daily markets news
January 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Aussie retail investors predict flat markets for 2019

The following article is courtesy of research firm Investment Trends. Research firm Investment Trends today released its December 2018 Investor Intentions Index, a monthly study that tracks Australian investors’ market outlook and intended investments. The study draws on monthly surveys participated by 2,195 Australian investors over the last 12 months. Aussie retail investors predict flat…

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January 02, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

2019 - a good start for the crypto market so far

If 2017 was the "cryptocurrency heaven", 2018 was the "hell". The prices of Bitcoin went from $20,000 per coin in December 2017, to $3,500 in December 2018. Now, the community is wondering what 2019 will bring to the cryptocurrency market, especially when crypto "enthusiasts" like Mike Novogratz are predicting strong bullish trends and cosmic cryptocurrency…

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Abra adds native ETH deposits and withdrawals in the Abra wallet
January 02, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum to cut its energy consumption by 99%

While most people are concerned with the energy consumption of Bitcoin, or rather, the process of its mining, many fail to acknowledge that Ethereum, among the top three cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap, is consuming not less energy than the "people's currency". Ethereum reportedly consumes around 25%-50% of what Bitcoin does, which means…

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Daily Market analysis
January 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Crypto investors await Bakkt launch

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 2, 2019. Highlights include: Markets Start 2019 on Sour Note: Stocks in Asia and Europe are taking a hit on poor manufacturing data in China. Seasonal low trading volumes and the continued US government…

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volumes
January 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral reports steady volumes in December

FX technology company Integral has just released its volumes report for the month of December. The company reported that average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $38.7 billion - a 1% rise MoM and 18.3% increase YoY. Harpal Sandhu, CEO of Integral, commented: Integral and our partners have had a tremendous year, and we…

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dgcx
January 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

DGCX breaks annual volumes record, up 28% YoY

The Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) has just announced a highly successful 2018. The exchange broke its annual volumes record, trading 22.26 million contracts, up 28% YoY. The total value of the contracts was USD 474.94 billion (previous highest value of USD 448 billion was traded back in 2013). Average Daily Volumes (ADV) were…

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