LeapRate Exclusive... Edgewater Markets, the NFA-registered non-bank FX liquidity provider, has just informed that it has added to its team Phil Muldoon, David Fowler, Ananda Ariesta, and Marvin Ng. Phil Muldoon joins the London team of the company as a Director of Institutional eFX Sales. Prior to Edgewater, Mr. Muldoon was Global Markets Director –…
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As 2018 draws to a close, economists, bankers, and major hedge fund managers dust off their respective crystal balls and begin to contemplate the future. These exercises will go into high gear over the prevailing weeks, as new predictions for major index funds, commodities, and currencies twelve months down the road will proliferate the Internet.…
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FCA regulated institutional FX and CFDs broker, Global Market Index Ltd (GMI UK) has just announced that it has partnered with MetaTrader technologies and integration specialist Gold-i. GMI’s integration with Gold-i aims to make its multi-asset liquidity accessible to Gold-i’s global client base. According to Ashraf Ebid, CEO, GMI: Gold-i has reliable, market leading technology and a…
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Last month, crypto derivatives exchange LXDX has opened its platform access, so traders would be able to create accounts and begin Know Your Customer (KYC) processes ahead of the live trading launch. The cryptocurrency exchange has just announced that the platform is now officially open to the public for live spot trading. People will now have…
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As the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase is definitely working towards providing more and more quality services to its large user base. While just recently, a user had to convert BTC, for example, to EUR in order to buy another cryptocurrency, this is no longer the case. Coinbase now lets users trade on a crypto-to-crypto…
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The bitcoin / blockchain revolution has undoubtedly arrived. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts will no longer need internet to transact with their digital coins. And while hundreds of startups and companies are trying to disrupt the level-playing field of blockchain services, one firm does it on a whole different level. Blockstream, a "pioneer in Bitcoin and blockchain technologies",…
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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 18, 2018. Highlights include: Crypto Bounces Back: As global stocks dropped, the crypto market make a strong push off the floor. The rebound was likely due to a short squeeze that took out a…
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Major payment system providers like Visa (NYSE:V) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA) may be having nightmares lately and for good reason. The word on the street is that Facebook is aggressively moving forward with plans to create an internal payment system that connects overnight its 2.3 billion active customer base. How do you do this feat without…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Gulf FX. 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…
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UBS (NYSE:UBS) has agreed to pay $15 million total fine to FINRA, SEC and FinCEN. The financial services company failed to implement anti-money laundering programs. Susan Schroeder, FINRA’s Executive Vice President, Department of Enforcement, commented on the news: AML systems must be reasonably designed to monitor transactions for potentially suspicious activity. When firms are part of…
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