Daily LATAM brief — 2026-09-18

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Broker & industry updates

mBank Quits Forex, Leaving Two Bank-Owned Brokers in Poland's Growing CFD Market

Source: financemagnates.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: mBank's brokerage arm will stop letting clients open new forex and CFD positions on October 1. That leaves Dom Maklerski BOŚ and Alior Bank's brokerage unit as the last…

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Exclusive: Evenox nabs another Match-Prime exec, Christos Miltiadous, as Director of Trading

Source: fxnewsgroup.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Christos Miltiadous spent the past three years at Match-Prime in Cyprus, as Institutional Sales and Trading Manager.

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Ant International launches full stack of AI-native solutions for payment, account, FX, treasury and growth op…

Source: fxnewsgroup.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Ant International has launched a full stack of AI-native solutions for payment, account, FX, treasury and growth operations for global businesses.

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Hantec Prime reports trading volumes increase 300%+ in 2026, adds 42 institutional clients

Source: fxnewsgroup.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: New institutional clients: 42 added in 2026, at a pace of two to three per month since December 2025.

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Forex & macro

Banco Central Europeo: Una subida más y luego una pausa – Rabobank

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: Los estrategas de Rabobank Bas van Geffen y Elwin de Groot esperan que el Banco Central Europeo (BCE) suba la tasa de la facilidad de depósito en 25 puntos básicos hasta el 2.75%…

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El Dólar neozelandés cae mientras la postura de línea dura de la Fed respalda al USD

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: El NZD/USD cotiza a la baja alrededor de 0.5710 el viernes al momento de escribir, bajando un 0.3% en el día.

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El Euro cotiza plano frente a una Libra esterlina respaldada por las ventas minoristas del Reino Unido

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: El EUR/GBP cotiza prácticamente sin cambios el viernes, ya que los datos de Ventas minoristas del Reino Unido, mejores de lo esperado, brindan cierto apoyo a la Libra esterlina (G…

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Plata Previsión del Precio: El XAG/USD extiende la recuperación por encima de 67.00$ ante la caída de los ren…

Source: fxstreet.es. Open original →

Source snapshot: La Plata (XAG/USD) cotiza al alza por segundo día consecutivo el viernes, alcanzando máximos de la sesión por encima de 67.00$ después de rebotar desde mínimos cercanos a 62.00$ a…

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Crypto

Ethereum Institutional signals support for Ethlabs’ motion to reduce Ethereum block times

Source: cointelegraph.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Ethereum Institutional signaled support for reducing Ethereum block times, citing the growing institutional activity coming on the blockchain.

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Bitcoin adds to bull-market hopes as price metric prints fourth-ever bullish cross

Source: cointelegraph.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: The Fisher Transform indicator shows Bitcoin repeating bull-market recovery moves across weekly and monthly time frames after a key crossover confirms.

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Layer-2 and DeFi tokens lead broad crypto advance as post-Fed hike nerves fade

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Starknet and arbitrum gained more than 17% while the 10-year Treasury yield slipped back below 5%, with 98 of 100 CoinDesk 100 constituents higher.

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Bitcoin weathers September storm as rate hikes and Clarity act setback test bulls

Source: coindesk.com. Open original →

Source snapshot: Bitcoin is down just 1.5% in its historically weakest month and remains on track for its first quarterly gain in a year, despite rising rates, surging oil and a stronger dollar.

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