Players of mobile AR combat game Reality Clash can now buy and sell limited-edition weapons and earn real money via OpenSea, the world’s largest general marketplace for crypto collectibles. Crypto collectibles are a fundamentally new type of digital good. Unlike traditional in-game DLC, which is ultimately owned and controlled by a game’s publisher, blockchain-enabled crypto collectibles can be traded directly between players for profit,... more Read more »
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced its subsidiary Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) has achieved yet another milestone in the transformation of the U.S. Treasury market toward central clearing as Citadel successfully executed and cleared both cash and repo trades via FICC’s recently expanded Sponsored Service model. Read more »
National Bank of Canada (NBC) has completed its acquisition of a 10% stake in EquiLend from J.P. Morgan following clearance from EquiLend’s regulators in the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland. J.P. Morgan will continue to hold a 10% ownership interest in EquiLend. The deal was announced in December 2018 and closed in June 2019. J.P. Morgan previously held a 20% stake in EquiLend. Read more »
PanXchange, an OTC exchange and price discovery platform for physical commodities, today announced that it will distribute its proprietary pricing data for hydraulic fracturing proppants, better known as frac sand, through Quandl, a leading provider of financial and alternative data for financial professionals. Read more »
Beaxy Digital LTD, a full-service cryptocurrency trading platform, officially launches today, following a thorough development period of 24 months. With more than 60,000 pre-registered users, Beaxy is currently live to customers in 43 U.S. states and 185 countries. Read more »
ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a leading provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions, today announced enhancements to ACA’s trade blotter review analysis offering. Available today, this new automated trade blotter review tool is designed in response to challenges faced by SEC-registered investment adviser clients in keeping pace with the SEC’s enhanced use of technology to detect insider trading, market... more Read more »
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced new partnerships with Catena Technologies, Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS) and Finastra, to further support our mutual clients who will leverage DTCC’s Global Trade Repository (GTR) service in support of forthcoming Securities Fin Read more »
FlexTrade’s trading technology is now available to local and global firms looking to access the New Zealand market using its order management system, FlexOMS. This will provide increased technology choice for firms accessing the New Zealand market. NZX Executive Director, Markets Development & Clearing, Benjamin Phillips commented: “FlexTrade’s integration with NZX trading technology supports our strategy to increase access and reduce... more Read more »
Peer to peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful (https://Paxful.com/), and Airtm, a blockchain peer to peer exchange and digital wallet, are announcing a new partnership to enhance the trading experience for people in developing countries. Starting on [date], users will be able to fund and withdraw from their Paxful bitcoin accounts using Airtm as a payment method. Read more »
OpenGamma, an analytics firm providing software dedicated to reducing the cost of trading derivatives, has announced its successful completion of the Service Organisation Controls (SOC) 2 Type 1 certification. Following a period of extensive auditing OpenGamma has been certified by Ernst & Young (EY) for its controls relating to security, highlighting its commitment to protecting customer data. Read more »
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) and partner Lars Thrane, today u Read more »
Plato Partnership, the not-for-profit company bringing creative solutions and efficiencies to today’s equity marketplace, is pleased to announce that they are collaborating with BMLL Technologies to provide twelve daily T+1 market quality metrics to enable more transparency and information across the trading landscape in Europe. This initiative with BMLL will allow market participants access to metrics that will help improve their execution and... more Read more »
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced that Barclays,Goldman Sachs and J.P. Read more »
This September over 250 heads of FX trading and portfolio management from Europe’s leading buy side firms will be exclusively gathering in Barcelona again for TradeTech FX. With over 600 market leading FX specialists in attendance, TradeTech FX continues to deliver the industry’s biggest and most senior FX event in Europe. 3 reasons why you should attend: Read more »
Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today announces that it is adding a combination order ticket for all clients trading listed options in SaxoTraderGO and SaxoTraderPRO. Read more »
