CEO Rustam Lam talks about TradeStation Global platform, bitcoin futures and more LeapRate

March 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CEO Rustam Lam talks about TradeStation Global platform, bitcoin futures and more

TradeStation International, the international arm of TradeStation (a Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) company), is offering access to all the world's major stockmarkets across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Created in collaboration with Interactive Brokers, the TradeStation Global platform was launched in 2018 and enables direct market access and execution in FX, Equity, Futures…

March 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IBM to distribute its custodial solution for digital assets through third party

IBM (NYSE: IBM) is continuing its foray into the crypto space by releasing its beta version of its custodial solution for digital assets through a third part, Shuttle Holdings, a New York investment firm. Its forthcoming Digital Asset Custody Service, or “DACS” for short, is built upon IBM’s private cloud and encryption technologies, coupled with…

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

March 14, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Cosmos - the blockchain that unites various blockchain technologies

Blockchain has been used in multiple sectors and organizations across the world. From healthcare to the diamond industry, various elements of businesses have been disrupted by blockchain. Now, a new, giant blockchain project is coming to life - one that actually works to improve the actual interoperability between various blockchains. The blockchain is called Cosmos.…

March 14, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

A Blockchain ETF on the London Stock Exchange

While many are awaiting the Bitcoin ETF, a blockchain one is going up on the the London Stock Exchange. Invesco, an investment management company, has formed a partnership with Elwood Asset Management, a digital asset investment firm to launch a blockchain ETF on the London Stock Exchange. The goal of this partnership is to improve…

March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge appoints Manuel Baptista as Managing Director and Head of Sales

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR) today announced the appointment of Manuel Baptista as Managing Director, Head of Investor Communication Solutions International (ICSI) Sales. Baptista will be in charge of the company's sales team and will support the growth of Broadridge’s ICSI portfolio of services. He will collaborate with custodians, issuers, institutional investors and intermediaries to help…

March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against binary options provider Major Options Investment

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a warning against a suspicious entity named Major Options Investment (MOI). Major Options Investment is operating via the website https://www.majoroptionsinvestment.com and claims to be an online binary options trading platform provider. MOI, however, is not registered to trade in, or advise on, securities or exchange…

March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe's Skrill sponsors Los Angeles-based LA10 Football Club

The digital wallet provider Skrill Ltd. announced that it has signed a sponsorship deal with the Los Angeles-based LA10 Football Club. Skrill Ltd., part of the payments services company Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS), has just teamed up with the club, which was launched last September and has the backing of the former Juventus F.C. captain Alessandro Del Piero. Skrill's aim of…

March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF warns against a website fraudulently using Parel SA's name

The Autorité des marchés (AMF) has just issued a warning to the public regarding the activities of the website www.parel-gestion.net. The website is proposing investments without autorisation and making fraudulent use of the name of Parel SA. The website www.parel-gestion.net suggests that individual investors invest especially in precious metals. However, this proposal, that involves intermediation…

March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Secure Life clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Secure Life. 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 tactics to…

Exclusive: Bittrex and Bitsdaq launch new crypto exchange, interview with CEO and Chairman Ricky Ng

March 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Decred (DCR) lists on OKCoin's digital asset exchange

Decred (DCR), a community-led cryptocurrency, yesterday announced that it had officially listed on OKCoin, a fiat-to-crypto exchange, which is its first pairing with a fiat currency within the United States. The listing will allow authorized OKCoin users to withdraw and deposit their Decred (DCR) holdings, and as from today they will also be able to…