CySEC licensed online trading platform Libertex has announced that it has just launched a new CFD for shares of Lyft Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT). Lyft has recently raised 24,3 bln USD following its blockbuster IPO at the end of March, 2019. Igor Galkin, Head of Global Business Development and Sales at Libertex Group, commented: Lyft held an…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has fined the company Nine Masts Capital Limited $1.2 million for failures relating to the short selling of Yuzhou Properties Company Limited shares in May 2015. Back then, on May 12, 2015, Yuzhou Properties proposed placing of new shares, subject to the fulfilment of…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called BAT Financial Management. The UK FCA has already warned against the same scam company last month. BAT Financial Management Associated entities/individuals: Dan Johnson and William Davies Address: Unit 1619 Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong…
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The Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) has announced that it has taken national measures mirroring ESMA’s last year restrictions. The AFM will prohibit Binary Options and restrict the marketing, distribution or sale of CFD to retail investors. LeapRate reminds that the new rules, formalized by ESMA in late March, came into effect: Binary Options – from…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company 4XFX. 4XFX is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…
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Just several days ago, Leaprate reported on the news that a special, $1 million hunt is out - the Satoshi Treasure Hunt. The broadcaster of the cryptic message announced that he will be releasing details about the keys that lead to unlocking the Treasure. The release of details happened on the 17th and 18th of…
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When Bitcoin and Ethereum were the only games in town, the issue of token standards and interoperability was not even on the radar screen, but today, with thousands of crypto development programs and tokens to match, it is time to “address the need to universally define tokens and how their implementation can occur, interchangeably, across…
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Who knew? Who knew that while investors were enduring the consequences of Crypto Winter, lo and behold, some of the largest corporations around the world were hard at work behind the scenes embracing blockchain technology and developing their own workable solutions, while crypto development companies continued to search for the “killer app” that would reshape…
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Another week… another report that reveals the dark underbelly of crypto exchanges and confirms the SEC’s worst nightmares about price manipulation in crypto exchange markets. The report this week, entitled “Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges”, comes to us by way of researchers at Cornell Tech. They focused primarily…
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Retail forex broker FXTM has just announced that it has appointed Tan Chung Han (Han Tan) as a new Market Analyst of the FXTM Market Research team, with a focus on Southeast Asia (SEA). Han Tan is a highly experienced financial journalist and producer with more than 6 years of experience gained across local and…
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