There are absolutely a lot of dubious ICOs out there - more than 70% of all ICOs created and funded in 2017 and 2018 are gone, and with them, the money of the investors. The problem is that while there is always risk with investing, especially in something as speculative as an ICO, founders should…
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DRIVE Markets, an institutional spot and derivatives exchange, just announced that it has teamed up with Gold-i. The newly formed partnership will allow brokers to connect High Frequency Trading (HFT) systems and access a growing order book. Just last week, DRIVE Markets launched its institutional crypto and fiat currency exchange, offering derivatives trading for Bitcoin,…
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Breaking News... Rumor has it that FCA regulated retail FX and CFDs broker GKFX Financial Services Limited continues to reshape is management team, this time hiring Mohsin Jameel as its new CEO. Mohsin Jameel is a serial entrepreneur, CEO of a FX and CFD’s Consulting Services company named Bull InfoTech. Mohsin Jameel has already been…
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FX brokerage group GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands, has just released its trading volumes for the shortest month of the year - February 2019. OTC Average Daily Volume dropped to $6.7b with 20% MoM. OTC Trading Volume was $134.4b in February, down 27% MoM and a 53% drop YoY. 3…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC today released its monthly execution report for February 2019. Highlights for trading of all instruments in February 2019 67.1% of orders were executed at price (up 8% MoM) 22.7% of orders were executed with positive slippage 10.2% of orders were executed with negative slippage Average execution speed of 20…
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The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced the launch of deliverable futures for the common shares of Polyus and Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) including options trading on stock futures. The new offerings are an addition to MOEX’s portfolio of stock derivatives, which gives portfolio managers more options when trading the two stocks. A single lot…
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Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA)’s shares declined today and dragged futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower. Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crashed on Sunday en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi killing 157 people. Given the cause of the crash is still unknown, and this is the second such incident involving Boeing's new 737 Max 8…
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Dash Financial Technologies today announced the appointment of Venu Palaparthi as its new Chief Compliance Office and Head of Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Palaparthi will be in charge of Dash’s corporate compliance strategy including the implementation of regulatory policies within the company and will lead efforts to comply with government rules and regulations. Mr. Palaparthi has…
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Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) announced that following the initial success of its cooperation with Nayax Ltd, on 17 January 2019 the two companies had agreed to extend their acquiring contract up to 2024. The extension of the acquiring agreement was governed by the following terms: Nayax’s founding stockholders agreed…
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The Cyprus regulator (CySEC) announced that it has decided to withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) authorisation of the company GS Sharestocks Ltd. The Cyprus Investment Firm's authorisation is with Number 262/14 of GS Sharestocks Ltd. The regulator has made this announcement due to GS Sharestocks Ltd’s decision to expressly renounce it. The official announcement…
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