Competitive Enterprise Institute blasts SEC for inhibiting crypto innovation LeapRate

April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Competitive Enterprise Institute blasts SEC for inhibiting crypto innovation

John Berlau, a senior fellow at libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, has wasted no time in blasting the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its heavy handed treatment of all things crypto. The SEC recently released guidelines to clarify how it applies existing statutes in order to assist legal firms and promoters of Initial…

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April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fed's Policy Shift Year: AETOS analyst Ryan Chen special report - Part II

The following article is courtesy of AETOS analyst Ryan Chen. Part I of the report can be seen here. Reality not as silky as ideal As early as the end of 2018, there was sign that the Fed was shifting to dovish monetary policy. Fed Chairman Powell said, in a speech at the end of…

April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against UFX Global Limited

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called UFX Global Limited. UFX Global Limited Associated entities individuals: UFX markets, UFX bank, UFX trade Trading name: UFX Global Address: Govant Building, Kumul Highway, P.O. Box 1276 Port Vila, Vanuatu Website: www.ufx.com Phone: +35 702 503 003 14; +49…

April 16, 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 April 16, 2019. EURUSD The Euro closed where it opened on Monday, closing at 1.1302 against the greenback. Initially, the pair rose up to 1.1320 at the beginning of the day, as risk-on mood from late last…

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April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cryptos in retreat, as critics rejoice, but Bitcoin and altcoins claw back

Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren have been on a tear for the past two weeks in April, but critics quickly emerged from their slumber when the crypto-verse went into full retreat on Friday. Bitcoin, for the record, had risen over 30% during April, peaking at $5,400, which was almost unheard of a few weeks back.…

April 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

OKEx with new fiat pairs and second tokensale

OKEx, the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, has recently expanded its portfolio offerings with new fiat pairs, including Euro (EUR), Russian Ruble (RUB) and Turkish Lira (TRY). The additions are launched on the C2C fiat-to-token trading platform of OKEx. The new additions are expected to improve the access to digital coins as OKEx is preparing to launch…

April 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Trump attacks Fed

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 15, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Earnings Drive Sentiment: The number one factor driving markets at the moment are corporate earnings announcements. Today,…

April 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSEG’s UnaVista and TradeChannel collaborate on SFTR reporting solution

TradeChannel, part of Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), has just announced that it has joined London Stock Exchange Group's UnaVista Partner Programme to support clients in meeting the requirements for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). UnaVista is a regulatory technology platform, while TradeChannel is a software company that assists the financial community with post-trade regulatory transaction…

April 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX Forex weekly market update: April 15, 2019

The following guest post is courtesy of ATFX Global Chief Market Strategist Alejandro Zambrano. As the new week is underway, metal prices have come under pressure, and gold prices look ready for a significant decline. Gold prices bottomed out in August 2018, and when crude oil prices and U.S. stock market indices peaked in October 2018,…

April 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CMC Markets adds spread bet and CFDs trading on seven more cryptocurrencies

Global provider of online trading CMC Markets Plc (NYSE:CMC) just announced that they have added CFDs trading on another seven cryptocurrencies. The company has also started offering spread betting to its clients. In addition to bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin and ripple, now also available to trade on the Next Generation platform are: dash, EOS,…