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IBM Options Trading: A Deep Dive into Market Sentiment
Financial giants have made a conspicuous bullish move on IBM. Our analysis of options history for IBM IBM revealed 22 unusual trades. Delving into the details, we found 40% of traders were bullish, while 18% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all...

Crypto Exchange Bybit Introduces 10x Spot Margin Trading in Europe
Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has introduced spot margin trading for European users of the platform at up to 10x leverage, compliant with the region’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regime. The service,...

Europe’s Digital Currency Race Heats Up
A blog post from the European Central Bank, authored by Jürgen Schaaf, warns that the growing dominance of stablecoins linked to the U.S. dollar — especially those issued by Tether and Circle — might pose a threat to the autonomy Europe needs to...
Futures vs. Forex: Key Differences and Market Examples
Futures and forex markets are both popular options for investors looking to trade financial assets, but they differ in key ways. Futures involve standardized contracts to buy or sell assets at a set price on a future date, while forex focuses on...

Trading on ICE Bonds Reaches Record Volume
Registers first spread-based click-to-trade corporate bond order Intercontinental Exchange, a leading global provider of technology and data, announced record trading volume in the first half of 2025 for corporate bond and municipal bond trading...

Russia scraps mandatory foreign currency sales for exporters as rouble strengthens
The Russian government has reduced to zero the requirement for mandatory repatriation and sale of foreign currency earnings by exporters, thanks to a stronger ruble and stable foreign exchange conditions, Vedomosti reported on August 14. The...

Bitcoin Market In Equilibrium: No Major Flow Between Old and Young Coins
Bitcoin is once again facing a crucial test after slipping below the $120,000 level, with selling pressure weighing on price action. The market has entered a clear consolidation phase, with BTC moving within a well-defined range between strong...

BlockDAG’s 2.5M X1 Miners Building the Real Edge – Chainlink And Cardano Market Analysis
Cardano is pushing toward a long-awaited breakout, Chainlink is attracting whale attention with billions in new activity, and BlockDAG is reshaping crypto mining and community growth. This article examines three cryptocurrency projects: Cardano,...

Solana founder: Privacy is not a core factor of product-market fit
Solana Labs founder Toly, says that privacy alone does not make a crypto product or feature compelling enough to alter how users engage with it. In a recent post, the Solana (SOL) founder contributed to a thread on X discussing the biggest hurdles...

Jana Small Finance Bank appoints Chief Credit Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Asheesh Maroo, a seasoned banker having 30 years of experience in business and credit risk, joins the bank as Chief Credit Officer effective August 18, 2025. Prior to joining Jana Bank, he worked for YES Bank, ICICI Bank and Birla Global. Join...
Regency Silver advances on upsized financing news
Regency Silver Corp. [RSMX-TSXV, RSMXF-OTCQB] is upsizing a brokered private placement financing to $2.5 million and will use the proceeds to fund drilling on the company’s Dios Padre gold-copper-silver discovery in Sonora Mexico. The original...

Cadence revises Amapa costs downwards, shares pop
Mining costs had been cut by 36.7% to $11.17 per dry metric tonne (DMT) from $17.65 per DMT following a new quotation from one of Brazil’s largest mining contractors. As a result, free on board (FOB) costs had fallen 19.2% to $27.28 per DMT, while...

Asset managers boost automation to cut inefficiencies
Almost 64% of asset management leaders are investing in automation or digitisation to address operational inefficiencies, according to financial data company FE fundinfo’s 2025 Asset Management Report. Modernisation is now viewed as critical to...
Europe close: Shares mixed as Trump-Zelenskyy talks start in US
The pan-regional Stoxx 600 index finished 0.08% higher at 554. Germany’s DAX was down 0.23% and France’s CAC 40 fell 0.5%, while the UK’s FTSE 100 recovered to be 0.21% higher. Sentiment was hit when Trump, who has largely aligned the US with...

Tradealgo Launches Mobile App For Real-Time Market Insights
TradeAlgo announced the launch of its new mobile app on Apple’s App Store, giving investors on-the-go access to TradeAlgo’s core dashboard and AI-driven market insights. An Android version is pending approval on Google Play. The first release...

Crypto trading for beginners — what to know before you buy
The New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate/advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or if you click or make a purchase. In just five years, the number of people trading cryptocurrencies has jumped from 100 million to nearly...

Are crypto liquidity providers actually good for traders and market?
Share this article As more people get into cryptocurrencies, a big question keeps coming up: are the big institutional trading firms that provide liquidity truly helping everyday traders and the crypto world? Let’s break down what these “liquidity...

Gulf investors pivot to Asia’s financial giants, sidestepping Bangladesh
In recent years, a significant transformation has been unfolding in the financial strategies of Gulf nations. Traditionally reliant on Western capital markets for syndicated loans, investments, and partnerships, Gulf states are now looking...

The TeX Factor For Traditional And Digital Asset Businesses
A Texas State flag and the US flag are seen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on May 27, 2022. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Full disclosure, I’m an adopted Texan. I...

Why is Crypto Market Dumping Today?
Despite the bulls’ dominance on the crypto market just days ago, traders have submitted to bears now, resulting in a massive crash today. Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, and the rest of the altcoins are facing a sharp correction, pushing the collective...