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Crypto’s Most-Controversial Man Explains His Cartoon Cat Fight; Bitcoin Fate Hinges on NY License
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffYesterday I interviewed CME Group Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed for our Open Outcry Traders History Project. Leo is a giant in our industry and I know a...
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JLN Options Newsletter
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Buy-side least optimistic about derivatives revenue increasing; A look at free trading apps
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Observations & InsightFinding the Perfect Match(ing Engine) - Jim Downs, Connamara SystemsJohnLothianNews.comJim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His...
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Lead Stories
Finding the Perfect Matching Engine – Jim Downs, Connamara Systems
Jim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His background in electrical engineering helped him build software for his trading activities. That knowledge of trading systems he used as the foundation of his software...
Changing Interest Rate Trading Market Structure – Andy Ross, CurveGlobal
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross talks about the shift away from LIBOR and how CurveGlobal is changing the dynamics of interest rate derivatives trading. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian...
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Craig Wright
Craig Wright, the digital entrepreneur who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, has sent letters of intent to sue several prominent people for defamation and libel, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and podcaster Peter McCormack, saying they made disparaging remarks about him on Twitter.
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Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies, a Chicago-based professional trading software developer, announced Tuesday that the company has partnered with the crypto exchange BitMEX. This will give TT users the ability to trade using BitMEX's products, including crypto perpetual swaps.
Lead Stories
Finding the Perfect Matching Engine – Jim Downs, Connamara Systems
Jim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His background in electrical engineering helped him build software for his trading activities. That knowledge of trading systems he used as the foundation of his software...
Changing Interest Rate Trading Market Structure – Andy Ross, CurveGlobal
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross talks about the shift away from LIBOR and how CurveGlobal is changing the dynamics of interest rate derivatives trading. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian...
More Cloud, More Services – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq
Nasdaq has been in the process of migrating all of its technology into one holistic tech stack called the Nasdaq Financial Framework. In this video, Nasdaq’s Executive Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård provides an...
John Sodergreen Wants enelyst to be the CNBC of Chat
Scudder Publishing’s John Sodergreen is trying to create the CNBC of chat in order to attract chat-native energy-focused traders to his enelyst platform. “Enelyst” comes from a combination of energy and analyst.Sodergreen claims enelyst is...
The DLT Wars – Zohar Hod, Digital Asset
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, Digital Asset Chief Strategy Officer Zohar Hod talks about public versus private blockchains and how Digital Asset is positioning itself within the digital asset infrastructure space....
The Spread – Gavel Action
There was some big courtroom news this week - we give all the updates in this episode of “The Spread.” Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's Newsletter We visit more than 100 websites daily for financial news (Would YOU...
How China Turned 350 Million Millennials Into Day Traders
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe OCC re-elected Craig Donohue as executive chairman and elected member and public directors at their 2019 stockholder meeting.~JJLThe Trade Crypto is...
US v Jitesh Thakkar: Waiting for the Denouement
According to Merriam Webster, the (second) definition of “denouement” is “the outcome of a complex sequence of events.” On Monday, April 8, the twelve members of the jury in the trial (surely “a complex sequence of events”) of Jitesh...
Building a Crypto Market in Traditional Futures Exchange Form – Thomas Chippas, ErisX
The Great Migration – Rick Lane, Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies announced the sunsetting of its X_Trader platform at the end of 2018 which means that a large part of 2019 will be spent migrating its remaining user base to the new TT platform. But that’s not the only thing Trading...
Hung Jury in Trial of US v Thakkar
The trial of Jitesh Thakkar for aiding and abetting two instances of spoofing - which were executed by the convicted mega spoofer Navinder Sarao, whom Thakkar never met - ended Tuesday afternoon at about 4:30 when Judge Robert Gettleman...
The LME’s Ambitious Tech Revamp – Matt Chamberlain, LME
London Metal Exchange CEO Matt Chamberlain knows that the more than 150-year-old exchange has not been at the front of the pack when it comes to technology, but he also knows that gives it an opportunity to survey what other market...
Finding the Perfect Matching Engine – Jim Downs, Connamara Systems
Jim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His background in electrical engineering helped him build software for his trading activities. That knowledge of trading systems he used as the foundation of his software...
Changing Interest Rate Trading Market Structure – Andy Ross, CurveGlobal
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross talks about the shift away from LIBOR and how CurveGlobal is changing the dynamics of interest rate derivatives trading. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian...
More Cloud, More Services – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq
Nasdaq has been in the process of migrating all of its technology into one holistic tech stack called the Nasdaq Financial Framework. In this video, Nasdaq’s Executive Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård provides an...
John Sodergreen Wants enelyst to be the CNBC of Chat
Scudder Publishing’s John Sodergreen is trying to create the CNBC of chat in order to attract chat-native energy-focused traders to his enelyst platform. “Enelyst” comes from a combination of energy and analyst.Sodergreen claims enelyst is...
The DLT Wars – Zohar Hod, Digital Asset
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, Digital Asset Chief Strategy Officer Zohar Hod talks about public versus private blockchains and how Digital Asset is positioning itself within the digital asset infrastructure space....
The Spread – Gavel Action
There was some big courtroom news this week - we give all the updates in this episode of “The Spread.” Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's Newsletter We visit more than 100 websites daily for financial news (Would YOU...
How China Turned 350 Million Millennials Into Day Traders
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe OCC re-elected Craig Donohue as executive chairman and elected member and public directors at their 2019 stockholder meeting.~JJLThe Trade Crypto is...
US v Jitesh Thakkar: Waiting for the Denouement
According to Merriam Webster, the (second) definition of “denouement” is “the outcome of a complex sequence of events.” On Monday, April 8, the twelve members of the jury in the trial (surely “a complex sequence of events”) of Jitesh...
Building a Crypto Market in Traditional Futures Exchange Form – Thomas Chippas, ErisX
The Great Migration – Rick Lane, Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies announced the sunsetting of its X_Trader platform at the end of 2018 which means that a large part of 2019 will be spent migrating its remaining user base to the new TT platform. But that’s not the only thing Trading...
Hung Jury in Trial of US v Thakkar
The trial of Jitesh Thakkar for aiding and abetting two instances of spoofing - which were executed by the convicted mega spoofer Navinder Sarao, whom Thakkar never met - ended Tuesday afternoon at about 4:30 when Judge Robert Gettleman...
The LME’s Ambitious Tech Revamp – Matt Chamberlain, LME
London Metal Exchange CEO Matt Chamberlain knows that the more than 150-year-old exchange has not been at the front of the pack when it comes to technology, but he also knows that gives it an opportunity to survey what other market...
More Cloud, More Services – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq
Nasdaq has been in the process of migrating all of its technology into one holistic tech stack called the Nasdaq Financial Framework. In this video, Nasdaq’s Executive Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård provides an...
John Sodergreen Wants enelyst to be the CNBC of Chat
Scudder Publishing’s John Sodergreen is trying to create the CNBC of chat in order to attract chat-native energy-focused traders to his enelyst platform. “Enelyst” comes from a combination of energy and analyst.Sodergreen claims enelyst is...
The DLT Wars – Zohar Hod, Digital Asset
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, Digital Asset Chief Strategy Officer Zohar Hod talks about public versus private blockchains and how Digital Asset is positioning itself within the digital asset infrastructure space....
The Spread – Gavel Action
There was some big courtroom news this week - we give all the updates in this episode of “The Spread.” Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian Newsletter Today's Newsletter We visit more than 100 websites daily for financial news (Would YOU...
How China Turned 350 Million Millennials Into Day Traders
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe OCC re-elected Craig Donohue as executive chairman and elected member and public directors at their 2019 stockholder meeting.~JJLThe Trade Crypto is...
US v Jitesh Thakkar: Waiting for the Denouement
According to Merriam Webster, the (second) definition of “denouement” is “the outcome of a complex sequence of events.” On Monday, April 8, the twelve members of the jury in the trial (surely “a complex sequence of events”) of Jitesh...
Building a Crypto Market in Traditional Futures Exchange Form – Thomas Chippas, ErisX
The Great Migration – Rick Lane, Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies announced the sunsetting of its X_Trader platform at the end of 2018 which means that a large part of 2019 will be spent migrating its remaining user base to the new TT platform. But that’s not the only thing Trading...
Hung Jury in Trial of US v Thakkar
The trial of Jitesh Thakkar for aiding and abetting two instances of spoofing - which were executed by the convicted mega spoofer Navinder Sarao, whom Thakkar never met - ended Tuesday afternoon at about 4:30 when Judge Robert Gettleman...
The LME’s Ambitious Tech Revamp – Matt Chamberlain, LME
London Metal Exchange CEO Matt Chamberlain knows that the more than 150-year-old exchange has not been at the front of the pack when it comes to technology, but he also knows that gives it an opportunity to survey what other market...
A “Computer Guy From Naperville”: Closing Arguments in US v Thakkar
Closing arguments in the trial US v Thakkar took place Monday in a long morning for the jury, lasting about three hours. After the charge of conspiracy to spoof was dismissed by Judge Gettleman last week, Jitesh Thakkar still faces two...
The Spread – A Bumpy Ride
Some fines and a speed delay make for a bumpy ride in this episode of The Spread. The following are stories referenced: -JLN Options for February 4 -> Covered the first series of Cboe fines -Cboe Disciplinary Notice -> ABN AMRO...
Industry Leaders Series
Finding the Perfect Matching Engine – Jim Downs, Connamara Systems
Jim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His background in electrical engineering helped him build software for his trading activities. That knowledge of trading systems he used as the foundation of his software...
Changing Interest Rate Trading Market Structure – Andy Ross, CurveGlobal
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, CurveGlobal CEO Andy Ross talks about the shift away from LIBOR and how CurveGlobal is changing the dynamics of interest rate derivatives trading. Produced by Mike Forrester John Lothian...
More Cloud, More Services – Lars Ottersgård, Nasdaq
Nasdaq has been in the process of migrating all of its technology into one holistic tech stack called the Nasdaq Financial Framework. In this video, Nasdaq’s Executive Vice President and Head of Market Technology Lars Ottersgård provides an...
The DLT Wars – Zohar Hod, Digital Asset
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, Digital Asset Chief Strategy Officer Zohar Hod talks about public versus private blockchains and how Digital Asset is positioning itself within the digital asset infrastructure space....
Building a Crypto Market in Traditional Futures Exchange Form – Thomas Chippas, ErisX
The Great Migration – Rick Lane, Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies announced the sunsetting of its X_Trader platform at the end of 2018 which means that a large part of 2019 will be spent migrating its remaining user base to the new TT platform. But that’s not the only thing Trading...
