formidable firm could result in significant upward pressure on current prices. Twitter was on fire recently when one…
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Deutsche Börse AG has released its results for the second quarter of 2019 earlier this week. The company generated net revenue in the amount of €724.8 million, up 6% YoY. As part of this, Deutsche Börse achieved structural net revenue growth of approximately 5%, in line with its expectations. Furthermore, higher net interest income from…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for July 26, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Hi Everyone, One question that investors constantly have to deal with is how much of the value of an…
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The international broker LegacyFX has just started offering MetaTrader 5 to its traders. The broker's clients will now be able to trade over 200 financial instruments using the desktop and mobile platforms. LegacyFX has been providing brokerage services since 2017. The MiFID-compliant broker is regulated by CySEC and the National Bank of the Republic of…
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LCH, a global clearing house, has announced that it has added Isabelle Girolami to its team as its new CEO, LCH Ltd. Prior to LCH Girolami was Crédit Agricole's Deputy CEO of Corporate and Investment Banking Business. Girolami will be based in London and will report to Daniel Maguire, CEO, LCH Group. She will be…
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FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands, has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2019. Key Financial Results for the Second Quarter 2019 include: GAAP net income of $0.9 million, or earnings of $0.02 per share GAAP net revenue of $75.5 million Adjusted net income…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for July 26, 2019. See details below: FOREX Mario Draghi spoke yesterday at the end of the ECB’s policy committee meeting and the Euro recovered some of the losses recorded during previous sessions, when it had hit 26 months’ lows. Mr Draghi…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Automated regulatory compliance specialist muinmos has recently been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the FCA’s Regulatory Sandbox. The Danish RegTech organisation uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to help financial institutions to categorise and validate regulatory compatibility for a range of financial products and services on a national and cross border basis. Remonda…
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