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.
May 2018
eToro Enters U.S. Market With Cryptocurrency Offering
Leading social trading and multi asset brokerage company eToro has announced that launch of a cryptocurrency offering in the United States, which enables U.S.
Bitfinex Launches FIX Digital Asset Gateway
Bitfinex, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world has announced the release of a FIX (Financial Information eXchange) digital asset gateway.
Amana Capital, Activ Trades, and Admiral Markets Expand MetaTrader Offering
MetaTrader, the world’s favorite electronic retail FX trading platform developed by MetaQuotes, continues to expand its brand on a daily basis.
Bloomberg Launches Institutional Grade Benchmark for The Cryptocurrency Market.
Bloomberg has announced the launch of the BGCI, an index designed to track the performance of the largest, most liquid portion of the cryptocurrency market.
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitfinex Appoints AML Veteran Peter Warrack
Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange operators, has announced the appointment of Peter Warrack as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO).
deVere Group CEO Explains Bitcoin to Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett has made quite a few negative comments about Bitcoin over the years.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.