New Change FX Web Master

Every Friday at 5pm New York time, the world's largest market goes dark. Over the weekend traditional foreign exchange markets are effectively closed, meaning no fresh prices, liquidity or visibility. But pressures on currencies don't stop just because a market closes. Political crises can break over weekends and often do. Central banks can make surprise announcements on holidays. In fact, Bank Holidays were introduced so that the authorities can make big changes when markets are closed....

The global FX derivatives market is entering a period of significant structural change. On March 3, 2026, ISDA and EMTA published the 2026 FX Definitions – a landmark update replacing the 1998 FX and Currency Option Definitions as the standard for all cleared FX derivatives and new non-cleared FX derivatives transactions from November 22, 2027. After nearly three decades, the rulebook is being rewritten, and with it, the operational requirements placed on every bank and financial institution...

Kaiko’s Data On-Ramp oracle brings FCA-regulated FX Reference Rates to the Canton Network. FCA-regulated FX benchmark and reference rates are now available on-chain, delivering institutional-grade FX pricing to applications built on the Canton Network. The partnership covers 65+ benchmark major currency pairs and over 2,000 reference pairs at a 500ms update frequency, providing the trusted FX data backbone that on-chain capital markets need to support real-world financial activity at scale....