Tagged: trading

Digital Asset Firm Kraken Appoints Vishnu Patankar as CTO

Kraken, which claims to be one of the world’s “longest standing” and most “trusted” crypto platforms, announced the appointment of Vishnu Patankar as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Patankar reportedly “brings over twenty years of technology expertise to Kraken and helped Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft,… Read More

Stablecoins: Tether USD₮ Reaches All-Time High, Surpasses Previous Market Cap High of $83.2B

Tether, the company operating the blockchain-enabled platform tether.to that powers the first and most “widely used” stablecoin, has reportedly “surpassed its previous all-time market cap high of $83.2B set in May 2022.” Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Tether, stated: “Today’s numbers demonstrate that people want access… Read More

Fintech TS Imagine Strengthens APAC Team with Key Hires in Hong Kong

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, is pleased to announce the appointments of Stephanie Cheung and An Hoong to its team in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Both bring relevant experience “from previous roles at… Read More

HAYVN, a Digital Asset Focused Financial Institution, Obtains VASP License in Lithuania

HAYVN, a digital asset focused financial institution delivering Payments, Trading, Custody, Asset Management and Research services, has obtained a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT). This regulatory approval “complements HAYVN‘s existing regulatory framework in the UAE, the… Read More

Clearwater Analytics, J.P. Morgan Asset Management Integrate Platforms to Support Multi-Asset Trading Solution

Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN), a leading provider of SaaS-based investment management, accounting, reporting, and analytics solutions, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced a strategic partnership that will “integrate Clearwater with the MORGAN MONEY global trading platform, allowing permissioned users to easily navigate between both systems.”… Read More

Traderpal’s Fintech App Makes Stock Trading Accessible to Spanish-Speaking Individuals with Alpaca

Traderpal is described as a simple and easy-to-use app designed to democratize access to financial markets for Spanish-speaking individuals. With Traderpal, users can “invest in thousands of US stocks, and ETFs and start building a diversified investment portfolio to help them achieve their financial goals.”… Read More

Binance Might Be Laying Off 20% of its 8000-Employee Global Workforce

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Binance, which claims to be the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of overall trading volume and scope of operations, recently revealed that it may be reassessing its workforce following numerous other industry-wide reports of layoffs and an extended bear market. On Wednesday (May 31,… Read More

Hong Kong: ZA Bank to Launch Digital Asset Trading Services for Retail Investors

ZA Bank, Hong Kong’s virtual bank, unveiled its plan to introduce virtual asset trading services for retail investors. With this move, ZA Bank is set “to support the Hong Kong SAR government’s vision to develop a vibrant sector and ecosystem for virtual assets.” ZA Bank’s… Read More

big xyt, Provider of Smart Data and Analytics, Releases Trade Verification Tool

big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions to the global trading and investment community, announced the release of the Trade Verification Tool, which is described a “a new interactive service which returns the verification of price reversion and execution performance on… Read More

Digital Assets: Bitfinex, Chile’s OrionX to Enable Crypto Adoption in Latin America

Bitfinex, a  digital asset trading platform, has announced a new investment in the leading Chilean crypto firm Orionx, as both companies look “to ramp up efforts to promote financial freedom and inclusion throughout Latin America.” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, said: “We’re excited to collaborate… Read More

SC Ventures Exits Stake in Metaco SA, a Swiss-based Digital Asset Firm

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s (LON: STAN) innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has exited its stake in Metaco SA, a Swiss-based tech firm offering critical software infrastructure that enables institutions to issue, secure, manage and trade digital assets. SC Ventures was “one of the early… Read More

TradeStation Integrates with Fintech Plaid to Enhance Financial Account Connectivity Capabilities

TradeStation Group, Inc., a Florida-based company whose operating subsidiaries provide self-clearing online brokerage services for trading stocks, ETFs, options, futures, and crypto that aim to offer the ultimate trading experience, has announced its integration with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. The… Read More

Digital Assets: LMAX Digital, Zodia Custody to Provide Institutional-Grade Trading Infrastructure, Custody Solution for CoinShares

Zodia Custody, an institution-first digital asset custodian by Standard Chartered in association with Northern Trust, and LMAX Digital, the regulated institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Group, announce a collaboration to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody services for the European leading Alternative Asset… Read More

Cross-Asset Class Solution Provider TS Imagine Appoints Simarjit Johal to Leadership Role for Asia Pacific Region

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset class provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, announces the appointment of Simarjit (Sim) Johal to Head of Asia Pacific (APAC), reporting to Rob Flatley, Chief Executive Officer. Sim will reportedly “join TS Imagine’s Executive Leadership… Read More

Fintech Firm TS Imagine Expands North American Business Operations

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for sophisticated investors and their teams, announces two key sales hires in North America to support the firm’s growth. James Muench joined “as Sales Director, where he will contribute to the development… Read More

Digital Asset Hedge Fund ARK36 Launches Algorithmic Machine Learning Trading Software

ARK36, the Cyprus-based leading alternative investment digital asset fund, has announced today the launch of a proprietary machine learning-based trading software system, “to improve the way its portfolio management team can navigate the dynamic world of cryptocurrency trading.” The new software will “leverage advanced algorithms… Read More

ETFs: Northern Trust’s Outsourced Trading Supports BondBloxx’s Fixed Income ETF Business

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a provider of outsourced trading services to BondBloxx, an issuer of precision fixed income ETFs who recently surpassed $1 billion in assets under management and was also awarded “New ETF Issuer of the Year for 2022” by etf.com. BondBloxx, the… Read More

Cassini Systems, a Margin Collateral Analytics Provider for Derivatives Markets, Teams Up with CF Partners

Cassini Systems, which claims to be the industry leader of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives market participants, announces its partnership with CF Partners, the provider of energy and environmental solutions for companies looking for a low-carbon future, with services including emissions… Read More

Ex-Coinbase Manager Sentenced in “First Ever” Crypto Insider Trading Case

Ishan Wahi was sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly “tipping his associates regarding crypto-assets that were going to be listed on Coinbase Exchanges.” Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced “that ISHAN WAHI, a former product… Read More

Cross-Asset Class Solution Provider TS Imagine Launches New Product for Sophisticated Investing Teams

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, announces the launch of TS One, a cross-asset class, SaaS-based solution designed “for investing teams who are seeking access to global markets, advanced execution management tools, battle-tested risk management… Read More

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