Steffy Bogdanova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced writer and journalist, working in the global online trading sector, Steffy is the Editor of LeapRate. She has previous experience as a copywriter and has been with the company since January 2020. Steffy has a British and American Studies degree from St. Kliment Ochridski University in Sofia.
March 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FIA, Greenwich Associates releases derivatives market study results

FIA released trading and clearing trends in derivatives markets research yesterday. The research examined market sentiment towards several major market structure trends. It also covered capital requirements impact, central clearing adoption, the transition away from Libor, and the implementation of margin requirements on uncleared derivatives. The study shows insights on financial institutions and commercial end-users…

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collaboration
March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Trading Technologies and Nodal Exchange collaborate to provide market access through TT Platform

Trading Technologies, Inc, global provider of professional trading software, announced its collaboration with Nodal Exchange to offer Nodal’s contracts through its TT platform. Clients of TT will be able to leverage its full suite of tools including charting and analytics functionality, design, automated trading, mobile trading, FIX services and API development, to trade the entire…

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regulations
March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Bithumb teams up with Chainalysis as Korean regulations become tighter

South Korean cryotocurency exchange Bithumb announced its partnership with crypto forensics firm Chainanylsis after new Korean crypto regulations was established. Bithumb will use Chainalysis’s “Reactor” investigations tool for examination of suspicious activity on its platform in order to comply with Korea’s recently revised Special Financial Transactions Information Act. The new crypto exchange regulation is expected…

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March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Desjardins to enhance its FX services with smartTrade

SmartTrade Technologies multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider, announced that Canadian financial services company, Desjardins, has selected smartTrade’s FX platform, LiquidityFX to provide FX services to its clients. Desjardins was looking for end-to-end e-FX trading solution for automation of its institutional and retail FX workflows. LiquidityFX met all the requirements while offering attractive and transparent flat…

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March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC freezes fraudulent offering by Florida investment adviser

Securities and Exchange Commission acquired an asset frieze against Kinetic Investment Group LLC, Florida-based investment adviser, and Michael Scott Williams, its managing member on suspicion of fraudulent, unregistered securities offering. The offering reached raised approximately $39 million from at least 30 investors located mostly in Florida and Puerto Rico. The complaint filed with SEC alleges…

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Blockchain.com platform to offer borrowing USD with crypto
March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Blockchain.com becomes first crypto platform to offer borrowing USD with crypto

Blockchain.com, cryptocurrency products provider, just launched its new product offering – Borrow which allows users to borrow USD-denominated stablecoins against crypto assets. It is the first major crypto platform to offer lending directly to everyday consumers. Last August Blockchain.com launched institutional lending desk which quickly expanded originations from $10M in the first month to $120M…

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March 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ESMA reviews the transparency regime for non-equity instruments for MiFIR

Europe’s market regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched a Consultation Paper in review of the transparency regime for non-equity instruments and the trading obligation for derivatives under the Market in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR). In this Paper, ESMA makes proposals for possible amendments to the transparency regime based on data analyses…

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March 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Copper.co teams up with SFOX to expand liquidity and provide fast OTC settlement

Copper.co, London-based institutional custody and brokerage firm, announced its partnership with SFOX, US prime cryptocurrency dealer. Copper’s institutional clients will benefit from SFOX’s integration and use secure access to its best price execution platform and global liquidity. SFOX’s clients will be able to take advantage of the secure custody and settlement architecture developed by Copper’s…

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Kraken
March 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Kraken plans to expand in India as crypto ban is lifted

US-based crypto exchange, Kraken, announced its intention to grow its operation in the Indian market following the recent ruling of the country’s Supreme Court to lift the ban against banks doing business with crypto companies. Kraken growth in India was until recently hampered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ban. However, the company do…

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Gain Capital forex.com
March 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

GAIN Capital’s February volumes up by 23% MoM

The US online trading services provider, GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), announces operating metrics for February 2020. The OTC trading volume for the retail segment was $198.7 billion, making a 23.1% increase in MoM and 47.8% up compared to February the previous year. The average daily volume OTC trading made a 35.6% MoM increase…

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