Analysts and investors have quantified nearly a dozen fundamental drivers that have propelled Bitcoin forward over the past four months, but there is always room for one more. The latest argument to be supported by the evidence of the historical record is that geopolitical tensions are shifting the tides of capital flows more in favor…
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Major cryptocurrency media site CCN shut down its operations on June 10th, citing that the reason for the decision is none other but Google's June 2019 Core Update. According to press, searches the traffic of CCN from Google searches specifically dropped by more than 70% for one day, which is a huge decrease. While the…
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Volatility? What volatility? Where did it go? Suddenly Bitcoin seems to have forgotten its most identifying trait, to be the most volatile asset class in history. For the past thirty days, there have been several fits and starts, but the world’s favorite cryptocurrency has displayed fairly stable price behavior of late, as if Bulls and Bears had…
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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 11, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. It might have been a small update, or a large one, we really have no way of knowing. The…
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Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has also recently announced its revenue for the month of May 2019. Total volume last month was reported to be $802,275. With 23 trading days in May, average daily volume was up 9.1% MoM to $34,882. The complete results can be seen in the table below: *Volumes in USD millions,…
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Last week Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has released its trading volumes report for the month of May 2019. You can see the highlights below: Interest Rate Futures contracts The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 41,650 ( - 27.7% MoM / - 53.4% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 2,192. 項目 May…
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Itiviti, financial institutions tech and service provider, just announced that DZ PRIVATBANK, the cooperative private bank of DZ BANK Group, has successfully installed Itiviti’s multi-asset OMS. DZ PRIVATBANK will now be able to support an increase in customer demand relating to performance, speed and connectivity to different markets and brokers. Additionally, regulations such as MIFID…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 11, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar fell by more than 0.1% against the Euro Tuesday, resuming a downward trend after a brief reprieve on Monday. This dynamic can be explained by a market sentiment that sees a…
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The deed is done. Financial ministers of the G20 group have now decided to confront the crypto industry with tough new rules related to Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Counter the Funding of Terrorism (CFT), much as is now required of banks across the globe. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) spent…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Tom Higgins, CEO and Founder of Gold-i, is the driving force behind his company. He has been working in the financial technology sector for over 25 years, having spent most of his career working in the City, London. His career history includes: Management Consultant at PA Consulting Group, Chief Technology Officer at The…
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