clone firm FCA warning
March 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Quantum Forex Trade clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Quantum Forex Trade. 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…

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Mizuho Bank makes smartTrade its core technology provider for their FX platform
March 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mizuho Bank makes smartTrade its core technology provider

Multi asset, end-to-end trading solutions for the Sell and Buy sides smartTrade Technologies just announced that it has been chosen by Mizuho Bank Japan to deliver their next generation e-FX platform. smartTrade’s LiquidityFX platform provides low latency connectivity combined with sophisticated aggregation, execution, smart order routing, order management, distribution, analytics and risk management. Hiroaki Aoyama,…

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INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets
March 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Europe is going all in blockchain technologies – future investments of $815 million

Despite a volatile market for the cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies are thriving. Europe appears to be at the forefront of blockchain investments. According to a report by IDC’ Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide, Europe will spend more than $800 million in blockchain-related technologies in 2019. The total spending amount will reach the staggering $3.6 billion by…

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The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed
March 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed

What was to become the world’s largest cryptocurrency IPO, that of Bitmain, has been postponed. The cryptocurrency mining equipment maker, Bitmain, filed for an application for an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), but it lapsed, so the process is at halt. According to news from Coindesk and from the HKEX webpage, the…

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Singapore
March 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext’s FastMatch opens a new office in Singapore

FastMatch, Euronext’s Electronic Communication Network (ECN) for Foreign Exchange (FX) trading, has announced earlier this week that it has expanded in Asia, establishing a new matching engine in Singapore. The new matching engine will be fully operational in the Q4 2019 and will allow customers in various Asia-Pacific markets including Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong…

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March 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

eToro acquires blockchain company Firmo

eToro, the Israel-based trading and investment platform, just weeks after launching its services in the United States, announced that it will purchase the smart contracts provider, Firmo for an undisclosed price. Through this purchase, eToro hops to grow the tokenized financial assets on its own platform. In particular, eToro was most interested in the technical…

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Advanced Markets launches crypto CFDs
March 27, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Advanced Markets and FinTech provider Fortex launch MT5 white label programs

The FCA and AFSL regulated institutional foreign exchange liquidity and prime-of-prime service provider Advanced Markets has just announced that it has teamed up with the Silicon Valley fintech provider Fortex to launch the new MetaTrader 5 White Label program.  Through its MetaTrader 5 White Label program, Advanced Markets will be distributing its liquidity to qualified…

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