Facebook has literally shaken the perception of what cryptocurrencies can do. One of the largest companies in the world by user base and market cap, Facebook is creating its very own cryptocurrency called Libra - a project set to disrupt the way we use and perceive digital coins. Because of the massive impact that Libra…
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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 21, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. The US Stock market hit a brand new all-time record high yesterday due to a sudden shift in policy…
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Busy week indeed for the UK regulator... the FCA has put out details of more firms today, including the FXCM Germany clone firm. 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…
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Paxful, a peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, informed that it has teamed up with the blockchain and cryptocurrency products developer The White Company. The partnership aims to deliver the benefits of global payments to emerging markets, allowing Paxful customers to exchange their bitcoin into Visa or MasterCard prepaid cards in 10 fiat currencies (USD, GBP, EUR, INR,…
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CySEC licensed online trading platform Libertex announced that it has just expanded its trading portfolio launching CFD for shares of Slack Inc. (WORK). The popular messenger made a direct listing at June 20th. LeapRate reminds that Slack is the third “unicorn” company, after Lyft and Pinterest, that started offering its shares in the past months.…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 21, 2019. See details below: GOLD Gold is consolidating after the bullish run seen earlier this week, which pushed price up to a fresh 5-year-high. The decline of the last few hours, from the peak of $1,410 to $1,390 could…
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The Cyprus regulator CySEC has informed investors that the website smartoptionfx.com, does not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance of investment activities, as provided for in Article 5 of Law 87 (I)/2017. In the above mentioned website, there is a reference on…
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Trading solutions provider oneZero Financial Systems has just released Liquidity Hub 8.0, which features an enhanced design to give clients additional tools and flexibility. LeapRate reminds that oneZero added new auto-hedging, quote filtering and automated session controls in its Liquidity Hub 7.0 version last year. Andrew Ralich, CEO of oneZero Financial Systems, commented: We are…
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Berkshire Bank of Massachusetts announced a few days ago that it has teamed up with payments solution company Finastra. The partnership aims to upgrade the Bank's payment technology to Finastra’s flagship payments solution, Fusion Global PAYplus. This way Berkshire Bank will be among the first regional banks in the Northeast to offer real-time payments capabilities. Berkshire…
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The Bitcoin train just keeps chugging along, refusing to pull back sharply, as some analysts of note have suggested, and setting a new high for the year in the process. There has been a great deal of “hype” in the press this week regarding Facebook’s published plans for its proprietary crypto “Project Libra”, which will…
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