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

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

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

LeapRate Exclusive... Bitsdaq, the official Asia partner of US cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex, has just announced the launch of the Bitsdaq Exchange. Bitsdaq is the second official partner with an Asian focus selected by Bittrex, following Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit. We are very excited to be partnering with Bittrex on what we believe will be…

Exclusive: IS Prime's Dane Baker joins GMI UK as Head of Institutional Sales eFX & CFDs

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: Dane Baker joins the GMI Institutional Sales team

LeapRate Exclusive... FCA regulated institutional FX and CFDs broker Global Market Index Ltd (GMI UK) has just announced that it has added Dane Baker to its team. Baker is the new Sales Executive in the company. Prior to GMI UK, he was sales at IS Prime. His background also includes Futures Trader at Tower Trading…

INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse acquires further shares in HQLAX

Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAX have signed a Letter of Intent to form a strategic partnership for the creation of an innovative securities lending solution using the R3 Corda blockchain platform back in March 2018. Later on, Deutsche Börse Group has made an initial investment of a single-digit euro million amount in HQLAX S.à r.l. in exchange for a minority…

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

SafeCharge teams up with online sports betting and iGaming bank payments source Mazooma

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) has announced that it has just teamed up with the trusted source for verified bank payments in online sports betting and iGaming Mazooma. Through Mazooma’s eCheck Select Payment and by offering real-time ACH payments, the payments provider has expanded its US presence even more. We’re pleased to make our ACH…

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against London E-Management clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm London E-Management. 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…

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and former owner Robert H. Shapiro fined $1B

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that a federal court in Florida has fined Woodbridge Group of Companies LLC and its former owner Robert H. Shapiro $1 billion. They have been charged with operating a Ponzi scheme that targeted retail investors. Woodbridge and its 281 related companies will have to pay $892 million…

TradeStation Group launches investment education media service and trading community

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

B9lab launches Blockstars Community Programme

Blockchain education provider B9lab has announced the launch of their Community Blockstars Programme to offer free mentoring, training, and certification in Ethereum for 1,000 aspiring blockchain developers. The Blockstars Community Programme aims to strengthen the Ethereum Development Community. There will be two intakes this year in March and October, each with 500 students taking the course…

B2Broker expands liquidity, adds 61 crypto CFD pairs

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

B2Broker boosts liquidity offering, adds 40 crypto/CFD pairs

B2Broker, a liquidity and technology provider of solutions for the crypto and foreign exchange (FX) industry, has just announced the launch of new 40 Crypto/CFD pairs, comprising all major cryptos such as BTC and Ripple against all major Fiat currencies: USD, EUR, JPY and GBP. The launch also features a range of unique pairs including:…

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA warns against TradeFintech firm

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called TradeFintech. TradeFintech Website: www.tradefintech.com Phone: +27 212053114; +27 510117127; +62 85574670770; +381 113216895; +7 4996091299 Email: [email protected] Reason for warning: The regulator is concerned that TradeFintech may be operating a scam and accordingly advise New Zealand residents to exercise…

January 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against ETbrokers clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm ETbrokers. 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 scam…