Cryptocurrency

Time for the crypto carrot and not the stick? The FCA is back and considering banning Cryptocurrency derivatives again.  Which when offered to inexperienced investors on excessive margin rates are of course unsuitable for retail investors. The regulator concluded a consultation on the subject at the end of last week and is expected to publish

What Is Tokenisation And Is It The New CFD? Last week I attended the Barcelona Trading Conference, an event which centred on Bitcoin, digital assets and all services relating to them. I went principally to find out more about stable coins, and how tokenisation could help the CFD/FX world continue to evolve to provide the

The answer is, of course, yes and no. You can make money trading Bitcoin, if you buy low and sell high. Or, if you’re a bear, sell high, buy low. Please note that since this article was written the FCA has banned retail traders from trading cryptocurrency derivatives. If you would like to speculate on

Trader or not, the chances are you’ve heard of Bitcoin. It’s the ‘poster-crypto’ for the industry, and given that it has made a fair few investors insanely wealthy, there’s a plethora of information online about what it is and how you could capitalise on it. Despite Bitcoin’s price being a fraction of what it was

Please note that since this article was written the FCA has banned retail traders from trading cryptocurrency derivatives. If you would like to speculate on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies you need to use a cryptocurrency exchange or professional trading account. Can you profit from falling Crypto prices? This year has been something of a false dawn

So the FCA is planning on banning crypto CFDs… What does this mean for your weekend? Not a lot really because most brokers don’t let you trade cryptocurrencies on weekends, but they do let you trade them on CFDs. So we’ll take a quick look at why the FCA’s considered ban on crypto derivatives is

How can I start trading Bitcoin? This is a question I am sure that many have been asking themselves over the last year or so. The lure of new markets and the highly publicised potential gains of Bitcoin trading have been hard to ignore. But, I’m afraid there is a very simple answer to this

Responding to what it says is client demand, LMAX Digital has launched the first institutional exchange for cryptocurrencies. The platform will offer trading 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will be governed by similar rules to LMAX’s FCA regulated MTF. The new platform will provide a trusted platform for its institutional clients,