Exclusive: T. Rowe Price replaces Teddy Sagi as the largest Playtech shareholder LeapRate

March 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: T. Rowe Price replaces Teddy Sagi as the largest Playtech shareholder

LeapRate Exclusive... For the first time in a long time, Teddy Sagi is no longer the largest shareholder in Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that US investment management giant T. Rowe Price Group Inc (NASDAQ:TROW) has significantly increased its position in Playtech over the past week, from about 5% to just over 10.2%.…

March 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Chinese government websites posting foreign FX broker warnings

LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our report from last week that China regulators are changing their tune when it comes to Retail FX and starting to kick foreign FX brokers out of the country - which seems to have generated a lot of buzz and discussion in the industry - we have a follow-up report indicating that several…

March 07, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

MAST - Bitcoin's greatest improvement so far

While the cryptocurrency market seems to have stabilized, the value of Bitcoin is constantly argued about, especially after its value took a huge dip in January 2018 falling from what was $20,000 in December, to less than $7,000 at one point in January. The Bitcoin community, however, seems to be more united than ever. Now,…

Secondary market for tZERO security tokens is live

March 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

tZERO’s security token subsequent sale period opens

Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) subsidiary t0.com, Inc. (tZERO) has announced the start of the Subsequent Sale Period for its tZERO Preferred Equity Tokens (tZERO Security Tokens) after raising $100 million in its Pre-Sale Period from strategic purchasers at discounted purchase prices. During the Subsequent Sale Period, rights to acquire tZERO Security Tokens will be sold pursuant…

March 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vaultbank Exchange launches in beta, opens security tokens for trading

Vaultbank, the next-generation suite of financial solutions, has announced the beta launch of the Vaultbank Exchange, the first decentralized exchange to allow trading of security tokens. Along with security tokens, Vaultbank supports trading of utility tokens and traditional investment securities like Mutual Funds. The Vaultbank Exchange is the first securities-compliant platform supporting KYC, AML, FATCA,…

March 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Vantage FX extends crypto trading with Etherum, Bitcoin Cash, Dashcoin, Litecoin and Ripple

ASIC-regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Vantage FX has announced that it has embraced the rising popularity of digital currency, by introducing a suite of highly liquid cryptocurrency CFDs. In addition to their existing Bitcoin CFD, all Vantage FX clients can now access several other major cryptos such as Etherum, Bitcoin Cash, Dashcoin, Litecoin and Ripple through…

Cryptocurrencies and real estate now added to Swissquote's Robo-Advisor

March 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote reports record results and FX volumes for 2017, driven by crypto trading

As we had reported they would back in early January, Swiss online banking and brokerage leader Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has reported record results for 2017, driven in part by large numbers of new account openings from a new generation of cryptocurrency traders. Our analysis also shows that Swissquote's eFX business had its best period…

March 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials gives up CySEC license, closes OptionFair as Binary Options focus switches to China

Binary options technology and brokerage company TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) has announced that it has notified Cyprus financial CySEC of its intention to withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm (CIF) license of its regulated subsidiary B.O. TradeFinancials Limited (BOT), and that it plans to shut down its OptionFair binary options brand, returning all client funds. BOT is the…

February 28, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: China regulators kicking foreign FX brokers out of the country

LeapRate Exclusive... Is this the end of an era? LeapRate has learned that Chinese authorities have been approaching a number of foreign based Retail FX brokers with offices and operations in the country, demanding that they immediately shut down any physical presence in China. The "roundup" of foreign FX brokers began about two weeks ago…

Nucleus vision contactless identification crypto

February 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Contactless identity system crypto company Nucleus Vision reaches $40M hard cap

Nucleus Vision, the contactless identity management system and retail loyalty program powered by cryptocurrency, has announced it has reached its USD $40 million fundraising hard cap. Founded at Harvard University, Nucleus Vision is an IoT-based, contactless identification system that empowers retailers to identify and better serve their customers. Previous backers of Nucleus Vision have included…

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