Author: David Kimberley

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.

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.

cTrader partners with WeMasterTrade to support talented traders with a transparent, powerful platform built for skill development, progression and long-term growth.

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.

The Brokerage Industry Is at a Turning Point – And the Brokers Who See It Are Already Scaling.

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.