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As the U.S. presidential election gets closer, market “predictions” are showing up in stocks from energy to private prisons. How markets are trading the U.S. presidential election in November. A look at what different stock and other market preferences suggests about who Wall Street expects to win the 2020 election, including: Source link
Open interest on the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange is down nearly 50% from the $125 million observed Oct. 1. Source link
Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has shut down all trading for a full day due to a systemwide technical error. Though the exchange says the glitch is unrelated to hacking, it has yet to say when trading will resume. The TSE said it would halt trading for all of Thursday as it works to resolve the system failure, which was detected some two hours before markets […]
A Caribbean-based firm is in hot water with the CFTC for allegedly allowing U.S. retail investors to partake in leveraged trading of cryptocurrencies and precious metals. Source link
The super-charged trajectory of the cryptocurrency industry is translating to faster growth at the publicly traded digital-asset brokerage Voyager Digital, where revenue this quarter is tracking at an eightfold increase over the prior 12 months’ average pace. Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich told CoinDesk in a Zoom interview that the company’s on pace for revenue of about $2 million during the fiscal first quarter that ends Sept. […]
A new cryptocurrency trading platform is gearing up to offer zero-fee trades to users in six countries in the Gulf Region. Announced on Thursday, the platform Fasset Exchange (FEX) has started sign-ups for its private beta and is planning a public rollout later this year. Source link
The Aegean Sea and the eastern Mediterranean has seen naval and land conflict since the Trojan War in the 12th century BC. But now tensions between Turkey and Greece have risen to boiling point again because of hydrocarbons. Turkey has vowed to send a reconnaissance vessel, the Oruç Reis, back to disputed waters in the eastern Mediterranean after it undergoes routine maintenance. The announcement, on Monday 14 September, suggests President […]
British actor John Boyega is quitting as global ambassador for the UK perfume and scented candles giant Jo Malone after the company replaced him with a local actor in a commercial made for the Chinese market. Boyega said that the original ad, which he created and directed, celebrated his “personal story,” featuring his hometown, friends and family members. The company also shot an ad tailored for […]
The CFTC alleged four individuals stole close to $1 million from customers by promising returns from a bitcoin trading scheme. Source link
The firms will leverage privacy enhancing zero-knowledge proof technology to enable institutional trading firms to cross margin and bilaterally trade derivatives from a single pool of collateral. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107903/66/1079036628_0:0:3152:1773_1200x675_80_0_0_374b54a142698bb88fd4185f07765d32.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Ashutosh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009041080362612-indian-bourses-plunge-on-global-cues-sensex-down-625-points-in-opening-trading/ India’s benchmark stock index Sensex crashed from a peak over 42,000 points in February to just 26,000 when the COVID-19-caused lockdown was announced in the country in late March. The index has rebounded by almost 50 percent from its March lows. Indian bourses crashed in opening trading on Friday in tandem with a global sell-off triggered by tumbling […]
Three trading platforms focused on the retail market have participated in the $4.75 million Series C for a crypto settlement service. Source link
The new app does not include the iconic “trollbox” feature of BitMEX’s site, but will in future, the firm said. Source link
Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets. Source link
Price point Bitcoin was rising along with gold and U.S. stock futures early Friday as traders reacted to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s plan to let inflation run hot in coming years as the economy heals from the coronavirus-induced recession. The largest cryptocurrency, seen by some investors as a hedge against inflation, changed hands around $11,451, staying in the range between $10,900 and $12,400, where it has been […]
Growing institutional interest is helping to drive a recent spike in volume on Bakkt, according to its president, Adam White. But the U.S.-regulated crypto derivatives exchange is holding out hope its dormant options platform will eventually gain traction. Trading volumes for physically settled bitcoin futures on Bakkt rose to $134 million on Tuesday from a previous high of $132 million on July 28, according to crypto […]
Marc P. Bernegger started his first internet company in 1999 and had two successful exits. He began working with Bitcoin in 2012, is on the board of Crypto Finance Group, Swiss Blockchain Federation and CfC St. Moritz and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Expert Network for blockchain. The recent CoinDesk opinion article “10 Reasons Quant Strategies for Crypto Fail” by Jesus Rodriguez […]
South Korea’s third largest crypto exchange, has reportedly been seized by police over allegations it faked most of its trading volume. Source link
Retired NFL player Jack Brewer, seen here in 2015, has been sued by the Securities And Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. Brewer is a prominent supporter of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and is set to speak at the Republican National Convention. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images Retired NFL player Jack Brewer, seen here in 2015, has […]
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has acquired Blockfolio, the market’s leading mobile news and portfolio tracking app, for $150 million. The price was paid in cash, crypto and equity, the companies told CoinDesk. Formally announced Wednesday morning in Asia, the deal is a strategic play for FTX, whose clientele consists largely of quants and professional traders, to attract more retail customers. Nine months ago, the companies began […]
Markets excited by the prospect of declining ETH fees may have caused a surge in 0x, an Ethereum-based DEX that will benefit from decongestion. Source link
Texas regulators ordered MTI to cease and desist in July, alleging it was a crypto fraud. Source link
LGO says its partnership with Fireblocks will speed up slow deposit times – an opportunity cost for crypto exchange users. Source link
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This is not a guide of how to trade crypto. This is not about how to make money, how to invest, or where to find alpha. But if you’ve dabbled in crypto-trading? Then you know this one thing: It can be all-consuming. When your money is on the line, suddenly you’re checking the prices more than you check social media, you obsess about the charts, and […]
Dharma wants to do for DeFi what Robinhood did for stock trading: make it stupid easy. The Coinbase-backed decentralized finance startup is adding token-exchange protocol Uniswap as its latest in-app offering. In addition to earning “interest” on Ethereum stablecoins, Dharma users will now be able to trade any ERC-20 token for another. “This continues our strategy of building Dharma as the gateway to doing the important […]
…from SouthFront The joint Russian-Turkish patrol set to be held in southern Idlib on July 29 was delayed due to increased military tensions and the inability of Ankara to ensure the security of the patrol in its area of responsibility. And the situation does not seem to be improving. According to pro-militant sources, on the evening of July 29th and morning of July 30th, the Syrian […]
Canada-based crypto trading platform Coinsquare has agreed to settle with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) after it was found senior executives told employees to make fake trades on the platform. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency […]
Trading activity in bitcoin futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has cooled notably as the leading cryptocurrency languishes in the price doldrums. Daily trading volume fell to $87 million (via 1,895 contracts) on Friday to hit the lowest level since April 17, when the exchange-traded contracts were worth $77 million, according to data from crypto derivatives research firm Skew. Bitcoin futures volume on CMESource: […]