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.
avelacom
March 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Avelacom expands to Virginia with direct connection to Amazon AWS North America

Avelacom expands to a wider variety of cryptocurrency markets, making it easer for institutions to take advantage of arbitrage and other latency sensitive strategies. Global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider, Avelacom, launched a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Ashburn, Virginia, with direct connectivity to Amazon AWS US – East–1 region. Its most popular route for cryptocurrency…

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fxcm launches stock baskets
March 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FXCM introduces commission-free equity trading

FXCM Group, LLC, international foreign exchange trading, CFD trading, cryptocurrencies and related services provider, announced its expansion into equity trading with the launch of a commission-free trading service in collaboration with Interactive Brokers. Equity trading is one of the most popular investment securities for retail traders. FXCM will create a dedicated online and mobile trading…

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acquisition
March 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Broadridge acquires FundsLibrary

Global Fintech provider and part of the S&P 500 Index, Broadridge Financial Solutions, announced earlier this week the acquisition of FundsLibrary, fund document and data dissemination platform. Broadridge’s pan-European regulatory communications and digital data platform will benefit from the acquisition with lifecycle of fund data, documents, and regulatory reporting for the investment industry support. FundsLibrary’s…

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TechFinancials converts loan into Footies
March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TechFinancials converts loan into Footies

Fintech provider TechFinancials, Inc., announced that following 15 July 2019 funding agreement with for subsidiary Footies Ltd, the company has converted its $300,000 loan into 4,285 new shares of £0.01 in Footies Ltd. The transaction was at approximately $70.00 per share and amounted to valuation of US $1,000,000 post-money for Footies. After the transaction TechFinancials…

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March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Sweden calls for action on Ukraine crypto fraud scheme

The Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde has urged Ukraine to take action against the alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation targeting vulnerable inexperienced investors in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and UK. Swedish national newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) exposed the so-called “fraud factory”, operating from Kyiev after investigation. Ukraine-based Milton Group allegedly defrauded investors by offering…

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Kraken
March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FCA retracts warning against Kraken but BitMEX alert stays up

United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) quickly took down an official warning against Kraken after apparent confusion but alert about BitMEX remains active. The UK watchdog published a notice on its website on 3 March to warn citizens against Kraken. The warning stated that the second-largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange by volume is not authorized to…

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Cboe Global Markets
March 05, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe sets trading records with February volumes

Cboe reported their February 2020 volumes, making great raises compared to February the previous year. Options ADV are up with 64%, Futures by 88%, U.S. Equities by 30% and Global FX by 20% YoY. Cboe’s four options exchanges together set a new monthly ADV record with more than 11 million contracts traded in February. A…

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moex moscow exchange
March 04, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange reports 19.9% MoM rise in February volumes

The Russian market operator Moscow Exchange Group (MOEX) reported RUB 69.4 trillion in trading volumes, a 19.9% increase MoM (RUB 57.9 in January 2020). Compared to last year, there is a 11.5% rise (RUB 62.3 trillion for February 2019). Spot FX Market registered the most growth MoM with 60%, followed by Derivatives Market with 40%.…

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