LBX
In Q3 2025, Libertex Group launched LBX, an offshore CFD broker regulated by the Mauritius FSC, specifically targeting emerging markets like Latin America and Southeast Asia. LBX recorded its highest...
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Compliance Radar Q3 2025
Q3 2025 regulatory focus intensified, with MFSA exposing compliance gaps in market abuse detection among Malta brokers. The FCA radically scaled enforcement (3,200% increase) using AI to target...
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Most Popular Trading Apps Q3 2025
Exness held the top spot among trading apps in Q3 2025 with a score of 8.25, surpassing eToro (7.74). XM Markets recorded the strongest score improvement, rising over 6.5 percent to rank fifth,...
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FX/CFD Industry Performance Index Q3 2025
The FX/CFD Industry Performance Index dropped 2.7% in Q3 2025 to 7,386 points, driven by a sharp 38% decline in eToro shares (due to a 50% drop in net income) and an 11.9% fall in XTB shares....
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Top 5 Industry Moves for Q3 2025
The CFD/FX industry saw five major shifts in Q3 2025: 1) The UK CFD trading base shrank to 167K but became more highly engaged; 2) Tokenized stocks and 24-hour trading emerged as a major trend, with...
Top 5 Industry Moves
Most Popular Trading Instruments Q2 2025
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...
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Top 10 Prop Firms Paid Over $54 Million to Traders in Q3 2025
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...
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APAC Losing Its Dominance
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...
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Kazakhstan
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...
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The Cayman Islands
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...
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Azerbaijan
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...
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Ghana
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...
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Top 10 Prop Firms Paid Over $54 Million to Traders in Q2 2025
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...
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CFD Brokers Had Over 5 Million Reasons to Cash In Record Profits in 2024
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...
100 Prop Firms Fold, But One Buys Major FX Broker
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...