UP Fintech’s full-year net income more than doubled while funded clients, asset inflows and regional growth across Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia drove the Tiger platform’s expansion.
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Virex Market now partners with cTrader to deliver a premium trading experience shaped by Traders First™ approach and advanced platform capabilities.
The crypto exchange’s tokenized stock platform has grown from 60 assets at launch to 100, surpassing $25 billion in transaction volume. Kraken now plans to more than quintuple the catalog by the end of 2026.
The exchange boosted 17 stablecoin pairs to 10x leverage and lifted BTC, ETH, gold token, and DeFi pairs to 5x in what it calls its largest single leverage expansion.
GCEX Group subsidiary goes live with OTC execution, portfolio solutions, and settlement tools for UK clients, using Archax’s Section 21 approval service to comply with the FCA’s cryptoasset financial promotions regime.
The broker has already hired senior crypto executives in its offices in Jordan and the UAE.
The executives claim that Trive has not paid them since November.
The crypto exchange’s European derivatives arm now offers equity index, commodity and FX futures alongside 290+ crypto perpetuals through a single interface, regulated under CySEC.
The new offering gives traders access to up to $100k, with BTC, ETH, and alt-coins available to trade.
HTFX handed back its CySEC license in January, with the broker’s original owners selling out of the UK entity in the same month.
The Belize-regulated broker says it will apply to new accounts trading in FX and metals.
Solbakken joined Saxo Bank as a student in 2006 and spent over a decade as a quant trader at the broker.
Trading 212 has launched an Irish entity, likely aimed at reducing its tax bill.
Pasha spent the last six years at Equiti, where he was Head of Trading Analytics.
Ofir Chudin, CEO of Plus500’s Cypriot subsidiary, sold 30,000 shares on Thursday. The disposal is the latest in a string of executive sales at the FTSE 250-listed broker.
The digital finance provider has partnered with Rain to offer a crypto-native card aimed at high-net-worth and corporate clients, removing the need to convert stablecoins into fiat before spending.
New broker TabTrade has gone live with an extremely competitive offering.
The Hong Kong-based online broker reported full-year revenue of nearly US$3 billion and guided for 800,000 net new funded accounts in 2026, even as Hong Kong equity sentiment weakened in the second half.
Newly launched TFunded partners with cTrader to provide LATAM traders of all experience levels with a powerful mobile-first trading experience, backed by Traders First™ approach
For Traders will be able to market prediction markets prop trading in regions where the ‘real’ product is not permitted.
The NASDAQ-listed broker reported an 81% jump in capital markets trades alongside a 36% drop in crypto trades, pointing to a clear rotation in where clients were active.
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Baltalksnis previously spent over six years managing Markets4you’s business in southeast Asia.
Brokerage executive Andrew Rebusco has joined Axi as its Regional Head for the UK, EU, and LATAM. The new Axi…
BNB Chain prediction market Predict.fun has acquired PancakeSwap-incubated rival Probable, absorbing its team and Asian user base while offering aggressive migration incentives to retain traders.
A Nevada court decision this week sent Kalshi’s case back to state jurisdiction, opening the door for faster injunctive action.
A court has ruled against the broker, which was lent the funds for its 2018 management buyout by Champ.
The broker’s first UK Cash ISA offers 6.00% AER for 90 days on balances up to £40,000, but only for new customers and with no incoming transfers at launch.
TabTrade is based in St Lucia, with the broker listing cTrader and MetaTrader as platforms on its website.
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Going joins Trade Nation from Lunaro, where he spent the last 12 months in a business development role.
Germany’s financial regulator has opened an investigation into two entities allegedly using WhatsApp groups and social media ads to push an unauthorised token and trading platform on German investors.
Robinson pushed almost exactly the same signals service to his followers at the end of January.
Limitless is one of a growing number of offshore prediction markets attempting to take market share.
Dean Mcintosh joins the broker from outside of the trading industry, having spent just over a decade at ride sharing app Uber.
ATFunded’s founding CEO has handed the reins to long-time team member CJ after a planned transition that began at the start of the year.
IC’s sponsorship of the Haas F1 team wasn’t a coincidence. It was driven by shared values of excellence.
Deriv Bank was registered in the country in 2023 and is currently waiting for approval for a bank license.
Brazilian financial services firm XP Inc. disclosed a leadership realignment inside its controlling entity alongside nine-month financials showing R$3.88 billion in net income and R$1.4 trillion in client assets.
The fintech group’s annual volumes surged 92.1% year-on-year, with the Middle East accounting for roughly half of all activity and gold dominating as the most traded instrument.
XM will now offer Kenyan traders direct access to over 1,400 products via a dedicated local website.
IG had used its South Africa office to outsource different functions, including marketing and compliance.
Alghatas joins Blueberry from rival brand Pepperstone. He has also had stints at IC Markets and Windsor Brokers.
EC Markets signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Liverpool last year.
Spotware releases cTrader Admin 9.9 with email tracking in Sessions, a new Workspace settings app and a collapsible main menu, improving daily platform administration and ensuring consistent operational control.
Polymarket Sponsors pay out to traders that make a market in a contract, letting them earn more than they would from the exchange’s regular Rewards programme.
IQ Option said its use of AI video helped it save a huge sum of money and get better marketing performance.
The deal, Kraken’s sixth acquisition in a year, brings vesting, airdrop, and governance tooling in-house as the exchange prepares for a planned IPO.
Trade Marshals partners with cTrader to provide a premium trading experience for every trader, regardless of experience
The online broker is hiring specialists in Dubai and Cyprus to build out autonomous AI systems, large language models, and data infrastructure for its trading platform.
The Dutch gambling regulator has classified Polymarket as an unlicensed gambling operation, citing risks to democratic integrity after users wagered over $32 million on the country’s October elections.
CMC Markets will be able to use the new license to let clients use gold as margin for trading.
FP Markets is the latest broker to get the license, which is a cost-effective way of accessing the UAE market.
The trading platform reported a 10% annual revenue increase and 12% jump in net income for its first full year as a public company, while authorizing an additional $100 million in share repurchases.
Cardoso previously worked at INFINOX for over four years. He is based in the broker’s Dubai office.
CEO David Zruia, CFO Elad Even-Chen and CMO Nir Zats offloaded 1.5 million shares after holding their stakes for 13 years. The stock fell as much as 10% on the news.
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The Trading Pit will roll out its new brokerage arm slowly, with clients initially coming from its prop trading arm.
The questionnaire is aimed at gathering as much information as possible about CFD broker activity in the country.
The company said that regulatory changes have made offline events extremely difficult to run in the country.
XM has launched its biggest ever promotional bonus scheme, with clients able to earn up to $52,500 in total by reaching trading targets.
A group of companies that operated under the Octa brand announced it is opting out of the brand-sharing agreement. Bringing its participation in Octa to a close, it will emerge as Elev8, an independent international brokerage brand, effective 9 February 2026. The changes will affect only the brand identity, while the operational processes remain unchanged.
ATFX had one of its best three months on record, with total trading volume of $3.17trn for the year.
The London-headquartered online trading platform will use the Premier League club’s international reach to accelerate expansion across Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
A joint report outlines how ‘Universal Exchanges’ handling crypto, stocks and tokenized funds need systemic security upgrades to prevent failures in one asset class from spreading to another.
The FCA-regulated CFD brokerage has a new name and new owners, but retains its existing management team as it targets growth after a difficult 2024.
The crypto exchange aired a 60-second karaoke-style ad during Super Bowl LX, reworking “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” to pitch cryptocurrency as a mainstream product for 52 million American users.
Plus500’s Ffst-growing US futures and clearing operation now accounts for over 12% of group income.
The global online trading firm joins the satellite Yamaha outfit as an Official Partner, gaining visibility across a championship that reaches an estimated 500 million fans worldwide.
The two companies will work together to organise a range of trading events globally.
Hantec will promote both its Hantec Trader and Hantec Markets brands via the sponsorship agreement.
The Tradu project seems to have failed, with FXCM now set to start being the main brand for CFD trading.
The UK’s dominant spread betting and CFD provider integrates automated compliance technology as regulatory scrutiny of financial promotions intensifies.
The UK firm, formerly VIBHS Financial, has now replaced its legacy directors following acquisition by Moneta Markets Excellence Holding Limited.
The FTSE 250 fintech group launches event-based contracts for American retail investors, building on its December clearing deal with CME and FanDuel.
Brokers in the country are hiring for four times as many new jobs as its closest competitor, the UAE,,
Epstein emailed an unnamed Russian-speaker about FxPro’s founder Denis Sukhotin in 2018.
The new broker has historically operated under a brand sharing agreement with Octa but will now go its own way.
If selected, Robinhood would act as trustee of the Trump Accounts, which are initially set to hold $1000 on behalf of children born between the start of 2025 and the end of 2028.
Three-quarters of all trades were buy orders as investors favoured ETFs for diversification and piled into NVIDIA, while Bitcoin cemented its place in mainstream portfolios.
The London-listed brokerage secures 70% of the Australian crypto exchange for A$124.6 million, with plans to roll out spot trading across three markets by year end.
In its 2025 market overview B2PRIME Group outlined how heightened volatility, technological change and evolving regulation shaped trading activity across asset classes, which altered investor behaviour and liquidity dynamics across metals, foreign exchange, cryptocurrencies and equities.
The four-time Tour de France winner becomes the face of KuCoin’s regulated European expansion, marking a new chapter in cryptocurrency sports sponsorship.
The crypto exchange has launched leveraged derivatives for European customers, offering up to 10x leverage on more than 150 markets through its Cyprus-regulated entity.
Capital.com joins eToro and Revolut as the third retail-facing brand to get approval from CySEC for the license.
The trading platform has signed a deal to sponsor the most successful Cypriot driver in NASCAR Euro Series history as he competes across Europe in 2026.
The FCA-regulated broker becomes the first major multi-jurisdictional firm to offer the next-generation platform, expanding options for retail and professional traders.
Topstep Brokerage is the first introducing broker to allow individual brokerage accounts to be funded through the direct transfer of payouts earned from its retail proprietary trading programs, the company stated.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it was likely that consumers experiencing financial difficulties would see the ads and be “vulnerable to the implication that Coinbase and cryptocurrency could address their financial concerns”.
FPFX Tech has acquired BR Management Group LLC, the parent company of BullRush Entertainment, in a move aimed at expanding gamification and competition-based features within its retail prop trading platform.
In a statement today, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission said Gunn accepted it was reasonable to suspect the funds were the proceeds of crime, derived from suspected international scams.
Vantage has become one of the biggest players in the offshore UK brokerage market.
The additional instruments are intended to support portfolio diversification and enable investors to gain exposure to a range of sectors, including clean energy, artificial intelligence, and global commodities.
TTT Markets is the lates prop firm to enter the brokerage space. The brokerage arm is registered in St Lucia.
Mahmoud is one of several new senior hires that IC Markets has made over the last 12 months.
Multi-asset broker INFINOX has reportedly obtained a Category Five licence for Arrangement and Advice from the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA).
VantoTrade will now operate on a full STP model, routing all trades through to a liquidity provider.
The new contract offers a lower-cost alternative to the existing FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Futures (FKLI) index.
ATFX was awarded the best and most trusted broker in Africa awards by International Investor Magazine.
