Bitcoin continues to gain popularity in 2017, with retail brokerages to cryptocurrencies amidst an uptick in client demand. GAIN Capital (NYSE:GCAP) has become the latest…
Posts published in December 2017
New Derivatives Regulations in Effect for Issuers to NZ Clients
Starting today, all derivatives issuers (issuers) who make regulated offers to New Zealand clients must be licensed by the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA).…
Analysis: It’s in the Numbers – the ICO Market is Cooling Off
In September of this year, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin said that he “indeed [thinks] that we are in a bubble because all the cryptocurrencies are…
Lucera Embarks on a European Expansion Led by Frank van Zegveld
One of the leading technology service providers in the eFX industry, Lucera, is committing to the European market with a new hire. The firm announced…
Goldman Sachs CEO Leaves Door Open for Bitcoin Trading
The collision between Wall Street’s leading executives and cryptocurrencies continues, with Goldman Sachs’ (NYSE:GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein weighing in. Mr. Blankfein seems to be towing…
Click365’s FX Futures Volume Rebounds Slightly in November
The Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) has just reported its aggregated trading volumes for the month ending November 2017. The exchange saw a slight rebound off…
Euro Loses Upward Momentum Despite Positive Manufacturing PMIs
The euro today rallied to new highs in the early European session boosted by the release of the positive Markit Italy Manufacturing PMI report. However, the single currency lost its upward momentum soon thereafter…
Japanese Yen Gets Support from Good Domestic Reports
The Japanese yen rose a bit against its major peers today thanks to the supportive macroeconomic reports released in Japan during the current trading session. Japan’s core Consumer Price Index rose…
New Zealand Dollar Carves out Gains, Defying Disappointing Reports
The New Zealand dollar managed to carve out some gains today, even though macroeconomic data from New Zealand and New Zealand’s major trading partner, China, was not particularly…
GAIN Capital’s electronic communications network GTX had a flat month in November. The firm’s institutional arm posted a total average daily volume of $14.6 billion…