Author: David Kimberley

The Hong Kong exchange named six directors and two senior management members in a disciplinary notice published on Friday, raising the compliance stakes beyond the issuer level.

The technology provider has reworked how brokers and traders access performance data inside its Social Trading platform, tightening the interface around day-to-day operations rather than adding new features.

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Brokers using DXtrade will be able to get easy access to liquidity from Advanced Markets.

Brokers make good money from copy trading. So is it a thing? We think so.

The institutional arm of the brokerage group has seen huge growth over the last few years.

The brokerage group has set a world record by hosting a lesson trading risk management at the top of the mountain in Tanzania.

CapX has been rolled out in the UK over the last 18 months and connects small cap and unlisted firms with investors.

Knapp was Managing Director for Scope Prime’s options and futures business prior to joining MAS Markets.

The prop firm will offer prediction markets prop trading to its clients using the Match-Trader platform.

Versus Trade is expanding rapidly across Southeast Asia.

Barnes sold fabricated invoices to an invoice finance provider over 19 months, dishonestly obtaining $2,478,624. The sentence will be served via an Intensive Correction Order.

The digital asset manager’s physically-backed products are now accessible through standard securities accounts on one of France’s largest online brokers, following the AMF’s December doctrine change on crypto-linked products.

Calgary-based Tetra Digital Group has put a Canadian-dollar stablecoin into production under provincial regulatory approval, backed by a consortium that includes National Bank of Canada, ATB Financial, Wealthsimple and Shopify.

The crypto platform is offering mixed-asset retirement accounts with contribution matches and zero fees, split across two separate entities for securities and digital assets.

London-listed broker Plus500 said Q1 2026 performance ran ahead of market expectations, pointing to momentum in both its OTC and non-OTC businesses.

White joins the company from Scope Prime, where he spent the last 18 months as Chief Commercial Officer.

Prop firms could take a lot of market share if they don’t get blocked by the great firewall.

The UK regulator finalised rules letting asset managers use distributed ledger technology within the existing framework, while introducing a new dealing route that applies to both conventional and tokenised authorised funds.

Cryptoasset firms can request free pre-application meetings from Monday as the UK regulator builds a runway toward the FSMA authorisation gateway opening in September.

Intercontinental Exchange posted its strongest quarterly performance to date, with net revenues up 20% to $3.0 billion and exchange segment growth driven by surging energy and financial futures activity.

The EU regulator’s latest exercise covers 16 central counterparties and, for the first time, tests how CCP crisis tools would spread losses across the wider clearing system.

The Mauritius-headquartered broker has rolled out an interactive ecosystem combining guided courses, analyst access, AI news summaries, and gamified participation as part of a broader push toward client retention.

The FSC is purportedly stopping firms issued with a license from 2025 onwards from offering copy trading services.

Belize-regulated broker RoboForex has expanded its crypto CFD lineup with six instruments, offering weekend trading and leverage that reaches 1:500 on its top two assets.

Bitcoin payments infrastructure firm Lightspark will let financial institutions and fintechs issue Visa debit cards funded by stablecoins, Bitcoin or fiat through its Grid platform, starting in the US and Europe.

The NYSE-listed market maker reported diluted EPS of $1.99, beating the $1.51 consensus estimate by a wide margin, with the bulk of the uplift coming from its principal trading business.

The US derivatives regulator has filled a key enforcement-linked role with an internal hire who has trial and appeal-litigation experience across the agency’s enforcement and general counsel divisions.

The SEC alleges fintech RYVYL falsely claimed proprietary blockchain payment technology in public filings while operating as a conventional card and ACH processing reseller for high-risk merchants.

The US crypto exchange made PROS trading live on Monday, though app-based buying remains gated behind liquidity conditions.

Hong Kong’s exchange operator said the quarter saw broad-based strength across equities, Stock Connect, the LME and clearing, with 20 trading days where turnover topped HK$300 billion.

Crypto revenue fell 47% but event contracts surged 320%, while the company added $100 million to its 2026 expense outlook to build the Trump Accounts app.

The federal regulator filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin after the state brought civil suits against five CFTC-regulated prediction market platforms, alleging felony violations of state gambling law.

Newborn Trading House and cTrader partner to help traders develop their skills through a premium trading platform built for precision, performance and growth.

AI-for-wealth platform BridgeWise has partnered with X to launch SentimentWise, an API product that converts social media conversations into structured sentiment scores for hedge funds and quant funds.

Melbourne-based Stormrake is bringing its dedicated-broker model to all 51 U.S. jurisdictions, using zerohash’s regulated infrastructure to target roughly 70 million American crypto holders.

Abaxx Technologies said two institutional counterparties completed the first physical gold spot trades on its Singapore-based venue, adding a live-use milestone to its co-located spot and futures gold market.

Saint Lucia-based CFD broker becomes the pilot partner for a new trading rewards platform that offers points redeemable for frequent flyer miles, tools, and event access.

The Frankfurt exchange group invested $9.2 million for a minority stake in the Copenhagen-based wealth management platform, backing its move into the enterprise segment.

Japanese exchange operator Japan Exchange Group reports its AI rollout has cut roughly 12 working hours per employee monthly, with tools now spanning investor discovery, market surveillance, and disclosure support.

Japan Exchange Group posted record FY2025 operating revenue of JPY 198.7 billion, with net income up 29.5%, as average daily cash equities trading value surged to JPY 7.52 trillion.

The new license strengthens eplanet Brokers’ regulatory footprint and builds on its philosophy of corporate transparency.

New brokers are always in demand, even if the market is highly saturated.

Ochoa currently plays for AEL Limassol and he is expected to play in goal for the Mexican national team at the upcoming world cup.

Saunders has previously held sales roles in the crypto space and at CFD liquidity providers.

Vantage now lists Mauritius as its main regulator, even though clients appear to still be onboarding in Vanuatu.

We take a walking tour of Hong Kong and find out what Futu does at its physical stores in the city.

We talk to a UK-based prop trader and find out why he trades with FundedNext.

With cTrader’s add-ons, brokers can expand platform functionality, improve trader engagement and reduce the total cost of ownership.

The addition of Beukes is part of Exness’s expansion into the South African market, with the broker recently opening an office in Cape Town.

The Dutch-regulated broker was acquired in 2023 by Andromeda Capital Partners, which is run by Tickmill-founder Ingmar Mattus.

The brokerage group is moving from strength to strength, with record volume and leading sports partnerships.

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Caglar will link up again with Tattvam Markets Managing Partner Serkan Ismailoglu, who previously owned Scope Markets.

Propanium brings Czech prop traders cTrader – an award-winning trading platform, renowned for its transparency and innovation-driven approach.

Brokers constantly face problems from payment providers. Can holding a payments license get round it?

The Dutch market maker has installed a three-person senior leadership team across Asia-Pacific as it pushes into China markets and looks to grow regional trading activity.

The Tether-backed Singapore fintech says users can now pay local merchants with USD stablecoins through national QR codes and mobile money tills, with real-time conversion to local fiat.

Japan Exchange Group’s data unit is deepening its cloud-native disclosure offering, extending document-link access from one year to five for institutional users of Japanese listed-company filings.

The retail trading platform said volumes rose about 11% quarter-on-quarter, with gold accounting for 59% of January’s platform activity and oil seeing the largest single-day volume spike of the quarter in March.

The FTSE 250 trading group posted Q1 revenue of $242.1 million and said FY 2026 revenue and EBITDA should beat current market expectations, driven by customer acquisition and a fast-growing US business.

Alexander McCulloch admitted to procuring two associates to buy 11 million Beacon Minerals shares while he held unreleased drilling results from the Jaurdi Gold Project. Sentencing is set for September.

Hong Kong’s exchange operator has opened a consultation on shortening settlement from T+2 to T+1, a move that would compress post-trade workflows for brokers, custodians and asset managers across time zones.

Kraken’s parent company is buying the only US firm to hold all three core CFTC licenses, giving it an exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage in a single transaction.

London-headquartered brokerage and clearing group Marex Group plc has locked in $500 million of five-year unsecured funding at a 5.680% fixed coupon, with proceeds earmarked for working capital and growth.

Lucid Trading spends nothing on marketing. So how do they get more traffic than any other prop firm in the industry?

David Shayer and Mansoor Mushtaq are both set to leave the UK entity of Vantage.

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The Financial Conduct Authority has finalized a new short selling framework that pushes back reporting deadlines and replaces named positions with aggregated data. The regime takes effect July 13, 2026.

Spotware announces an integration with Pelican Network, enabling brokers to launch copy trading with immediate depth, live activity and long-term scalability.

CLEO has connected its trader-facing platform with Gold-i’s liquidity management system to give prop firms a unified stack for challenge tracking, risk control, and realistic execution simulation.

The French online broker’s consolidated revenue rose to €22.1 million in Q1 2026, driven by a 20.2% jump in executed retail orders as equity market volatility prompted increased trading activity.

Moneta Funded has introduced a time-limited evaluation format that delivers fixed payouts within 1 to 8 hours, replacing multi-week assessment cycles with immediate result-based trading.

The Financial Conduct Authority opened a formal consultation on Thursday to define which crypto activities will fall under UK regulation. Firms can apply for authorisation from September 2026, with the new regime beginning in October 2027.

Trading tech executive Qu Zhao joins IG Group as Head of Japan after roles at moomoo Securities, Tinder, and BIGO. The appointment signals a shift in strategy from rebuild to customer growth in a maturing market.

Trading 212 monetises its business through CFDs. But it also market makes in commission-free stocks.

The new broker looks like an attempt to capture more mobile trading volume under a more ‘fintech’-style brand.

The exchange is running a two-week, four-track promotional campaign around its Genius token listing, with most of the reward pool reserved for new users.

The deal adds MPC-based, seed-phrase-free wallet technology to eToro’s crypto stack and signals ambitions in tokenized assets and on-chain trading models.

The broker’s CEO said the funding ensures the company can continue with a solid capital base.

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The crypto exchange’s Q1 2026 report shows growth well beyond spot crypto, with gold, silver, crude oil, AI tools, and prediction markets all feeding a broader on-platform retention strategy.

OGBC Group founder Jayden Wei’s early-stage backing of the crypto infrastructure fund has produced its first liquidity event, less than six months after C1 Fund’s own NYSE debut.

Digital prime broker GCEX has integrated Cumberland’s spot crypto liquidity into its execution infrastructure, giving institutional clients access through its MiCA-regulated platform.

German exchange operator is buying a 1.5% fully diluted stake in the crypto platform’s parent company through a secondary transaction, deepening a partnership first announced in December 2025.

The broker opened an in-platform marketplace and developer toolkit on Tuesday, letting outside builders create, publish, and run trading and analytics applications natively inside eToro.

JustMarkets joins eToro and Tradu, who are already able to offer VASP services in the Seychelles.

Axi UK also owes the brokerage’s SVG entity $390m.

The UK arm of the broker also received £22.9m in income from a related entity, taking net income to £18m.

The AFM says AI can amplify market manipulation without explicit coordination and that information itself has become a vulnerability, as the regulator sharpens supervision of algorithmic trading and AI use.

The Frankfurt-based exchange group is co-investing with private markets asset manager 7RIDGE to strengthen its custom indexing capabilities through MerQube’s cloud-native platform.

OSE launched USD/JPY, EUR/JPY and CNH/JPY futures alongside ‘Pocket’ gold and platinum contracts sized at 100 grams, targeting both institutional hedgers and retail investors on a single venue.

The European regulator has released standardized templates and instructions for EMIR 3’s Active Account Requirement, giving in-scope firms a fixed reporting timetable and a first filing window that spans more than a year of clearing activity.

Vantage will halt all PAMM services for UK customers on May 13th.

XTB will be able to engage in market making and offer managed investment products by holding the two licenses.

The Ontario Securities Commission has opened enforcement proceedings against Emerita Resources Corp. and six individuals, alleging the fraudulent diversion of a Brazilian lithium asset into a newly formed company and years of misleading disclosure on a Spanish zinc project.

The Swiss issuer cross-listed staking-linked and newer-token products on Deutsche Börse’s exchange, extending a lineup that generated over $4.6 billion in turnover during 2025.

Cyprus-based fintech infrastructure provider bundles regulated fiat banking with centralized exchange engine into a single-vendor deployment, pitching orchestration over component assembly.

FTMO pays out to approximately 3.7% of traders in order to make its profit margin.

The federal regulator filed for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order in Arizona, escalating a preemption battle over whether states can apply gambling laws to CFTC-regulated event contracts.