VanEck Securities surprised the crypto-verse two weeks back when it decided to focus its efforts only on institutional investors and to limit its Bitcoin Trust to accredited investors. At the time of that announcement, their management team assured everyone that they were still committed to a retail offering, but now the news is that they…
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Global Kapital Group has just announced that it has teamed up with Premier League legend Arsenal and will become their official global Forex partner. Tunc Akyurt, Group CEO of Global Kapital Group commented on the news: We are extremely proud to have a strong partnership with one of the Premier League’s best football clubs and…
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Bitcoin and its latest travails kept a bleary-eyed crew of analysts and traders awake through the night, as a sudden blast of cold wintry air from unknown parts knocked the token for a loop. As some astute observers remarked, the market share leader in Crypto-Land fell off a cliff, shedding $550 in minutes. The shockwave…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 20, 2019. See details below: GOLD Gold price is steady just above $1,500, consolidating after the decline seen earlier in September. In the last few days prices have been moving between $1,485 and 1,510, still inside the bar set in…
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GMEX Technologies Ltd. has just launched the latest release of its GMEX Fusion Digital Capital Markets technology suite, built on IBM (NYSE: IBM) Blockchain Platform. This technical advancement empowers institutional investors with a hybrid solution and will support multiple digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, security tokens, and more. GMEX Fusion is designed to support multi-cryptocurrency transactions…
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Michael Zollweg, Head of the Trading Surveillance Office (TSO) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Eurex Germany, announced earlier this week that he will leave this public position at the end of 2019 at his own request. Zollweg has been Head of the TSO for 20 years and leaves Deutsche Börse AG on the best…
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TP ICAP plc has announced earlier this week that it has acquired ClearCompress Limited, a provider of innovative, algorithm-based, light-touch compression services in cleared and uncleared derivatives that assist clients to achieve cost efficiencies and capital reduction. TP ICAP and ClearCompress started collaborating in 2017. In March 2019 when TP ICAP agreed to provide funding…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Fair Trading Technology, a provider of brokerage management solutions for the MetaTrader platform, has just announced that it will expand their service to other platforms as well. First in line is XOH Trader, a trading platform provided by X Open Hub. Commenting on the news, Jonas Eldborn, CEO of Fair Trading Technology, states:…
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT) has just announced that it will launch new transaction cost and market impact models for FX and fixed income, as part of ongoing enhancements to its comprehensive multi-asset class TCA offering. Kevin O’Connor, Virtu’s Head of Analytics and Workflow, commented: Our ACE Analytics product has been the leading cost and…
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The Cyprus regulator CySEC has made a new announcement today regarding the withdrawal of the AIFLNP authorisation of two companies. The latest additions to CySEC's list are Quantelion Fund Ltd and MESSINA FUND VCIC LTD. Quantelion Fund Ltd’s authorization is with number LPAIF88/2014 and MESSINA FUND VCIC LTD's authorization is with number LPAIF66/2014. According to…
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