- 12 Nov 2020
Dukascopy Bank meets 'Travel Rule' requirements for virtual assets
We are delighted to announce that Dukascopy Bank has signed a partnership with Taiwan-based blockchain security firm CoolBitX Ltd. to participate in the development and implementation of Sygna Bridge. A simple and secure portal for compliant data sharing, Sygna Bridge allows “Virtual Asset Service Providers” (VASPs) to comply with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “travel rule”. This rule requires
- 11 Nov 2020
Leverage increase on Index CFDs and Gold
The leverage decreased earlier facing US elections and is now reconsidered to the following levels: Index CFDs and Gold (XAU/USD) - leverage is increased to 1:50 Silver (XAG/USD) - leverage remains at 1:30 These levels will remain in force until further notice.
- 30 Oct 2020
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS IN THE US
On Sunday 1st of November daylight saving time ends and clocks in the United States are turned back one hour. Trading hours will follow winter schedule for the following CFDs (Indices, Commodities, Bullions, Bonds, Stocks and ETFs): USA30.IDX/USD USA500.IDX/USD USATECH.IDX/USD USSC2000.IDX/USD DOLLAR.IDX/USD JPN.IDX/JPY BRENT.CMD/USD LIGHT.CMD/USD GAS.CMD/USD DIESEL.CMD/USD COPPER.CMD/USD SOYBEAN.CMD/USX COTTON.CMD/USX OJUICE.CMD/USX XAU/USD XAG/USD USTBOND.TR/USD Stocks US
- 29 Oct 2020
US election: Index CFD and Bullion leverage decrease
US presidential elections next week are likely to cause increased market volatility. Stock markets and Bullion could react particularly sensitive to any result. For this reason 1:30 leverage will be applied to all Index CFD's, XAU/USD and XAG/USD from market opening on Sunday 1 / Monday 2 November until further notice. The Bank invites its clients to keep in mind
- 27 Oct 2020
Dukascopy Bank partners with South Korean crypto exchange Bitsonic
Dukascopy Bank has signed a new partner for its Open Banking ecosystem. This is already the third crypto exchange partnership after SCX and ZBX within the same framework of the relationship. The partnership principle is based on the simple concept – every private person may open a standard MCA account at Dukascopy Bank and separately an account at the Exchange.
- 23 Oct 2020
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS FOR EUROPEAN CFDs
On Sunday 25 October daylight saving time ends and clocks in Europe are turned back one hour. Trading hours will follow winter schedule for the following European CFD markets (Indices, Commodities, Bonds and Stocks): DEU.IDX/EUR GBR.IDX/GBP FRA.IDX/EUR EUS.IDX/EUR ESP.IDX/EUR CHE.IDX/CHF NLD.IDX/EUR PLN.IDX/PLN COFFEE.CMD/USX COCOA.CMD/USD SUGAR.CMD/USD BUND.IDX/EUR UKGILT.TR/GBP Stocks Austria CFD Stocks Belgium CFD Stocks Denmark CFD Stocks
- 02 Oct 2020
New coin reward rates and future prospects
Dukascopy Bank is announcing that the staking coin reward rate reduction previously broadcasted is in force starting from October 1st, 2020. Current rates will be kept until the end of 2020, click on the link to review them. Depending on the size of the staking deposit, the current reward rate gradually grows from a minimum value of 20% to a
- 11 Sep 2020
ATTENTION! COIN REWARD RATES CHANGE IS COMING!
Dukascopy Bank would like to inform current and potential participants of the Dukascoin reward programs that starting from 1st of October, 2020 reward rates schedule for the new coin reward staking deposits will be changed. The new income schedule remains deposit size dependent and be represented as follow: 1 000 deposited Dukascoins - 20% coin reward for 1 year deposit
- 11 Sep 2020
Weekend trading on BTC/USD, ETH/USD, LTC/USD and an announcement of Evolution towards JForex4 platform
Starting from the 11th of September 2020 Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe expand trading hours for margin trading on BTC/USD, ETH/USD and LTC/USD. These are the first-ever instruments to be tradable over-the-weekend through Dukascopy platforms. It also replaces the existing rule to close all crypto-pair positions before the weekend. To further increase the appeal of crypto trading, Dukascopy has secured
- 02 Sep 2020
MARKET CLOSURES ON LABOR DAY IN THE US
Please beware of reduced liquidity and special trading breaks for CFD's and Bullion on Monday 7th of September 2020 due to Labor day celebrations in the US. The detailed market closures can be found here.