high-frequency traders

India-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has announced a 12% reduction in its workforce due to a decline in virtual currency trading revenues. “Startups and businesses globally are going through challenging times due to tough macro conditions, more so in crypto because of the prolonged...

This week, Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton announced she was planning to release a proposal to reform the financial sector by taxing high-frequency traders. Clinton's decision to make Wall Street reform a priority comes as her biggest competition, Bernie Sanders, has been gaining...

In his latest book, Flash Boys, Michael Lewis contends the stock market is "rigged" in favor of institutional investors who buy and sell securities rapidly with computer programs, booking loads of tiny profits. This is at the expense of the individual investor, Lewis claims. Actually, it is the...