OKX and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) just partnered to bring perpetual oil futures contracts to OKX’s millions of retail clients.
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Futu Holdings said its mainland business was being investigated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and could be fined about $271 million.
Moomoo, a multi-asset trading platform, says Texas residents can now access crypto trading on its platform, including direct deposits and withdrawals.
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.
Slay Markets says it will launch prediction markets, alongside standard futures products.
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.
The partnership will see Hantec Markets providing relief support to emergency services in vulnerable parts of the world.
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.
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.
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.
Zhao will replace outgoing CEO and co-founder Vitkor Nebehaj.
Deriv will offer tighter spreads on a range of index products this May.
The Seychelles-based exchange is building a dual USDT–Bitcoin reserve as net inflows climb past $270 million in a single month.
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.
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.
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.
Market rumours have been swirling that there will be an end to the Category 5 licensing regime.
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.
Versus Trade is expanding rapidly across Southeast Asia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The US crypto exchange made PROS trading live on Monday, though app-based buying remains gated behind liquidity conditions.
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.
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.
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 new license strengthens eplanet Brokers’ regulatory footprint and builds on its philosophy of corporate transparency.
Ochoa currently plays for AEL Limassol and he is expected to play in goal for the Mexican national team at the upcoming world cup.
Vantage now lists Mauritius as its main regulator, even though clients appear to still be onboarding in Vanuatu.
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.
Caglar will link up again with Tattvam Markets Managing Partner Serkan Ismailoglu, who previously owned Scope Markets.
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.
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.
David Shayer and Mansoor Mushtaq are both set to leave the UK entity of Vantage.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 brokerage group found ‘Is [broker] a scam?’ is the most common AI search prompt, signalling a shift away from review sites toward synthesized trust checks.
FundingRock will use Spotware’s cTrader platform to provide funded trading services to its customers.
Crypto exchange MEXC has promoted its chief operating officer to the top job, packaging the move with a rebrand and plans to expand into MT5-based assets, prediction markets and equities.
The broker signed a service provider agreement with MBME Pay on Thursday, giving UAE clients a physical cash-funding route into trading accounts via a nationwide kiosk network.
Ahmmed spent the last few years with OneRoyal, overseeing the broker’s efforts in Asia and Oman.
Lewis was most recently working for FUNNELCROSS – a marketing agency he founded in 2020.
Brokerage group XM will give traders unlimited cashback, which is fully withdrawable.
Estonian entity’s voluntary Tier 2 bond repurchase drew orders from 99 investors, well below the 13,535-bond cap, as the company tidies its balance sheet ahead of a planned licence withdrawal.
The crypto exchange says the reserve will sit on top of its Proof of Reserves framework, but has not yet disclosed the fund’s trigger conditions, custody structure, or governance rules.
Crypto exchange Bitget has launched a dedicated sub-account for its AI agent, GetClaw, allowing it to execute live trades autonomously, the latest step in a three-month infrastructure push.
Online broker Axi started a live education series targeting beginner traders across Latin America on Monday, blending technical instruction with behavioural coaching in a bid to build trust with novice clients in the region.
FundedNext is often regarded as a top 3 prop firm, which this figure would match with.
Futures prop firm Tradeify has added Australian cricketer Travis Head to its growing sports ambassador roster, with branding set to appear on his bat across all competitions.
The trading platform has activated cryptoasset trading for New Yorkers, closing a long-standing gap in its US product rollout. The licenses underpinning the launch were secured back in 2023.
Dubai-based forex and CFD broker FP Trading has introduced client asset insurance underwritten through the Lloyd’s market, citing protection against fraud and internal misconduct. Key policy details remain undisclosed.
Chicago-based Topstep has acquired proprietary futures trading firm The Futures Desk, bringing its co-founders and technology in-house to strengthen trader development tools on TopstepX.
Traders can win up to $888 from their gold trading activity in April on Versus Trade.
Webull UK is joining several peers with no fee trades in an increasingly competitive UK stock market.
The Krak Metal Mastercard requires a 30-day average balance of at least £50,000 or €50,000 across Kraken’s platforms, offering 2% cashback and fee-free foreign exchange spending.
The brokerage group reported revene of £25.3m for 2025, a sizeable increase on 2024.
The retail broker published preliminary platform activity figures covering March 1 through March 27, offering investors an early look at equities, options, crypto and event contract volumes ahead of Q1 earnings.
A consent order from the Southern District of New York resolves the CFTC’s civil case against Peken Global Limited, imposing a $500,000 penalty and a permanent injunction tied to foreign board of trade registration.
Austin was one of several long-time IG executives to move to Capital.com over the last few years.
“At XM, our focus is not on short-term wins but on the long-term responsibility we hold toward our global traders,” said the Group co-CEO of XM Menelaos Menelaou.
Dunn has worked at IG Group for more than two decades and held a number of senior trading roles.
The new platform connects companies with retail investors.
Biggs is filling the role that ex-Trading Director Adam Blemings vacated at the start of this year.
The broker’s new website is simpler and more minimalist compared to its previous offering.
BlackBull has hired UBS to help organise the listing.
The crypto exchange now routes altcoin-to-altcoin and cross-asset trades through two liquid markets, executing as a single transaction with one consolidated taker fee.
