Moscow Exchange teams up with Avelacom, expands in Asia and the Middle East LeapRate

May 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange teams up with Avelacom, expands in Asia and the Middle East

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just announced its collaboration with Avelacom, in order to facilitate the connectivity options for professional market participants and their clients from Asia and the Middle East. The exchange informed that it has deployed new Points of Presence (PoPs) in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai and Mumbai. Market participants will now have…

May 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex sports sponsorship: Argentex teams up with Professional Cricketers’ Association

Soon after reporting another year of record revenue and profit growth, Argentex LLP, the FCA regulated provider of foreign exchange services to corporate and private clients across EMEA, announced that it has signed an exclusive FX partnership with the Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA). The PCA is the representative body of past and present first-class cricketers…

May 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against several clone firms, including Deutsche Bank and ICAP

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of several clone firms today. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam…

May 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

AETOS daily forex market commentary

ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for May 28, 2019. EURUSD The Euro closed lower on Monday, closing at 1.1192(-14 pips) against the greenback. The lack of macroeconomic releases exacerbated the quietness around major pairs, although the greenback ended the day modestly up against…

May 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin astounds again – Testing $9,000, share up to 61% - What’s next?

We are running out of adjectives and adverbs to describe the meteoric rise of Bitcoin, a repeating record that excites, but no one wants the music to stop. History has already ruled once on Bitcoin’s asymptotic slope to higher realms, as analysts quickly draw comparisons to times gone by in 2017. Every phase of that…

May 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: BTC/ARS rates at its highest ever

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for May 27, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Traditional Markets Today is a bank holiday in the UK and in the USA. So volumes are likely to…

May 27, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Taotao, a Japanese crypto exchange, launches trading operations on May 30th

Cointelegraph Japan just announced that Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Taotao, has confirmed that it will launch its trading services on May 30th, 2019. Yahoo! Japan owns 40% of the exchange. Trading on Taotao will first include ether and bitcoin only. In addition, investors will be able to trade on margin the following: Bitcoin cash, Litecoin and…

May 27, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

The role of the SEC in driving blockchain and crypto "innovation" in the US

The SEC is now considered by some as “thorn in the eye” of many Bitcoin enthusiasts. Back in March, 2019 Leaprate reported on the situation inside the SEC regarding crypto regulation. As the crypto world keeps evolving and other markets become more aggressive in their desire to be market leaders, will the intransigence of the…

May 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

RoboForex joins the Financial Market Development Association

The financial company RoboForex announced last week that it has joined the Financial Market Development Association (ARFIN). RoboForex will now be obliged to comply with the Rules of Market and Professional Conduct, which regulate corporate conduct for the Association members, as well as follow principles of transparency and fair practice. LeapRate reminds that RoboForex has…

May 27, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Vodafone and Jio to restrict spamming via blockchain

Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio Infocomm are partnering on a new blockchain-based technology to restrict the number of spam calls and messages to users. The project means that over 1 billion mobile users will benefit from the improvement. The project is carried through with the help of Tanla Solutions and Tech Mahindra. The information comes…