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UK watchdog FCA snarls at EU criticism over derivatives; SEC opens debate on finding alternatives to IPOs
See also: Russia plans exchange for US-sanctioned companies to raise debt, Boris Johnson intensifies efforts to secure Brexit deal majority, and more.
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JLN Options Newsletter
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Risk of Big Rates Swings on Brexit Vote Is Options Trading Arena; Charles Schwab on no-commission trading: ‘Wall Street would have never done this’
See also: The Weekly Fix: Coming Full-Circle to a Mid-Cycle Adjustment; Wave and Vertalo start by tokenizing yield, with race horses and whiskey as long term possibilities, and more.
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The Weekend Update: October 14-18, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK “There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades In the last 10 minutes of trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday, September 13, someone...
Kent Law College Covers Kraft-Mondelez, Renato Mariotti, and US v. Andrei Flotron
Kent Law College Covers Kraft-Mondelez, Renato Mariotti, and US v. Andrei Flotron Thom Thompson - John Lothian News The 11th annual Conference on Futures and Derivatives took place on Thursday at Chicago- Kent IIT College of Law. I was...
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G7
The Group of Seven (G7) released a report Thursday saying that stablecoins within proprietary systems like Libra ‘pose challenges for competition and antitrust policies,’ and should not be permitted to launch unless certain regulatory issues are addressed.
John Lothian Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
UK watchdog FCA snarls at EU criticism over derivatives; SEC opens debate on finding alternatives to IPOs
See also: Russia plans exchange for US-sanctioned companies to raise debt, Boris Johnson intensifies efforts to secure Brexit deal majority, and more.
JLN Options Newsletter
Today’s Newsletter
Risk of Big Rates Swings on Brexit Vote Is Options Trading Arena; Charles Schwab on no-commission trading: ‘Wall Street would have never done this’
See also: The Weekly Fix: Coming Full-Circle to a Mid-Cycle Adjustment; Wave and Vertalo start by tokenizing yield, with race horses and whiskey as long term possibilities, and more.
Lead Stories
Kent Law College Covers Kraft-Mondelez, Renato Mariotti, and US v. Andrei Flotron
Kent Law College Covers Kraft-Mondelez, Renato Mariotti, and US v. Andrei Flotron Thom Thompson - John Lothian News The 11th annual Conference on Futures and Derivatives took place on Thursday at Chicago- Kent IIT College of Law. I was...
The Spread: Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt
Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt Cboe moves C1 to its Bats technology and moves its floor, MIAX wins patent case against Nasdaq twice, and options are big news in the cryptocurrency world. Produced by Mike Forrester Follow The Spread...
Jacob Morowitz: Open Outcry Traders History Project
Bcause LLC ordered into liquidation
U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Janet Baer converted Bcause’s long six-month long Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy under which the company will be liquidated. The U.S. Trustee has been asked to assign a...
The Spread – October is Fear Month
A Legacy of Innovation Binds Chicago’s Financial Community and Boy Scouts
For nearly 50 years, the Chicago financial district has supported the Boy Scouts of America with a fundraiser. The glory years of the LaSalle Street Dinner featured a circus tent set up on LaSalle Street for a summer soirée.More than 100...
Voice of Blockchain 2019: Smaller, More Streamlined
In 2018, “Disruption” Joe Hernandez’s Chicago-based blockchain conference, Voice of Blockchain, debuted at Navy Pier from August 24-25. When I asked Hernandez why he started VoB, he said he was “disappointed with the quality level of most...
Documents unsealed in CFTC v Kraft
On Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt of court dispute between the CFTC and Kraft Foods and Mondelez, as ordered by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The CFTC...
Anchorage running Libra test nodes and other highlights from the Digital Asset Summit
Statement on Justice for Jitesh Thakkar
There is a cloud hanging over the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee that does not involve Bitcoin. That cloud has darkened recently. The cloud is the civil case against Jitesh Thakkar, a one-time contributor to the TAC’s high frequency...
Tom Gould – Open Outcry Traders History Project
David Silverman: Is Greed Good?
The Weekend Update: October 14-18, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK “There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trades In the last 10 minutes of trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday, September 13, someone...
Kent Law College Covers Kraft-Mondelez, Renato Mariotti, and US v. Andrei Flotron
Kent Law College Covers Kraft-Mondelez, Renato Mariotti, and US v. Andrei Flotron Thom Thompson - John Lothian News The 11th annual Conference on Futures and Derivatives took place on Thursday at Chicago- Kent IIT College of Law. I was...
The Spread: Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt
Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt Cboe moves C1 to its Bats technology and moves its floor, MIAX wins patent case against Nasdaq twice, and options are big news in the cryptocurrency world. Produced by Mike Forrester Follow The Spread...
The Weekend Update: October 7-11, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK U.S. online brokers still profiting from 'dumb money' NEW YORK (Reuters) - People who trade stocks online cheered last week when several large retail brokers slashed stock-trading commissions to zero, a move...
Jacob Morowitz: Open Outcry Traders History Project
Bcause LLC ordered into liquidation
U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Janet Baer converted Bcause’s long six-month long Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy under which the company will be liquidated. The U.S. Trustee has been asked to assign a...
The Spread – October is Fear Month
A Legacy of Innovation Binds Chicago’s Financial Community and Boy Scouts
For nearly 50 years, the Chicago financial district has supported the Boy Scouts of America with a fundraiser. The glory years of the LaSalle Street Dinner featured a circus tent set up on LaSalle Street for a summer soirée.More than 100...
Voice of Blockchain 2019: Smaller, More Streamlined
In 2018, “Disruption” Joe Hernandez’s Chicago-based blockchain conference, Voice of Blockchain, debuted at Navy Pier from August 24-25. When I asked Hernandez why he started VoB, he said he was “disappointed with the quality level of most...
The Weekend Update: September 30 – October 4, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Documents unsealed in CFTC v Kraft On Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt of court dispute between the CFTC and Kraft Foods and...
Documents unsealed in CFTC v Kraft
On Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt of court dispute between the CFTC and Kraft Foods and Mondelez, as ordered by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The CFTC...
Anchorage running Libra test nodes and other highlights from the Digital Asset Summit
The Spread: Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt
Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt Cboe moves C1 to its Bats technology and moves its floor, MIAX wins patent case against Nasdaq twice, and options are big news in the cryptocurrency world. Produced by Mike Forrester Follow The Spread...
The Weekend Update: October 7-11, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK U.S. online brokers still profiting from 'dumb money' NEW YORK (Reuters) - People who trade stocks online cheered last week when several large retail brokers slashed stock-trading commissions to zero, a move...
Jacob Morowitz: Open Outcry Traders History Project
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 5: Living That Distributed Life
Bcause LLC ordered into liquidation
U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Janet Baer converted Bcause’s long six-month long Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy under which the company will be liquidated. The U.S. Trustee has been asked to assign a...
The Spread – October is Fear Month
A Legacy of Innovation Binds Chicago’s Financial Community and Boy Scouts
For nearly 50 years, the Chicago financial district has supported the Boy Scouts of America with a fundraiser. The glory years of the LaSalle Street Dinner featured a circus tent set up on LaSalle Street for a summer soirée.More than 100...
Voice of Blockchain 2019: Smaller, More Streamlined
In 2018, “Disruption” Joe Hernandez’s Chicago-based blockchain conference, Voice of Blockchain, debuted at Navy Pier from August 24-25. When I asked Hernandez why he started VoB, he said he was “disappointed with the quality level of most...
The Weekend Update: September 30 – October 4, 2019
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK Documents unsealed in CFTC v Kraft On Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt of court dispute between the CFTC and Kraft Foods and...
Mike Fishbain – Open Outcry Traders History Project
Documents unsealed in CFTC v Kraft
On Wednesday, October 2, the Chicago federal district court unsealed 500 hundred pages of documents in the contempt of court dispute between the CFTC and Kraft Foods and Mondelez, as ordered by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The CFTC...
Anchorage running Libra test nodes and other highlights from the Digital Asset Summit