The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that WordPress has taken over the world. Search trends on Google reveal the considerable daylight between WordPress and other content management systems (CMS). The blogging platform continues to reign as the most popular CMS in the world,…
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Your Weekly Trading Review by UFX.com – Sunday, January 21st, 2018 Here are some of this past week’s leading economic news and events that affected the financial markets: The EUR/USD fell by 0.13%, closing the week at $1.2222. The GBP/USD decreased by 0.26%, ending the week at a £1.3858 exchange rate. Gold went up by 0.44% as…
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In Forex Industry News this week... Which Binary Options platform provider in Israel had its offices raided by the FBI? Who was revealed as the $100 million investor in Retail FX broker IronFX? How did ESMA's updated proposals to regulate leveraged CFD trading differ from its initial statement last month? And, what did ESMA have…
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Institutional FX execution services and data analytics company The Cürex Group has announced its latest senior hire, appointing Claudio Pannunzio as Managing Director, Marketing, to lead the firm's global brand and marketing strategy efforts. Claudio Pannunzio is tasked with steering Cürex Group’s global marketing functions, which encompasses responsibilities ranging from the execution of the company’s…
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has filed a federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Defendants Patrick K. McDonnell, of Staten Island, New York, and CabbageTech, Corp., doing business as Coin Drop Markets (CDM), a New York corporation, charging them with fraud and…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Defendants Dillon Michael Dean of Longmont, Colorado, and his company The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, a UK-registered company. The CFTC Complaint charges Dean and The Entrepreneurs Headquarters with engaging in…
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ICO boutique firm Chaineum has announced the launch of a €10 million hard cap ICO for Hush, which is developing a pan-European mobile app as an alternative to banks. The offering is fully compliant with regulatory requirements governing ICOs. Chaineum is handling end-to-end management of the fundraising, with pre-sales to debut the week of 22 January.…
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Exactly a month after dropping its bombshell proposal of a hard 30x cap on CFD leverage, European pan financial regulatory body ESMA has taken the next step in enacting its proposals by formally opening a 'call for evidence' from the public and affected parties to give formal feedback on its proposals. The consultation period will…
Read moreGlobal Brokerage Inc (OTCMKTS:GLBR), formerly known as FXCM Inc, has taken the next step in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, filing a 'T-3' form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to qualify the new debt it will issue to current holders of the company's $172.5 million of outstanding Convertible Notes. The new debt will…
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Very acquisitive financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has made another acquisition, paying €5.8 million for 80% of Stockholm based insider list management company InsiderLog. The deal to buy InsiderLog comes on the heels of other recent Euronext acquisitions in the second half of 2017, including buying the Irish Stock Exchange plc for €137 million, and Forex…
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