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Independent review of the Equals BaaS solution: multi-currency accounts, payments and cards for FX brokers and digital asset firms facing debanking risk.

A new stablecoin backed by 140+ firms, from Visa to BlackRock. Can Open USD challenge USDT and USDC, and will it clear MiCA? Olaf Ransome weighs in.

Dark pool trading was once the preserve of institutional desks, but a new wave of AI tools is promising self-directed investors a look into non-displayed liquidity and where the big money sits. This article explains what dark pools actually are, why retail traders face an even bigger information gap in FX than in equities, and what AI-driven intelligence platforms like IUX24 can and cannot reveal about institutional positioning.

The Bloomberg Terminal has long been the reference standard for institutional market intelligence, but its $25,000-plus price tag puts it out of reach for most independent professionals. This article looks at seven platforms challenging that dominance in 2026, from AI-native tools like IUX24 to established names such as TradingView, Koyfin and AlphaSense, and asks how close they really come to replacing the Terminal.

SoFi's SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank. But do holders actually have the protection they think?

LiquidityFinder's Sam Low sits down with Maria Pittashi, General Manager of Cyprus-based broker technology firm PLUGIT, to discuss its modular YOONIT platform, the Dynamic Margin tool brokers ask for by name, fixed-fee versus volume-based pricing, the hidden cost of manual KYC, and the AI features coming next.

Risk and dealing analytics provider BrokerPilot helps multi-asset brokers spot toxic flow before it eats into their P&L. Chief Revenue Officer Sergey Berezhnoy talks to Sam Low about catching toxic patterns across MT4, MT5 and cTrader, why new brokers get targeted from day one, and where AI fits into the dealing room without replacing the human dealer.

Brent Xu left Wall Street for blockchain in Ethereum's earliest days. Now his Franklin Templeton and Galaxy Digital backed platform Dora is bringing fractionalised bond trading to retail brokers. He speaks to Sam Low.

The Lowdown - newsletter. Something significant is happening in financial markets right now. Prediction markets are the new shiny object, and they are definitely now an institutional asset class. In the same way that brokers scrambled to add crypto to their offering a few years ago, the smartest operators in our space are already asking how they access prediction markets.

Kalshi is the largest CFTC-regulated prediction markets and event contracts exchange. In this exclusive interview, LiquidityFinder's Sam Low speaks with Andy Ross, Head of Institutional Business, about institutional access, block trading, market making, capital efficiency and the landmark launch of the first regulated perpetual futures on a US exchange, and what it all means for liquidity providers, brokers and institutional FX professionals.

As tokenisation and digital assets move from niche curiosity to mainstream expectation, banks and financial institutions face an uncomfortable truth: their legacy core banking systems were never built for this. From order execution and pre-funding to custody, portfolio management and gas fees, Olaf Ransome explores the key infrastructure challenges FIs must navigate and asks whether to re-use, buy or build their way to a solution that actually scales.

Candlestick charts dominate trading screens worldwide — but they are not always the sharpest tool available. This guide explores five proven alternatives: Heikin-Ashi, Renko, Point and Figure, Range Bars and Kagi. Learn how each works, what it reveals that candles can obscure, and how to integrate any of them into your existing workflow without disruption.