Eastern Caribbean Launches CBDC, DCash
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has announced the roll-out of its digital currency, DCash, on 31 March 2021.
Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
April 2021
Barclays Enhances Institutional FX Platform
Barclays has enhanced its electronic trading platform, BARX, which addresses the needs of corporate and institutional clients.
ASIC Bans Binary Options Following New CFD Restrictions
ASIC has banned the offering of binary options to retail clients with effect from Monday 3 May 2021.
Exclusive Interview: Natalia Zakharova, Head of Sales at FXOpen
We spoke to Natalia Zakharova, the Head of Sales at FXOpen, about several important topics impacting the APAC Forex and CFD market.
March 2021
Prometheum to Launch ATS for Digital Assets With Custody from Anchorage
Prometheum, a digital asset securities platform, has partnered with Anchorage Digital Bank to launch a public Alternative Trading System (ATS) for digital assets.
Visa and Paypal Announce Major Breakthroughs for Crypto Payments
Visa has announced a major industry breakthrough.
ICE’s Bakkt Launches Digital Wallet
Bakkt Holdings has launched the Bakkt App, a digital wallet that brings together bitcoin and other forms of digital assets into one platform.
Broadway Technology Hires Ex-Refinitiv Michael Chin as CEO
Chin is a 30-year industry veteran who has most recently served as Managing Director, Global Head of Trading at Refinitiv.
Avanti Raises $37m to Launch Digital Asset Bank in the US
Avanti Financial Group has raised $37 million in a Series A financing round which was upsized twice due to market demand.
Bao Huynh Rejoins Invast Global as Marketing Director
Huynh has previously worked at Invast Global as Associate Director - Marketing from May 2015 to September 2016.
IG US Partners With The Tokenist for Educational Services
The educational service will provide insights on forex trading. The partnership with IG US represents a major milestone for The Tokenist.
IBM’s confidential computing deployed on METACO’s digital asset system
The provider of security-critical infrastructure that helps large banks manage digital assets will deploy the IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services.
Jay Mazini Charged With Wire Fraud: $2.5m in Bitcoin Stolen
“Jay Mazini” emailed victims falsified wire transfer confirmation pages to trick them into sending him Bitcoin, the authorities allege.
Cboe to Enter Australia and Japan via Chi-X Asia Pacific Acquisition
Cboe Global Markets has agreed to acquire Chi-X Asia Pacific, an alternative market operator and market solutions provider in the APAC region.
BREAKING: FBS Rocked by Data Breach Scandal
Retail FX broker FBS was found to have left an unsecured ElasticSearch server containing almost 20TB of data and over 16 billion records, including very sensitive data.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.