An interesting phenomenon is taking place on the global financial markets. The measures taken by the Trump Administration to tighten up global trade and “restore” the powerful place of the US as a number one economic power are seriously affecting the global political and economic powers. The most recent talks on how to neutralize the…
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Over the past couple of years, the SEC has been “struggling” with the case of whether to approve or not the numerous Bitcoin ETF applications coming its way. The SEC so far has somewhat felt “uncomfortable”judging the applications, as the Commission has stated that it needs further knowledge and expertise in the field in order…
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The following article has been exclusively prepared for LeapRate by the TradeTools FX technology group. The TradeTools FX technology group was founded in 2008 by a group of highly experienced IT professionals with the goal to create simple, secure and user friendly solutions for the FX market. LeapRate Exclusive... TradeToolsFX has just launched a new…
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Another week has passed, and Bitcoin, despite an isolated attempt to bring it down to its knees, has refused to throw in the towel and capitulate. Almost as an act of defiance to its critics, the oldest and largest cryptocurrency rebounded from the depths, roughly $7,000, but as low as $6,400 on a few low…
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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has expressed interest in adopting blockchain products, according to Cointelegraph. The CEO of the exchange has come forward to admit that if there is regulatory support and approval, ZSE will most probably adopt the blockchain technology. In particular, Mr. Bgoni, the CEO of ZSE, said that these blockchain-based services and products can…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for May 21, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Today's Highlights Tesla Drop Stellar Down Crypto Dominance Traditional Markets No stocks are not in a bear market but…
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Multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics company, OANDA, just announced that it has teamed up with the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. to identify ways to reduce the cost of trading during periods of high market volatility. The partnership aims to identify ways to reduce the cost of trading during periods…
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FCA regulated provider of foreign exchange services to corporate and private clients across EMEA, Argentex LLP, just announced its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 March 2019. This is another record revenue and profit growth year for the company, driven by a 38% increase in gross notional currency traded, to £10.8 billion. Financial…
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ASIC and FCA licensed Retail FX broker AETOS Capital Group have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for May 21, 2019. EURUSD The euro strengthened on Monday, closing at 1.1168(+4 pips) against the greenback. Risk-averse headlines dominated the news feeds, although most of them related to familiar issues, named the US-Sino trade war and Brexit, failing…
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