Cointelegraph just reported that a young man from Russia is currently facing court allegations, as he illegally mined Bitcoin through state-owned servers. Reportedly, the man is from Kurgan, a Siberian city. The "theft" was reported by the local office of Russia’s Federal Security Service or FSB. The breach, however, occurred not only in his region,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that embattled Australia based Retail FX broker Direct FX Trading Pty Ltd has been placed into liquidation. The move became effective as of October 11. Jason Tracy, a Partner in the Financial Advisory group of Deloitte's Restructuring Services arm in Australia was named as Liquidator. The liquidator's plans are apparently to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Unicominsurance.net. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam…
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ADM Investor Services, Inc. (ADMIS) has announced that it will be providing FX prime brokerage, execution, and settlement services through oneZero Financial Systems’ EcoSystem. This is a strategic expansion for the ADMIS’ FX services and distribution network and will make its professional and institutional offerings available to a broader set of market participants. Customers of…
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Wage growth in the UK, excluding bonuses, has risen at its fastest pace in nearly 10 years during the three months to the end of August, boosting sterling as upbeat data on the mortgage market also helped offset no-deal Brexit fears. Pay rose by 3.1%, compared with a year ago, while inflation for the same…
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Anova Technologies, an international carrier and market data provider, has just announced a collaboration with Beeks Financial Cloud Group Plc, a low-latency Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider for financial markets, to deploy microwave connectivity between the NY4 and DC3 data centers. The joint offering will provide Beeks’ clients, including foreign exchange (FX) traders, cost-effective and ultra-low latency…
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Moscow Exchange Group (MOEX) has today announced that it has achieved the ISO 27001:2013 – Information Security Management Systems and ISO 22301:2012 - Business Continuity Management Systems certification covering the organization of on-exchange trading, clearing services and services on the securities, derivatives, FX and precious metals markets. This voluntary certification followed the completion of an…
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CryptoCompare, the global cryptocurrency market data provider, has today published the ‘Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report’. The taxonomy provides retail and institutional investors, regulators and the industry as a whole with an independent classification of cryptoassets, based on the depth, breadth and scope of CryptoCompare’s global datasets. More than 1,000 different cryptoassets have emerged in the last…
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QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, has announced access to Quantitative Brokers’ (QB) best execution algorithms for futures and fixed income. QB is a global, independent technology company providing advanced execution algorithms and analytics for global futures and US cash…
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Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and Nissan Securities, a Tokyo-based futures execution and clearing member, have just announced that Nissan Securities has contracted to distribute the TT platform. With this agreement, Nissan Securities will further expand its trade execution technology by directly offering…
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