GAIN Capital continues global rollout of Bitcoin trading adding Australia and Singapore LeapRate

January 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital continues global rollout of Bitcoin trading adding Australia and Singapore

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today announced the launch of Bitcoin trading in Australia and Singapore on the Company's City Index branded service, which is regulated by ASIC and MAS, respectively. GAIN Capital's Bitcoin offering enables its customers to trade the value of the cryptocurrency through a highly-regulated, trusted broker, without the need to…

January 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM sees multi-year low with December FX trading volumes at $171 billion

After seeing a healthy comeback in trading volumes during November, Retail FX broker FXCM Group has reported that December activity dipped by 22% to $171 billion - the company's slowest month since at least 2015. Average customer trading volume per day came in at $8.6 billion in December 2017, 13% lower than November 2017 (with…

January 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness closes out record 2017 with December FX volumes at $257 billion

Closing out its best year ever which saw the company climb to become one of the largest Retail FX brokers, FCA and CySEC regulated Exness has reported that December Forex trading volumes came in at $256.6 billion - down 21% from November's record $324.4 billion, but still a good result for the normally slow end-of-year month.…

January 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 sees record Revenues in Q4 as cryptocurrency CFD trading takes off

Leading online CFDs broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has issued its Trading Update for the end of 2017, indicating that the company will report a record quarter for Q4 in terms of Revenues. We would remind our readers that in Q3 Plus500 reported what we called a 'monster' quarter, with then-best-ever Revenues of $116.5 million, EBITDA of…

January 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: City Index alum Simon Bird named Chairman of FX broker Ikon Finance

LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Ikon Finance Limited, the FCA regulated arm of the global Ikon Group, has named Simon Bird as its Non Executive Chairman. LeapRate had exclusively reported in November that Mr. Bird was making a comeback of sorts to the FX industry, as he was set to join the board of Ikon…

December 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital shares soaring 28% after analyst calls for shares to triple on crypto trading exposure

Shares of global FX brokerage house Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) are soaring by more than 25% today after a bullish report issued by a lightly read 'special situations' analyst named Richard Pearson seems to have lit a spark among investors. Not surprisingly, the spark is cryptocurrency trading. GAIN Capital, parent company of the global…

December 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

RoboForex rebrands to RoboMarkets as crypto trading focus increases

Limassol, Cyprus based Retail FX broker RoboForex has announced that it is rebranding under the new name RoboMarkets. Alongside the brand name change, the company has changed its corporate name from RoboForex (CY) Ltd to Robomarkets Ltd, which is now the official holder of the company's CySEC CIF license. The group also operates offshore Retail FX…

December 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG to delist from London Stock Exchange AIM market

FCA regulated Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that it plans to delist the company's shares from trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. LCG didn't give an exact date for the delisting, just that it would convene a shareholders meeting to vote on the matter…

December 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: LegacyFX reappears as a CySEC licensed FX broker

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new CySEC CIF license has been granted to a company called A.N. Allnew Investments Ltd, controlled by former XForex executive Jad Abdel Rahman. Under the new license, the company has launched a new Retail FX brand called LegacyFX, at websites legacyfx.com and for EU based clients at legacyfx.eu. The…

December 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Amana Capital, Centroid Solutions, and 514 Capital Partners plan to unite under 180 Capital

Amana Capital, Centroid Solutions, and 514 Capital Partners have announced a transformational plan to unite all three entities under a new holding structure, named ‘180 Capital’. The opportunity to create a new force in financial technology, was the catalyst in the evolution from separate entities to a combination of entities. 180 Capital (180cap.com) will incorporate…

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