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“The law does not afford relief to every unfulfilled expectation”, said Judge Cecilia M Altonaga of the Florida Southern District Court as she ruled in favor of Robinhood in the “Robinhood tranche” of the multi-district litigation concerning the short squeeze that occurred in January 2021. The traders accusing the online trading company of breaches of…

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Kaiko, an industry leader in digital assets data for enterprises, is joining forces with OANDA, a global leader in online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics, to build auditable pricing for digital assets that meet financial compliance requirements. The partnership combines Kaiko’s extensive crypto market data comprising 13,000 spot pairs with OANDA’s Exchange…

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SIX welcomes Swissquote as the 23rd issuer for structured products at SIX Swiss Exchange. Swissquote adds to the unique product diversity for investors by listing a 13.00 % p.a. Callable Multi Barrier Reverse Convertible on Logitech and Temenos Group. With a trading turnover of CHF 20.1 billion and 778,030 trades, 2021 ended successfully for the…

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CQG, a leading global provider of high-performance technology solutions for traders, brokers, commercial hedgers, and exchanges, has rolled out a new version of its desktop platform. CQG Desktop Version 7.1 comes with a raft of enhancements: General Added a font size toggle for Quoteboard and Quoteboard 2 Improved searching for columns in Manage columns dialog…

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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has provided information on the progress of its action against a $4.8 million fraudulent binary options scheme and the individuals behind it. The information is contained in a document filed by the regulator with the Illinois Northern District Court on January 26, 2022, and seen by FX…

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Card issuing platform Marqeta (NASDAQ:MQ) today announced that its payments platform is now certified in Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand, expanding its global reach to 39 countries globally With new certifications in Singapore, Philippines and Thailand, Marqeta’s platform is now enabled in five countries in the Asia Pacific region, having announced its Australian office and supporting…

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Institutional crypto storage and custodial company Fireblocks has announced that it has raised $550 million in a Series E funding round, valuing Fireblocks at $8 billion. The funding round was co-led by D1 Capital Partners and Spark Capital, with participation from General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Mammoth, CapitalG (Alphabet’s independent growth fund), Altimeter, Iconiq Strategic Partners,…

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Shortly after Effex Capital, which was involved in FXCM’s exit from the US retail Forex market, filed a motion to reopen its defamation lawsuit against the United States National Futures Association (NFA), the Court has outlined certain deadlines. The Honorable Andrea R. Wood of the Illinois Northern District Court has directed the defendants to file…

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Former Deutsche Bank traders Matthew Connolly and Gavin Campbell Black have managed to secure reversal of their fraud convictions. On January 27, 2022, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an Opinion reversing the judgments of conviction and remanding the case to the district court for entry of judgments of acquittal. The Appeals Court…

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Online trading app Public.com continues to expand its crypto lineup. Today, Public.com announces the addition of two new crypto assets to its offering. The app has just made Tezos ($XTZ) and Aave ($AAVE) available to trade for its members. The latest additions join a growing range of crypto-assets available through Public.com. The list exceeds 25…

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