Exclusive: IS Prime Australia goes live with Agency Voice Execution business
May 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: IS Prime Australia goes live with Agency Voice Execution business

LeapRate Exclusive... ISAM Capital Markets, the parent company of IS Prime, announced exclusively for LeapRate that it is expanding its Agency Execution business and bolstering its team in Sydney through the appointment of two senior financial markets professionals, Angus Malone and Cal Portway. Angus Malone has 15 years’ experience at Macquarie Bank, progressing from trainee…

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May 14, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Microsoft to protect users' identity with Bitcoin's blockchain

Microsoft is thinking big when it comes to protecting its users' identity data. The software giant is looking to launch a decentralized identity (DID) tool built on the blockchain of Bitcoin to offer its users a new and innovative way to protect their identity. The infrastructure for the project known as the Identity Overlay Network,…

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Rep. Brad Sherman wants to ban all cryptos – Time to ‘nip this in the bud’
May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Rep. Brad Sherman wants to ban all cryptos – Time to ‘nip this in the bud’

Bitcoin is in ascendance again. Positive fundamental forces are originating from Facebook and Fidelity crypto initiatives. Institutional investors want to get in the game, if they have not already. The public, global regulators, and government officials are becoming more receptive to the notions of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, thereby allowing fear and ridicule to dissipate…

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forex market crypto news and updates
May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Stocks heating up, BTC hits $8K

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for May 14, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Always be aware of market dynamics. Especially in crypto, but in all financial markets, things can move really fast…

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Daily Market analysis
May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The Pound continues on a slow decline

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for May 14, 2019. See details below: Forex The Pound continues on a slow decline, testing the $1.29 support level. Sterling is exposed to the fall-out from the escalation in trade tensions, which is behind a change in the market sentiment to…

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clone firm FCA warning
May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Bristol and West Investments clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Bristol and West Investments. 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…

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AETOS daily forex market commentary
May 14, 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 14, 2019.  AUD/USD The much-anticipated Chinese retaliation has released its plan to impose higher tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, the finance ministry said on Monday, after the United States announced a tariff hike…

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GKFX UK rebrands as GKPRO
May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

GKFX UK rebrands as GKPRO

Global Kapital Group just announced that it has decided not to on-board new retail and elective clients to GKFX UK. GKFX UK will continue to serve institutional and professional clients through GKFX UK platform. Given this change in GKFX segmentation strategy, Global Kapital Group decided to re-brand GKFX UK as GKPRO starting 1st of June…

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