As 2026 kicks off, the only topics of conversation seemingly involve stablecoins, blockchain, and AI. 2025 delivered plenty of celebratory news on the regulatory front (GENIUS Act, MiCA), justifying the enthusiasm market observers have for digital assets. Stablecoins are increasingly viewed as substitutes for fiat and crypto payments, with their ability to bypass high transaction…
Eastspring Investments (Eastspring), the USD286 billion1 asset management business of Prudential plc, and SGX FX have announced a partnership to strengthen Eastspring’s Foreign Exchange trading capabilities. This underscores Eastspring’s commitment to operational excellence through innovation and automation, while also supporting the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) ambition to develop Singapore’s FX market to better serve…
Although Scandinavian currencies are part of the G10, their trading behaviour often resembles that of emerging market currencies more than G7 majors. They are highly flow driven and even medium-sized transactions can significantly impact exchange rates. Seasonality also plays a role, as corporate flows dominate liquidity in Scandi pairs. This is particularly evident in the…
First time I decided to head into e-trading was when I was working at Lehman Brothers on the e-procurement side. You could see the ecommerce teams starting to grow and the feelings on the trading desks started to change in how liquidity was managed. My choices in the e-trading space where always built on technology…
B2PRIME Group, a global financial services provider for institutional and professional clients, has announced a strategic partnership with TradingView, one of the world’s leading charting and social trading platforms. As part of this collaboration, B2PRIME has been recognised as a Platinum Partner of TradingView and has completed the official integration of its core trading platform,…
THE END OF FRAGMENTATION Cristian, financial services evolved for decades in vertical silos. Why is that model breaking down now, particularly in FX and trading? If you look at FX brokers and trading institutions, fragmentation has always been a constraint. Trading systems, risk engines, client money, payments, and reporting were often handled by separate platforms…
BridgePort, the middleware coordination layer for institutional crypto off-exchange settlement (OES), has announced the launch of BridgePort Analytics featuring Bridget, an AI-powered exchange-intelligence agent that helps institutions optimize execution and settlement decisions across fragmented markets. In a market where liquidity is scattered across dozens of venues, making informed trading decisions requires synthesizing vast amounts of disparate data….
The Moor has done his job, the moor can leave. According to Jerome Powell, the economy is strong, the labor market is stabilizing, and the fact that inflation is mainly driven by tariffs is good news. It would be worse if the driving force behind the price increase was domestic demand. Such rhetoric may signal…
The GBP/USD forecast remains tilted to the upside, aiming for 1.3925 as the dollar loses further after the FOMC meeting. Despite the rates on hold and Powell’s reminder of higher inflation, the dollar could not find buyers amid Fed independence concerns. Option markets reveal the highest negative level since last May for GBP 3-month risk…
2026.01.29 2026.01.29 Short-Term Analysis for BTCUSD, XRPUSD, and ETHUSD for 29.01.2026 Roman Oneginhttps://www.litefinance.org/blog/authors/roman-onegin/ Dear readers, I’ve prepared a short-term forecast for Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum based on the Elliott wave analysis. The article covers the following subjects: Major Takeaways BTCUSD: Wave (Z) continues to develop. The price may decline to 80,770.57. Consider short positions. XRPUSD: The…