A number of ideas have been offered for the way these two markets have moved in lockstep. Some analysts have borrowed the explanation given for gold’s route that occurred at roughly the same time. The idea was that equity traders chose to take profits in these other assets that performed well into 2020 in order…
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Giles Coghlan, HYCM’s Chief Currency Analyst, commented on the market situation in the crypto space: In the midst of our global COVID-19 crisis, central banks around the world are both cutting interest rates and increasing bond-buying programmes. Furthermore, governments around the world have pledged more than $8 trillion in stimulus measures in order to cushion…
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The cryptocurrency custodian company Anchorage has just moved to crypto trading services for its customers, allowing them to trade digital assets directly with vault-stored money. The announcement came on January 15th. Based in San Francisco, Anchorage just acquired the data analytics company Merkle Data. While the amount of the transaction was not disclosed, the move…
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Crypto advocates in India were given a sliver of hope that a crypto ban instituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and contained in a draft proposal from an inter-ministerial committee dominated by the RBI may be ruled unconstitutional. The RBI had jumped the gun in mid-2018 by prohibiting its banking members from having…
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The following article was exclusively prepared for LeapRate by the AMarkets team. Despite the highs and lows of the international cryptocurrency market over the last few years, most novice traders choose crypto trading instead of traditional financial markets – Forex, stock, and gold. However, old-school markets can still provide various profit-making opportunities for newcomers. How…
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Leading online Swiss bank Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) announced that it has added cryptocurrencies and real estate to its Robo-Advisor. Alongside shares, fixed-income instruments and commodities, Swissquote's clients will now be able to invest in crypto and real estate. The first Swiss automated asset manager, Robo-Advisor, was launched back in 2010, providing the ideal…
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Specialist provider of desktop and mobile e-trading technology, Caplin, has just announced that it has now added cryptocurrencies to its range of technology components for multi-asset trading. Caplin's platform combines features demanded by institutional traders such as volume ladders, watchlists, and Request For Quote or Request For Stream. It also utilises modern mobile multi-factor authentication,…
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There is a maxim in corporate strategy that suggests that you may never be able to guess accurately guess how the market may receive a new product offering, but the moment the announcement is made, the consequences and reactions from competitors become abundantly clear immediately. Such may now be the case with Facebook’s Project Libra.…
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As traders, we are always taught to search for unique patterns in pricing behavior in the market that repeat under certain conditions, the idea being to get an “edge” that will tip the odds in our favor. By following this tried and true advice, one can achieve the necessary 60%+ record of net-dollar trade gains,…
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Multi-asset liquidity and prime-of-prime service provider Advanced Markets Group just announced that it has added cryptocurrency CFDs to its expansive suite of tradeable products. The company's CFD offering now includes trading in Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Ripple, EOS, NEO, Stellar and Litecoin, providing clients with direct access to diverse and exciting new markets. LeapRate reminds…
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