Author: David Kimberley

Denham co-founded LCG and Capital Spreads in 2003 and has been at Startrader since August of last year.

Rostro recently inked a partnership deal with Centroid that will see Scope Prime offering a complete, end-to-end solution for brokers.

Handling sharp flow, dealing with corporate stasis, and adding futures feeds were all on the cards.

Demetriades was previously Head of Cyprus at IG Group.

FXCM is apparently being acquired. But who would actually want to buy the firm?

Myers recently left Equiti after 8 years to join VCG Markets. We spoke to him to find out why.

Power is the latest senior PCM to move from IG to Capital.com.

Traders can now access SpaceX CFDs on Exness

CySEC data shows more than 200 companies are regulated as investment firms. Barely any of them are actually used for meaningful business.

Prop firms face a range of pressures that it seems almost impossible to escape from.

Exness analyst Eric Chia looks at what is likely to move pricing in the SpaceX IPO this week.

Brokers and other financial institutions can now get a complete liquidity and technology package from Scope Prime.

CFD providers are being hit constantly by abusers. The latest data from Tapaas shows how.

Refer a Friend program introduces upgraded rewards for both new and existing XM clients.

We investigate MetaTrader servers and take a look at how offshore brokers sponsor Premier League teams.

The broker is currently operating its main website with a Comoros license.

Navarro was most recently LATAM Regional Manager for Israeli broker AvaTrade.

Meta has killed Instagram and Facebook accounts for several props, as well as stopping them from advertising.

We talk to Benjamin Boulter about his new broker and why they think keeping it simple is the way to make TabTrade succeed.

The connection between the two will allow ATFX Connect to offer B2B clients access to listed CFD products.

We talk to Ivan Wong at ATFX APAC HQ about what the prime-of-prime has done to enter the region and how it plans on growing.

McCormick has been with eToro for almost five years.

We talked to James Hodgman, a Co-Founder at The Upside Funding, to find out how we built a hedging mechanism for his prop firm.

There’s a big difference between a web wrapper and real white label. Choosing the former can cause huge problems for your business.

Nasdaq-listed Marex has completed its purchase of Monaco-based commodities liquidity provider Levmet, adding physical and derivatives trading across metals, energy and European power markets.

Kraken parent Payward and Franklin Templeton used the Bermuda Digital Finance Forum to demo their collaboration with a tokenized gold ETF share dropped into eligible attendees’ accounts.

The new application features AI tools, new branding, and a suite of trading tools.

Data seen by TradeInformer indicates the firm had 35 active servers in Vanuatu that are now gone.

Liquidity providers apparently pay dealers to get their flow. We investigate.

The broker is now listed as a non-dealing foreign exchange broker on the Kenyan CMA’s website.

Hola Prime’s payouts often seem to involve individuals who don’t actually exist. We investigate.

Haim Gershlaifer joined the company in March, after spending more than seven years at Plus500.

A lot of prop firms try to manage risk like CFD brokers. They often end up losing a lot of money as a result.

Versus Trade will give bonus offers to traders in Malaysia and Indonesia from May 25th to June 30th.

CEO Igor Jovic said paying the company would have felt like giving a ransom fee to a firm holding its own clients hostage.

The UK regulator reviewed 10 authorised firms that approve financial promotions for unauthorised businesses. It found some approved adverts with unsubstantiated claims or let retail investors see promotions meant for professionals.

The SEC Chairman used a Stanford speech to launch a public comment window on modernizing IPO rules, including gun-jumping communications and direct listings.

The yield product sits inside the Krak app, routes BTC through onchain lending markets via a non-custodial wallet, and is available in the US, EEA and Canada.

Funded Academy partners with cTrader to bring premium trading platform, AI-powered trading and full trading transparency to its prop trading environment focused on education.

Documents seen by TradeInformer show that Betika! shareholder Chris Kaumbuthu also owns 25% of Empire FX – along with Emran Khosla.

Chernikov previously spent over three years at Spotware Systems.

The FSA in St Vincent and the Grenadines said last month that no companies hold a valid crypto license in the country.

Bitget just launched a global pizza campaign dubbed Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026. It is based on the “crypto is dead” narrative.

STARTRADER’s CEO held three sessions at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences discussing AI, its impact, and the underlying investment thesis.

NinjaTrader now works with 18 prop firms. We look at why and what its partnership with Tradeify and Slay Markets means.

The agreement creates a formal data-sharing channel between the regulator and the league, following a similar deal with Major League Baseball in March.

The Federal Reserve Board proposed a special-purpose account for non-federally-insured institutions to clear and settle payments, while encouraging Reserve Banks to pause Tier 3 master account decisions until the policy process wraps up.

The FTSE 250 broker is offering spread bets and CFDs on SpaceX ahead of its anticipated Nasdaq listing, with positions rolling into standard listed instruments once exchange trading begins.

The Estonian entity is winding down its remaining Tier 2 bonds after surrendering its local investment firm licence, with a delisting application to follow.

ATFX says it thinks Africa will become a key market for retail trading in the next decade.

The partnership will see Hantec Markets providing relief support to emergency services in vulnerable parts of the world.

Sitting within the company’s Radar platform, the technology can warn clients if a client may be using an account at another firm.

A native, no-code algorithmic trading environment with social copy trading built in, which can deliver up to 4x order frequency, 70% uplift in engagement, and retention gains of up to 40% over 90 days.

London-listed broker IG Group saw its share price surge nearly 10% on Tuesday after reporting 19% organic revenue growth in Q1 and raising its 2026 and medium-term outlook.

U.S. prop firm Tradeify has opened a retail brokerage waitlist under the Slay Markets brand, with NinjaTrader serving as the sole clearing partner and futures commission merchant for all customer activity.

Topstep began the regulatory changes less than two weeks after facing a lawsuit from trader Vincent McCrudden.

Forex and CFD brokers have a lot of reasons to use a specific copy trading vendor. We take a look at them.

Rogers was previously CEO of Pepperstone UK and also ran his own CFD brokerage firm for over a decade.

The FTSE 250 broker has widened its zero-leverage spread betting product beyond professional traders, citing strong demand and a growing waiting list from retail investors.

The Amsterdam-based infrastructure provider says it is the first MiCAR-licensed entity to obtain an e-money license following EBA guidance on stablecoin payment flows across Europe.

UK regulators publish a shared framework for wholesale-market tokenisation and open a Call for Input, backed by coordinated moves on settlement hours, prudential guidance and collateral eligibility.

The New York-based financial infrastructure firm’s founder steps back into the CEO seat on June 1, while Tilly stays on the board and takes an advisory role focused on international expansion.

Former KPMG managing director DJ Hennes takes over the CFTC division that oversees derivatives intermediaries, with Chairman Selig highlighting his crypto and prediction market experience.

The new physically deliverable silver contract targets industrial users, with 1,000 troy ounce lots delivered into Singapore vaults alongside Abaxx’s existing gold kilobar futures.

AT DeepSight lets traders understand why markets are moving and helps them to make trading decisions on the back of that analysis.

The exchange raised maximum leverage on its two flagship perpetual contracts from 50x to 100x for non-EU, non-US traders, with tiered notional caps that scale down as position size grows.

Capital.com will be a multi-year sponsor of Australia’s leading gold tournament.

Upcomers, a fast-growing prop firm, partners with cTrader to bring its clients a transparent and powerful trading platform.

US derivatives exchange plans Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures in standard and micro sizes, covering a seven-asset basket including bitcoin, ether and SOL.

cTrader AI Agent Connect lets you access the platform, trade, and analyse markets, all with your favourite LLM.

Zhao will replace outgoing CEO and co-founder Vitkor Nebehaj.

The Ontario Securities Commission chief takes a board-level seat at the global body that sets standards for securities regulators across more than 130 jurisdictions.

Crypto payment processor B2BINPAY said it is the first crypto payment company to receive VASP licences in Mauritius, covering broker-dealer, wallet, and custodian activities.

Former Deutsche Telekom technology chief Claudia Nemat joins the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG, succeeding Shannon Johnston after a shareholder vote at the 2026 AGM.

Leverate users can now get access to a range of solutions with one click in a single interface.

Deriv will offer tighter spreads on a range of index products this May.

Leverage Shares has added index and VIX-based leveraged products for traders.

The Dutch regulator disclosed a supervisory action against Euronext Amsterdam for breaching European rules on providing central securities depositories access to transaction flows. Euronext has since complied.

Trading platform provider Devexperts has teamed up with content specialist FX Large to produce a 10-part video series that brokers can buy and deploy to help onboard traders onto DXtrade.

Digital asset brokerage platform Virtex has picked Gold-i’s MatrixNET as its first external integration, giving clients a single connection to 35+ crypto exchanges and 80+ FX liquidity providers.

The Danish RegTech firm has brought in a founder who scaled and sold an operational risk business to CUBE last year, as demand grows for its AI-driven onboarding platform.

LMAX will let clients put down crypto margin, which can be used to trade spot FX, CFDs, crypto, and perpetuals.

The Nasdaq-listed Toncoin treasury company disclosed 221.9 million $TON on its balance sheet, posted an $87.9 million unrealized crypto loss, and pointed to a fourfold staking yield increase following April’s Catchain 2.0 upgrade.

The Seychelles-based exchange is building a dual USDT–Bitcoin reserve as net inflows climb past $270 million in a single month.

EU regulator formally surfaces guidance on when technology platforms, RFQ systems, and pre-arrangement workflows cross the line into requiring trading venue authorisation under MiFID II.

The Commission is building a five-year reserve list to fill future vacancies on the joint appeals body of EBA, EIOPA and ESMA. Applications close 8 June 2026.

The NASDAQ-listed trading platform reported net income of $82 million and net contribution of $258 million, with commodities accounting for roughly 60% of trading commissions.

The Bahamas has become a popular place for CFD brokers to get regulated since 2018.

L7 has transitioned into a global multi-vertical fintech group.

Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets has filled its senior Washington policy role, hiring former OCC executive Julie Bauer after Chief Policy Officer Angelo Evangelou retired in April.

ATFX will be showcasing its efforts at the event in South Africa later this month.

Retail CFDs brokerage reports nearly +300% revenue growth year-on-year, with deposits, trading volume and partner commissions all rising sharply as its social trading ecosystem becomes a core acquisition channel.

The b-book is made out to be the worst thing ever. It’s really not that bad.

Delgado has previously held roles at EC Markets, Moneta Markets, and TigerWit Group.

Zakaryan spent almost three years as an Affiliate Manager with Exness.

Manglai has worked in trading roles for over a decade and joins GTCFX from Scope Markets.

YaMarkets appears to have shut down, with the broker’s website no longer active and social media profiles closed.

We talk to FXStreet’s Co-CEO Javier Hertfelder about why they expanded into prop and what traders in the space are doing.

Market rumours have been swirling that there will be an end to the Category 5 licensing regime.

Australia’s financial regulator has told licensees and market participants to act now on cyber resilience, warning that frontier AI is lowering the barrier to sophisticated attacks.