EBITDA added 13.9% and the EBITDA margin grew to 73.0%. The adjusted EBITDA margin reached 71.7%. Net profit rose 15.8% YoY to RUB 6,835.3 million and adjusted net profit increased by 1.6%. Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, said: Moscow Exchange had a successful start to the year: trading volumes grew across most…
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Arthur Hayes, the former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange platform BitMEX, has surrendered himself in Hawaii to the US authorities and appeared in court on Tuesday. Hayes faces charges suggesting that he did not take necessary action in preventing his innovative start-up from becoming a platform for money laundering crimes. Hayes’ surrender comes six months after…
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Derivatives Market Derivatives Market volumes saw a significant increase of 36.7% to reach a record RUB 16.4 trillion (February 2021: RUB 12.0 trillion) or 221 million contracts (February 2021: 162.2 million), of which 5.2 million contracts were options and 216.7 million contracts were futures. ADTV was RUB 747.0 billion (February 2021: RUB 599.9 billion). By…
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Yury Denisov, Chief Executive Officer of Moscow Exchange, commented: Despite the pandemic, the last year was a very successful one for Moscow Exchange and the Russian financial market as a whole. Russian businesses raised in excess of RUB 4 trillion from institutional and private investors via the issuance of equities and bonds on MOEX. By…
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Trading technology provider Aquarius Financial Technologies Ltd has announced a strategic partnership with CQG, a provider of technology solutions for traders, brokers, commercial hedgers, and exchanges. The collaboration between the two companies will support Aquarius’ plans to launch an institutional-grade global cryptocurrency exchange using CQG’s technology. The exchange is planned to launch in the third quarter…
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Derivatives Market Derivatives Market volumes increased by 3.5% MoM to RUB 12.0 trillion (January 2021: RUB 11.6 trillion) or 162.2 million contracts (January 2021: 158.8 million), of which 158.3 million contracts were futures and 3.9 million contracts were options. ADTV was RUB 599.9 billion (January 2021: RUB 612.5 billion). Open interest at the end of…
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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced that its Board has appointed Annemie Rombouts as Chair of the Corporate Reporting Standing Committee (CRSC). According to the official press release, Rombouts was previously Deputy Chair of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority. Her new appointment as chair of the CRSC is effective immediately. Moscow Exchange…
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The ten-millionth account was opened by Tinkoff Bank in the Irkutsk Region. The exchange noted that the most active banks in opening retail investment accounts are Sberbank (4.20 million), Tinkoff Bank (4.19 million), VTB (1.23 million), BCS (0.63 million) and Alfa Bank (0.56 million). The Russian exchange said that its retail client base is mostly…
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Digital asset exchange Gate.io announced that it is the first major centralized exchange to list SNOW. according to a famous crypto trader, Elliot Wainman, SNOW could grow at least 1000%. On February 2, it reached an all-time high of $146.87. SnowSwap is a decentralized exchange which allows its users to swap wrapped, yield-bearing tokens with minimal…
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Derivatives Market RUB 11.6 trillion (RUB 12.3 trillion in December 2020) are attributed to derivatives and market volumes in January, down by 5.7% MoM. Contracts were 158.8 million (RUB 173.2 million contracts in December 2020). Of these futures account for 155.2 million and options for 3.6 million. ADTV was RUB 612.5 billion, up by 9.2%…
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