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April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Blockbid becomes third recipient of Australia crypto exchange license

Melbourne based cryptocurrency exchange startup Blockbid has announced that it has become the third recipient of an AUSTRAC license, meaning they it has been granted permission to legally operate as a cryptocurrency exchange according to Australian law. The company stated that this is an important stepping stone to becoming an active, worldwide cryptocurrency exchange, whilst further…

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April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

RoboMarkets updates its R Trader Platform and auto trading Strategy Builder

CySEC licensed online brokerage and investment company RoboMarkets, which provides financial services to clients across Europe, has annoucned an update of its R Trader multi-asset trading platform. RoboMarkets has also updated its Strategy Builder, which allows traders to build and implement automated strategies with no knowledge of code or programming. In November 2017, RoboMarkets announced…

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April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Polish forex broker XTB claims blackmail, ex-client claims fraud, KNF investigates

A war of words is brewing between Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), a former disgruntled client named Krzysztof Kramarczyk, Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego, or KNF), and Polish prosecutors with charges of asymmetric slippage, fraud, and blackmail being bandied about. X Trade Brokers operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub…

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April 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Binary Options exec Mickey Winitsky replaces Itay Gissin as CEO of Investing.com

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular financial news site Investing.com has appointed Mickey Winitsky as its new CEO. Mickey Winitsky is replacing Itay Gissin, who was brought in by Investing.com founder Dror Efrat in 2014 to take over some of the key senior management responsibilities. Mr. Efrat remains active with the company. Mickey Winitsky is…

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April 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitfinex adds 12 new tokens as crypto exchange's daily trading volume hits $500 million

Digital asset trading platform Bitfinex has announced the introduction of 12 new token listings to its trading platform. The crypto exchange, which services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers, announced the introduction to the platform of the following tokens: Aion (AION), IOSToken (IOST), Request Network (REQ), Raiden Network (RDN), Loopring (LRC), BnkToTheFuture Token (BFT), Cofound.it…

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April 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers relaunches Bitcoin CFD pair BTCUSD trading

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it has relaunched the Bitcoin CFD BTC/USD pair. JFD first introduced leveraged Bitcoin trading in June 2017. JFD in reintroducing BTCUSD trading with maximum 2x leverage (50% required margin). Minimum trade size and minimum trade increment is 0.01 CFD, while maximum trade size on…

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April 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin margin trading site Stocksbtc.com claiming fake Malta MFSA license

Malta's financial regulator The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has announced that it has become aware of an entity operating under the name “Stocksbtc”, which is known to have an internet presence at stocksbtc.com and which, according to information available to the MFSA, appears to be offering investment and/or other financial services to consumers. Stocksbtc…

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April 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM FX trading volumes down 12% in March to $210 billion

Retail FX broker FXCM continued its strong start to 2018, although March wasn't quite as good as January or February. FXCM reported client trading volumes of $210 billion for March 2018, 12% below February's $239 billion. Keeping in mind, however, that January and February were FXCM's best months since the February 2017 crisis which saw FXCM exit the…

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