Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 12, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Crypto Steps Back: The crypto market has dropped over the past 24 hours. This indicates that a…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for April 12, 2019. Forex The Euro is showing strength against the Dollar, in early Friday trading. This is the result of a growing risk appetite in the markets, following encouraging figures related to the growth of Chinese exports which in turn supports the…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for April 10, 2019. Forex/Brexit The Pound remains within a tight range, currently trading around $1.30. Despite overnight reports pointing to EU intentions to offer the UK an extension to article 50, that could last for up to a year, the Pound barely moved.…
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ActivTrades' Market Analysts have provided their daily commentary on traditional markets for April 9, 2019. Forex The British Pound remains within a tight range, around the $1.30 mark. This lack of movement reflects to some extent the markets uncertainty about the outcome of the Brexit process, as well as unwillingness to trade Sterling until there…
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It has now been nearly a year since ESMA (in its infinite wisdom) ruling on leverage came into effect - and its been very harsh on many of us brokers, as well as traders. The logic behind why ESMA did this is fair, there was too much risk in the market from both the broker…
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Litecoin has seen a huge surge in the last 48 hours. As has Bitcoin and other cryptos to a lesser extent. The word on the street is that Litecoin could continue its forward momentum until the halving in months to come, however one thing we do know is volatility is the games maker of trading.…
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The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. Personal opinions today: The EU agreed to extend the Brexit deadline, but only if the UK must vote again this week whether the Brexit agreement was passed. If the Brexit agreement is vetoed again, the UK must formally leave the EU without…
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Another week, another casualty in the crypto community. The ravages of Crypto Winter continue to wreak havoc on the crypto landscape, as a court in Hong Kong has ordered the local Gatecoin crypto exchange to shut its doors and liquidate its assets. Gatecoin marks the fifth crypto exchange to close its doors in 2019. Company…
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How can you economically determine if your crypto platform’s blockchain coding could be vulnerable to a major hacking compromise? The easiest way, it seems from a recent report, is to offer “bounties” to a group of professional hackers to scour the open-source code in the crypto universe for susceptible targets of entry, i.e., vulnerabilities. Various…
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If there is one event that would send Bitcoin enthusiasts into absolute delirium, it would have to be the SEC’s approval of a highly anticipated Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Jay Clayton, the chairman of the SEC, has never equivocated his position on the possibility of this ETF, even after a dozen or so of failed…
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