How would you like to search for patterns in the blockchain of your choice in much the same way as you would search the Internet today? Believe it or not, Google just made search tools available that will perform that task for eight separate blockchain ledgers. Transaction datasets have been loaded upon its “BigQuery” platform…
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FX options company Digital Vega has just announced two senior appointments. Simon “Benny” Lewis will be the new Head of Interdealer Solutions. He spent 20 years at Tullet Prebon, building exotic options desk from scratch. He was ultimately appointed as Global Head of FX Options, until retiring in 2016. Romain Camus is the new Head of…
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), which operates the FOREX.com and City Index retail forex brands, has released its trading volumes for the month of January 2019. LeapRate reminds that January 2018 volumes at Forex.com were the company’s best result since November 2016, the month of the U.S. election which included some record trading days after the…
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FCA regulated FX and CFD broker Infinox (formerly Go Markets UK) has just announced that it has joined the Gold-i Matrix NETwork, signing an agreement for its multi-asset liquidity to be available through Gold-i’s technology. With Matrix Net, Infinox’s liquidity will be available to brokers worldwide who use Gold-i’s Matrix, MT4 Bridge and MT5 Gateway. Other brokerages…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just released its execution data for January 2019. Last month, FXCM Group has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading two months later. Earlier today the broker announced that…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe:CBOE) released its results for Q4 2018 as well as for the full year on Friday last week, both of which beat analysts’ estimates. The company grew its net revenues, total operating income as well as its operating margins. The higher operating income helped offset the slight increase in operating expenses,…
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Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has just completed the acquisition of the Irish energy broker Energy Broking Ireland Limited (EBI). Marex Spectron has returned to FX markets with a new platform back in October 2018. Last month, the broker announced another acquisition of Rosenthal Collins Group’s customer business. Marex Spectron started the acquisition process last month, just one day after completing…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just announced that FXCM Pro, the institutional arm of the business, has joined LiquidityFinder.com an information and matching service for businesses looking for liquidity. Sam Low, Founder of LiquidityFinder said: FXCM have a compelling liquidity offering with FXCM Prime and FXCM Omnibus. It is of great benefit to…
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Refinitiv, formerly the financial and risk business unit of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has just announced that it has been re-appointed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as the calculating and distribution agent for the industry interest rate benchmark, Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate (KLIBOR). KLIBOR is the official indicator of conditions in the interbank money…
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems has announced that FlexNOW is now available via Amazon Web Services (AWS). FlexTrade released FlexNOW in April 2018. Later on, the company has integrated the ipushpull (iPP) platform into the FlexNOW EMS. By choosing AWS, FlexTrade joins other leading global financial technologies companies like NASDAQ, Dow Jones…
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