Editor & Business Intelligence Analyst
Damian's adventure with financial markets began at the Cracow University of Economics, where he obtained his MA in finance and accounting. Starting from the retail trader perspective, he collaborated with brokerage houses and financial portals in Poland as an independent editor and content manager. His adventure with Finance Magnates began in 2016, where he is working as a business intelligence analyst.
The Finance Magnates Intelligence Department collects and presents data on the most popular trading instruments from a selection of brokers. The presented figures represent an average across all...
Prop firms distributed over $54M to traders in Q3 2025, rebounding strongly from Q2. FundedNext became the new payout leader ($18.5M), narrowly surpassing MyFunded Futures ($16.2M), as the top three...
The APAC region lost its market share dominance in internet traffic to CFD brokers' websites, falling to 36.7% in Q3 2025, allowing Europe to regain the top position with 37.7% for the first time...
Kazakhstan is establishing itself as a key Central Asian financial hub, attracting crypto giants like Binance and Bybit, who operate local platforms under AFSA licenses. The AFSA (Astana Financial...
The Cayman Islands, regulated by CIMA, strengthened its reputable offshore status by launching Phase Two of its VASP (Virtual Asset Service Providers) framework in April 2025. This move integrates...
CFI Financial entered the Azerbaijani market by acquiring and rebranding a local firm (AzFinance Investment Company). Azerbaijan, with a $75B GDP, is primarily oil/gas dependent but is working to...
Ghana's SEC is developing a new framework to regulate and license retail forex trading, which will make it the third country in the region (after South Africa and Kenya) to formally oversee the FX...
The top 10 proprietary trading firms distributed over $48 million to traders in Q2 2025, marking a slight dip from the $55 million paid in the previous quarter, but demonstrating robust sector...
As financial markets soared to record heights in 2024, over 5 million thrill-seekers turned to CFD trading, fueling broker stocks to historic peaks and transforming Poland into an unexpected global...
Despite MetaQuotes abandoning the sector in February 2024, the industry grew by 1,264% over the past decade, with established brokers like ATFX launching their own...