Analysts are still grappling with the reasons why the crypto market shed nearly $10 billion of market cap last week. Bitcoin, the market leader by far with a 53.4% market share, had suddenly slid from over the $3,500 threshold down to below $3,400. It has since climbed back over this figure, but industry talking heads…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Coin Futures and CoinFLEX will be offering futures contracts as soon as next month to the Asian market. The new contracts will provide possible leverage of up to 20 times. Such physical futures contracts are considered to be more valuable, as the value is tied to an underlying asset, rather than fiat currency.…
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When giants in the financial services industry decide to embrace a new technology, the credibility of that technology is propelled forward in a significant way. Nasdaq and Fidelity have done just that – They participated in the $27.5 million second round funding of ErisX, a soon to be fully regulated crypto exchange. Jay Clayton, the…
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The global market global market of the Vienna Stock Exchange continues to grow. The second largest segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange is being expanded with attractive listings of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. US stocks and global shares of the two largest stock exchanges worldwide - by the value of the listed…
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At the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2018, short interest in 2,381 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 7,915,728,981 shares compared with 7,693,478,869 shares in 2,374 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of August 31, 2018. The mid-September short interest represents 4.33 days average daily Nasdaq Global Market share volume…
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New Zealand’s exchange (NZX) has informed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nasdaq. This memorandum demonstrates the commitment both exchanges have to work more closely to connect their capital markets for the benefit of companies and investors in each country. NZX Chair James Miller commented: We are pleased to have extended…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have announced a collaboration to develop Delivery versus Payment (DvP) capabilities for settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms. This will allow financial institutions and corporate investors to carry out simultaneous exchange and final settlement of tokenised digital currencies and securities assets, improving operational…
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Soon-to-launch regulated cryptocurrency exchange DX.Exchange has announced that it has seen the registration of half a million traders in its system - all before the formal launch of DX.Exchange. LeapRate has exclusively reported about the planned launch of DX.Exchange in mid May. The exchange was founded and is headed by former Oanda UK and Alpari UK…
Read moreCopenhagen based Forex and multi asset broker Saxo Bank and Nasdaq, the global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services, have just announced a cooperation to launch a new digital investment portfolio in the SaxoSelect universe based on Nasdaq Dorsey Wright research. The new portfolio, named Nasdaq DW Global Momentum,…
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LeapRate Exclusive... One of the best known (and regarded) names in the Retail FX world has resurfaced, this time in the cryptocurrency trading world. Daniel Skowronski (pictured above), who was CEO of the recently acquired Oanda UK business as well as previously CEO of Alpari UK, has announced the launch of his new company, DX.Exchange…
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