Tag: Crypto Facilities

Forex Weekly Look Back
July 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: Plus500 triples sales, Dukascopy announces white label partnership with Bank Sich in Ukraine

The institutional unit of FXCM Group, FXCM Pro, announced its has teamed up with trading technology provider Tradesocio. The two companies collaborated to provide banks, brokers, asset managers and other buy-side institutions with a full fintech solution that combines Tradesocio’s digital investment and trading technology with FXCM Pro’s institutional liquidity and global scale. Tradesocio’s client base…

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July 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Crypto Facilities secures MTF license in the UK

Jesse Powell, CEO and Cofounder of Kraken said: We undergo these licensing efforts because Kraken is about making crypto accessible for everyone. This particular license means that a sophisticated class of investors, limited by their own requirements to interface with a regulated venue such as an MTF, will now have access to crypto derivatives in…

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February 04, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kraken acquires Crypto Facilities, its largest deal to date

The digital asset exchange Kraken has just announced that it has acquired the regulated cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider Crypto Facilities. Crypto Facilities is London-based and is the first FCA regulated entity to list futures on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple XRP, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. The company provides CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate that powers the CME Group’s…

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June 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Facilities launches regulated Litecoin-Dollar Futures trading

Crypto Facilities, the cryptocurrency trading platform, has just announced the launch of the first regulated Litecoin-Dollar futures. The new derivatives contract will start trading at 4pm UK time on Friday 22nd June. The Crypto Facilities Litecoin-Dollar futures contract will enable market participants to go long or short the cryptocurrency, allowing them to express sentiment and…

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May 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto Facilities hires Euromoney Indices’ Sui Chung to head index and pricing

Crypto Facilities, the cryptocurrency trading platform and index provider, has today announced the appointment of Sui Chung to lead its index and pricing products business. Crypto Facilities offers individuals and institutions regulated, transparent and secure trading 24/7/365. The firm is also a provider of cryptocurrency indices, calculating the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate and Real…

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May 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Regulated Ethereum futures go live via Crypto Facilities

Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto Facilities has just announced the launch of futures for Ethereum. The new derivatives contract will start trading at 4pm UK time today. The first Ethereum futures to be offered by a regulated firm, the products will enable market participants to take a long or short position in the cryptocurrency, allowing them to…

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May 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group teams up with Crypto Facilities to launch Bitcoin Reference Rate and Real-Time Index

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announces its partnership with digital assets trading platform Crypto Facilities Ltd. to develop two new products: CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) and CME CF Bitcoin Real Time Index (RTI). The roll out is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2016. The BRR will aggregate the trade flow…

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