As if the cryptocurrency world needed another fraudulent situation to avoid, the word is out that clever forgeries of the “Trezor One” crypto wallet have hit the market. The manufacturer of this security hardware product warned its clients on its blog last week that, “There are one-to-one replicas of their product on the market, which…
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How dependent are you on your smartphone? Do you keep your banking and trading logins and passwords stored on your phone? Do you love to download the latest app? In today’s electronic world, it is difficult to answer “no” to any of these questions, but the criminal element in our society is counting on you…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 3, 2018. Highlights include: BTC, Blockchain Jobs In Demand Despite Bear Market: Mike Novogratz recently commented that it’s difficult to build a business in a bear market. Bull markets present challenges of their own…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Active Cash UK. 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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Passive investment, or social trading, is one of the fastest-growing trading approaches today. It takes influences from the social media networking model and applies them to investment, driving new growth for a rising number of brokers. Two styles have emerged as the strongest contenders; percentage allocation management module (PAMM), which gives professional money managers access…
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Prokopios Katsaros, Head of Brokerage at Cyprus-Based Prime Brokerage TopFX, has joined LeapRate for an interview, sharing details about the company's 2-in-1 broker solution, its partnership with Forex software provider Spotware, and more. LR: Hi Prokopios, and thanks for joining us today. Please let us know a little more about TopFX’s 2-in-1 solution for brokers, and…
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Monax has announced the private beta launch of its Monax Platform, as the latest in its line of smart contract products. Casey Kuhlman, CEO and Co-founder of Monax, commented on the news: We’re excited to bring another blockchain solution to the legal field and see how this will benefit ancillary industries such as entrepreneurship, music,…
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Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just released its trading volumes report for the month of November. The total trading volume of FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) has dropped a bit from the previous month. The complete report can be seen below: The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 65,182 ( - 43.1% MoM…
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has informed the public that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA). According to WFE and the Association, the two main goals of the memorandum will be: to support the development of market infrastructures in Africa, and a wider African capital market ecosystem…
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As climate change projections grow increasingly dire, governments are calling on the private sector to address and prepare for its effects. Nori, the blockchain-based marketplace for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is making it easy for companies to pay to reducing their carbon footprint, while incentivizing farmers to switch to more eco-friendly agricultural practices.…
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