Category: Forex

HYPE Capital launches a $75m sports tech fund
April 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

HYPE Capital launches a $75m sports tech fund

HYPE Sports Innovation platform has announced plans for a $75m capital fund. HYPE will leverage from the already generated proprietary deal flow thanks to their global accelerator network hosting over 10,000 sports startups; focusing on eSports, AI, fan engagement monetization, VR, and performance analytics. The fund has already raised warehouse funding and signed the first…

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Cobalt goes live with Deutsche Bank, XTX Markets and Saxo Bank on its FX post-trade infrastructure
April 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CEX.IO Broker platform for leveraged trading launches soon

CEX.IO Broker platform for leveraged trading has announced that as soon as it receives its broker license from EU jurisdictions, it will become available in 28 EU countries for live trading. As of now, EU, US, and Canadian users can use CEX.IO Broker platform Demo accounts. A full launch in the US and Canada is scheduled…

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Playtech continues with share buyback programme
April 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Playtech continues with share buyback programme

Online gaming and financial trading giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has made the first purchases of its own shares in the open market back in 2016, following its announcement that the company will buy back up to €50 million (USD $54 million) of its own shares. On 04 March 2019 the company purchased a total of 239,482…

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FXSpotStream forex volumes
April 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXSpotStream's ADV up 8% MoM in March

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream started 2019 with a record - January 2019 was FXSpotStream’s best month ever at $38.37 billion ADV - and by a wide margin. ADV volumes came at $34,835 in February, down 9.2% MoM, but up 21% YoY. With 21 trading days in March, ADV was $37,755 - up 8.4% MoM and…

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TradeStation Group launches investment education media service and trading community
April 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TraducationFX launches white label market research articles

White label trading education provider TraducationFX has announced that it has just launched a white label market research articles service. Updates are added five days a week and will cover both financial news and technical analysis of the Forex and Crypto markets. So far the articles are available in English, but more languages are coming…

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No more avocados for the US if Trump closes Mexico border
April 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

No more avocados for the US if Trump closes Mexico border

Last Friday President Donald J Trump said there is a ‘good likelihood’ he will close border this week if Mexico does not stop immigrants from reaching US. Apart from the obvious issues like millions of legal border crossings disruption, a complete shutdown would disturb billions of dollars in trade, about $137bn of which is in…

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April 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TORA implements its trading and portfolio management system at SIMAG

Institutional trading and portfolio management systems provider TORA has just announced that it has implemented its Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) and Portfolio Management System (PMS) at Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG) based in Zurich. TORA has recently launched its TORA Rebalancing tool, which helps asset managers reduce risk and improve workflow efficiencies around…

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Australia registers first foundation aimed at enhancing digital privacy
April 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Australia registers first foundation aimed at enhancing digital privacy

The privacy network Loki has earlier today announced that it has become Australia’s first privacy software not-for-profit organisation. Loki was registered as the LAG Foundation Ltd with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). The network's aim is to allow users to transact and communicate privately and anonymously over the internet. Using blockchain technology, Loki supports…

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