Denham co-founded LCG and Capital Spreads in 2003 and has been at Startrader since August of last year.
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Bitget is layering brokerage-routed equity ownership on top of its existing tokenized stock products, with orders cleared through FINRA-registered firms.
Broker Bullwaves has been named Best Affiliate Programme 2026 at this year’s UF Awards. The award recognises its affiliate and introducing broker (IB) programme.
Multi-asset broker eToro has integrated Singapore’s digital identity system into its account verification flow, removing the need for manual document uploads.
Dubai-based neo-broker Amana now marks Shariah-compliant assets with a unique icon and offers a dedicated halal discovery category for its Middle East users.
CMC Markets has hired industry executive Sidney James for its institutional sales team. He joins the London-based broker after four years at Vantage Markets UK.
cTrader partners with Hola Prime to support a more transparent trading experience, giving traders a secure environment built around trust and trader confidence.
Prop trading firm TradersYard has secured new funding from existing investor Andromeda Capital Partners Suisse. The funds will support expansion and new products.
Capital.com’s South African entity has been authorised as both an ODP and a Category 1 FSP, clearing the way for local client onboarding and crypto CFD offerings.
Panama-based crypto exchange BingX reported cumulative stock trading volume above $2.7bn over two months as it pushes multi-asset access via a single account.
Plus500 confirmed continuous Monday-to-Friday trading hours in a regulatory news update on Tuesday, though product-level details remain unspecified.
The social-first crypto trading app plans to use the capital to expand into equities, perpetuals and prediction markets, seven months after its Benchmark-led Series A.
Demetriades was previously Head of Cyprus at IG Group.
Bullwaves has launched instant cryptocurrency withdrawals for its clients. The firm’s traders can now access near-instant crypto withdrawals during working hours.
RADEX Markets has launched a new copy trading competition with a top award of $5000. The competition, called the PIPPRO Challenge, will run from June 22 to July 17
Capital.com has appointed former Pepperstone executive Mariia Erokhina as Vice President of IT Operations. Erokhina announced the move in a LinkedIn post today.
WB-Shield Innovations GmbH secured crypto-asset service provider authorization under MiCAR, giving WhiteBIT a regulated EEA base and the launch of whitebit.eu.
Seychelles-based MEXC added tokenized equity pairs covering AI, semiconductors and optical communications names, extending its collaboration with Ondo Finance.
Crypto exchange BingX just launched Ultra TradingView, a charting and execution upgrade that lets traders manage positions, modify orders and place trades.
Kraken just announced that eligible customers in the U.S. and over 100 countries can now trade nearly 2,500 Solana-based tokens directly inside the Kraken app.
Tokenized credit protocol Multipli says it has received a strategic investment from Coinbase Ventures, adding to a prior $20 million round led by Pantera Capital.
Prop trading firm Instant Funding has launched a new range of funded account products that remove several trading restrictions commonly used across the industry.
Wedbush says it has already implemented the replacement for the PDT rule, which took effect June 4 after FINRA scrapped the $25,000 minimum equity requirement.
After surpassing $300 billion in trading volume during its first year, Versus Trade is marking the milestone with an addition to its brand: a red panda named Vex.
Bourse Direct has released a new finance and entrepreneurship podcast hosted by a company market desk expert, with its first episode featuring a popular creator.
B2PRIME has embedded a real-time market intelligence tool directly into its trading platform, framing it as the first step toward becoming fully AI-native.
Block Scholes says the US-Iran interim peace deal has pushed oil lower, cooled inflation fears and cut the implied probability of a Fed rate hike by year-end from 100% to 75%.
The integration gives Paydify merchants a checkout route into Bitget’s global user base, extending its push to keep digital asset activity in one environment.
Grayscale has appointed former ProShares executive Steve Vanourny to a newly created Head of Index position, formalizing its index business as it expands.
The London-listed broker has filed its audited statutory accounts and AGM materials, ahead of the 19 June deadline it set when releasing preliminary results.
TransUnion appointed Clayton Ruebensal as CMO. They created the new role to unify corporate marketing, product marketing and communications under one executive.
MEXC cited a TokenInsight report ranking it first globally in silver futures liquidity, alongside $240m in fee savings and a Hacken-audited Proof of Reserves.
BitVentures reported US$325,000 in H1 revenue, from client referrals, while launching an Amazon resale biz, and acquiring Bitmain mining rigs for US data centres.
ATFX has secured authorisation from the Financial Superintendence of Colombia to establish and operate a Representative Office under Resolution No. 2065.
The Open Network’s native coin changed its name from Toncoin to Gram on Monday after 81.22% approval. The blockchain itself remains TON, firms must update tickers.
Power is the latest senior PCM to move from IG to Capital.com.
Traders can now access SpaceX CFDs on Exness
ATFX Cambodia celebrated the first anniversary of its operations in the Kingdom of Cambodia while officially announcing the opening of its new branch office.
The MEXC crypto exchange’s latest monthly snapshot shows BTC reserves at 269% of user holdings, though ratios dipped slightly from May across most assets.
BitMart partnered with infrastructure provider Plaee to offer event contracts across sports, economics, politics, and digital assets in 48 US states.
Funding Pips has obtained a Securities Dealer licence in Mauritius, which gives it a regulated presence in one of the more reputable offshore financial centres.
Exodus, a wallet provider, is giving its users in-app access to 200+ tokenized equities and ETFs, though holders won’t have shareholder rights in the securities.
A bug in Zcash’s Orchard privacy pool went undetected for four years. An AI-assisted audit surfaced the issue, which was fixed, but ZEC still fell 50%+ after.
Crypto exchange HTX added 51 new futures assets in May, including stock-linked contracts on AMD, JPM, and pre-IPO names like SpaceX and OpenAI with $1bn+ volume.
The exchange’s first support for a Canton-native asset opens a path to broader connectivity with the institutional settlement network.
Fortune magazine placed Kraken in its CeFi category, citing its banking charter, $1.5bn NinjaTrader acquisition, and over $2bn in average daily volume in Q1’26.
XTB has appointed Pavlina Irodotou as Head of Risk. She joined the broker in March and is based in Cyprus. She has a decade of experience in risk management.
Defiance ETFs plans to launch SPCU, a daily-reset leveraged ETF seeking 200% of SpaceX’s daily move, on June 15, just days after SpaceX’s IPO on the Nasdaq.
Bitget launched a commission-free CFD account alongside its existing ECN mode, after its daily volume doubled from $4 billion in January to $8 billion in May.
Figure takes Kiavi’s origination engine while a joint venture with Sixth Street buys the loan book, adding over $7bn in first-lien volume to Figure’s marketplace.
Pepperstone is the latest broker to launch a new CFD that allows traders to speculate on SpaceX’s valuation ahead of the company’s June 12 Nasdaq listing.
Dubai-based neobroker Amana hires former ADSS and EBS quantitative trading executive to strengthen pricing, execution, and automation infrastructure.
Kraken secures FIFA category sponsorship covering 16 host cities across Canada, Mexico and the USA, with activations starting on the eve of the tournament.
W Group and WhiteBIT founder acquires a significant stake in Spyker, pairing blockchain infrastructure with a heritage auto brand via a new digital venture.
Refer a Friend program introduces upgraded rewards for both new and existing XM clients.
Spotware, the leading financial technology provider, announces Risk Management Week, an online event series taking place from 22 to 26 June.
Payward will send engineers into federal agencies on two-year assignments and plans to recruit Tech Force participants back into its own teams afterward.
PropMarket says it is the first prop firm built for prediction markets, funding traders on Polymarket with accounts up to $100,000 and a 90% profit split.
eToro’s May 2026 operating snapshot reveals a sharp divergence: capital markets trades jumped 59%, while crypto activity fell, as AUA climbed to $20.1 billion.
Alpha Capital Group has appointed industry veteran David Rapp as Chief Executive Officer of ACG Markets, the company’s newly launched brokerage arm in the UK.
UAE-based broker ADSS has appointed Manuel Del Aguila Barbero as Senior Director of Growth and Marketing. Barbero will report directly to the company’s CCO.
Kraken just launched a cash-settled perpetual contract tied to SpaceX, using a synthetic pricing engine built for a market with no public stock feed.
Capital.com has launched an MCP Server that lets traders access live market data, portfolio context, and order execution via AI assistants like Claude and Cursor.
TRON’s native token gains regulated U.S. trading access through Bitnomial’s exchange, adding to the network’s growing list of institutional touchpoints.
Crypto exchange Kraken says eligible clients can register for SpaceX’s IPO via its tokenized equities product, with 24/7 trading from day one of listing.
The broker is currently operating its main website with a Comoros license.
Navarro was most recently LATAM Regional Manager for Israeli broker AvaTrade.
Kraken says it is the first platform to list Canada’s QCAD stablecoin, launching rewards for holders just weeks after Bill C-15 gave stablecoins formal status.
Bitget, the Seychelles-based exchange, is running a month-long security campaign as it expands into tokenized stocks, commodities, and other asset classes.
Fintech platform Wealthfront reported fiscal Q1 2027 results today. Total platform assets jumped 19% to $96.6 billion, while revenues rose 7% y/y to $90.5m.
Moomoo has partnered with Kalshi to offer prediction market contracts alongside equities and options inside an established, regulated retail brokerage platform.
Crypto exchange MEXC has integrated trade execution into TradingView’s charting platform, letting users place spot and derivatives orders without leaving charts.
cTrader integrates AppsFlyer, The Modern Marketing Cloud, to give brokers the opportunity to launch and track mobile advertising campaigns for their branded mobile apps.
Vantage has appointed Paul Ghosn as its new Global Strategic Partnerships Manager. He has over a decade of experience spanning multiple industries & segments.
A Bitget Wallet report based on Ondo Global Markets data finds 52% of onchain equity volume occurs during U.S. hours, with weekend activity at just 0.55%.
CMC Markets filed a board change notice on Thursday, but the available disclosure does not identify which director was involved or the nature of the move.
CMC Markets reported FY2026 net operating income up 15% to £392.6M and profit before tax up 20% to £101.3 million, with record Australian stockbroking income.
Crypto exchange Kraken adds three Hyperliquid earning options with up to 2.2% APY, available across the US, UK, EU, Australia, and other markets from day one.
Kraken affiliate, Payward Services, will let eligible Kraken customers and xStocks Alliance clients participate in US-listed IPOs at the offering price.
Scope Markets has promoted long-time executive John Murphy to Managing Director. Murphy announced the move in a LinkedIn post today.
Grayscale’s HYPG began trading on the Nasdaq today with a 0.29% gross management fee, undercutting rival U.S. Hyperliquid products from 21Shares and Bitwise.
Match-Trade Technologies just appointed a new head of the Match-Trader Platform in a bid to position the platform as a modern trading venue suitable for clients.
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.
Wedbush just hired two directors and promoted Joe Borruso to head global equities. The hires are for its equities franchise, institutional sales, and trading.
WTW, a global broking group, has bought Redefind, a crypto insurance platform, integrated its founders, and launched a service for digital asset theft and loss.
UP Fintech, an online brokerage, reported 26.3% quarterly revenue growth but swung to a net loss after recognizing a RMB411m enforcement action by the CSRC.
Freedom Holding Corp, the Central Asia-focused financial group, reported 101% profit growth and rising customer numbers in its brokerage and banking businesses.
Crypto exchange OKX Europe has listed TRXUSD Expiry Perpetuals, extending its regulated derivatives to cover TRON’s native token across 30 EEA jurisdictions.
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.
The broker is now listed as a non-dealing foreign exchange broker on the Kenyan CMA’s website.
Sergei Riabov, the former Head of Product at Trading 212, has left the broker after just six months in the role. He wants to focus fully on AI.
AIMS FX said it launched AIMS Indonesia on Monday with a new office in central Jakarta and regulatory approval to operate in the futures and commodities market.
Haim Gershlaifer joined the company in March, after spending more than seven years at Plus500.
Versus Trade left a lasting impression at the Traders Fair Bangkok 2026 in May. Sergey Kisel, the business development director, delivered an exclusive presentation.
Broker TabTrade reported that third-party data from Datalyst shows its Edge account recorded some of the lowest average spreads in…
Versus Trade will give bonus offers to traders in Malaysia and Indonesia from May 25th to June 30th.
The broker has become the latest in a series of firms to integrate AI into its trading platform.
Futu released its Q1 2026 financial results today. The broker reported a 24.7% increase in revenue to HK$5,856m. Most prints beat analysts’ expectations.
