Eurex Clearing starts offering swap trades for US-based end clients LeapRate

Eurex reports 192.1 million traded contracts in June

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex Clearing starts offering swap trades for US-based end clients

Eurex Clearing, part of Deutsche Börse Group, has successfully executed its very first swap trade for US-based end clients. The company’s swap clearing service has been well-received by US firms with Citibank being the first major firm to offer its clients swap clearing using the Eurex service. Eight other major financial services companies have also partnered…

How will Google’s Cache product leverage banking links for unique value?

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Google tiptoes into Crypto-Land with release of Blockchain Search tools

How would you like to search for patterns in the blockchain of your choice in much the same way as you would search the Internet today? Believe it or not, Google just made search tools available that will perform that task for eight separate blockchain ledgers. Transaction datasets have been loaded upon its “BigQuery” platform…

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC issues warning against unregulated entities

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has just made an announcement regarding several unregulated websites. The websites below do not belong to an entity which has been granted an authorization for the provision of investment services and/or the performance of investment activities: lite-options.com www.jetfore.com worldwidecapitalfx.com bogo-finance.com The name and license number of the Cyprus Investment Firm Bogofinance…

Digix lists on Korean exchange to boost its local market presence

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Winter consequences - South Korean exchanges struggle to survive

As the crypto bear market drags on, the consequences of what has been termed Crypto Winter continue to spread across the globe, especially in South Korea, a known hotbed of cryptocurrency trading and popularity. Recent reports detail a level of carnage that matches in many ways the decline in market values over the past year.…

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Get My Loans clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Get My Loans. 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…

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX options firm Digital Vega moves to London, announces two senior appointments

FX options company Digital Vega has just announced two senior appointments. Simon “Benny” Lewis will be the new Head of Interdealer Solutions. He spent 20 years at Tullet Prebon, building exotic options desk from scratch. He was ultimately appointed as Global Head of FX Options, until retiring in 2016. Romain Camus is the new Head of…

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against WorldWide CapitalFX

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has just announced that it has become aware of a suspicious entity named WorldWide CapitalFX. WorldWide CapitalFX (CapitalFX) claims to be an online binary options, cryptocurrencies, Forex and Contracts for Difference trading platform provider. The company is operating via the website www.worldwidecapitalfx.com/. The regulator has recently…

February 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CEO of Binance: Amazon will have to issue a currency sooner or later

The CEO of Binance, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, is a talkative fellow and never one to shy away from expressing his opinions quite publicly. In a recent tweet, CZ expressed his consternation that more major retailers on the Internet have not begun to accept cryptocurrencies for online payments. In his tweet, CZ explained: For any internet…

February 11, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

How can a blockchain project in Kenya help California?

The power of blockchain has undeniably left its mark on almost all parts of the world. Recently, Africa has emerged as a top, or at least, promising blockchain/cryptocurrency destination. Because the market is so new, there are numerous solutions and inventions to be made using blockchain. The most remarkable thing about blockchain, however, is the…

Kyber Network opens to become the VISA for cryptocurrency

February 11, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Banco Best and Credit Suisse process blockchain-powered live Fund transactions

The asset management branch of Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse Asset Management, and Banco Best, a Portuguese financial institution, have partnered on an interesting blockchain project. The two financial institutions have processed blockchain-powered live cross-border transactions of an investment fund. The platform that was used for the transaction was FundsDLT. The latter is a decentralized platform based…