Ampleforth, a decentralized store of value protocol, has just announced the completion of a second security audit. The first audit was completed by Chinese security firm SlowMist over the course of 1 week and reported no vulnerabilities. The second audit was conducted by Trail of Bits, a New York-based security firm. From November 5, 2018…
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LCH SwapAgent has just announced that €4.5 billion in notional of trades registered in LCH SwapAgent were successfully compressed in TriOptima’s multilateral USD/EUR cross-currency swap compression cycle. Compression is the process by which members can eliminate offsetting trades to reduce notional outstanding and the number of line items in a portfolio. Capital requirements such as…
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The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has just informed traders that it has added Ripple (XRP) to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). Nick Cowan, Managing Director and Founder of GSX (Gibraltar Stock Exchange) Group Limited, commented: Ripple is a major player within the blockchain industry. In ways similar to our work at the GSX Group, it…
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The following article is courtesy of financial service provider AETOS Capital Group. 2018: A Year of Gloom 2018, as it were, was the toughest year for the financial market since the 1970s. As of mid-November, up to 70% of all 70 asset classes, including U.S. equities, U.S. treasury securities, corporate bonds and gold, saw negative…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Forex trading app OhMyGeorge has announced that it has teamed up with retail FX broker AxiTrader in order to help improve the profitability of its traders. OhMyGeorge was created back in 2016 by the French developer Lucien Tavano. AxiTrader was a natural partnership for OhMyGeorge, they offer many tools for beginners that we are able to…
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Online trading broker ATFX has announced its first affiliate programme, aimed at increasing its client base across Europe. The company is gearing up to expand its client capacity and providing marketing tools to assist affiliates in the process. The CPA structure offers commissions of up to $1300. Marcos Tigsilema, Commercial Director, commented: With the launch…
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MetaQuotes Software Corp. has just announced that Tradays has expanded the economic calendar geographically by adding Italy on top of the US, European Union, Germany, France, Japan, UK, Canada, Switzerland, China, Australia and New Zealand. By regularly checking the app, traders remain informed on the releases of 36 Italian economy indicators, from the Business Confidence Index to BTP…
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Retail forex traders learn early in their training regimens that risk in the currency markets cannot be avoided, but there are various management techniques that can be employed to minimize its potential impacts. Managing a specific market risk, however, depends first on being aware that the risk even exists. A unique form of market risk…
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. DTCC will now be able to provide trade reporting services in Switzerland via DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service (GTR) in Europe. GTR will further expand its services to market participants in support of reporting…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 8, 2019. Highlights include: Stocks Rally Off Lows: Stocks are recovering from a dismal Q4 as the U.S. and China make progress on a trade deal and the Fed signals that they’re less likely…
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