Asia/Pacific

The Spread: Home, Sweet Home

by Matt Raebel | Jul 17, 2020

This week on The Spread, Cboe and the CME Group announce new “mini” products, LedgerX announces a new volatility index for bitcoin, and more.

The Spread: Moving Out, Moving Back In

by Matt Raebel | May 29, 2020

This week on The Spread – the CME Group announces new options products, MSCI moves from Singapore to Hong Kong, and more.

The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 10: Blowing off Steem

by Matt Raebel | Mar 24, 2020

In their last recorded episode before JLN’s staff switched to work-from-home mode, Matt and Thom sat down to discuss how the epidemic is affecting the crypto markets, India’s lift on cryptocurrency trading, the Steemit/TRON controversy, and more.

Options thrive as markets nosedive

by Matt Raebel | Mar 5, 2020

February is known as the month of love – the month in which Valentine’s Day takes place. Options traders certainly got a lot of love last week, when the stock market saw its biggest crash since 2008.

Futures Industry Association Cancels Prestigious Boca International Conference Due to an Abundance of Caution Because of Global Coronavirus Outbreak

by John Lothian | Mar 3, 2020

The Futures Industry Association has cancelled its International Conference in Boca Raton, Florida scheduled to start next week out of “an abundance of caution.”

CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 9: Privacy Coins vs. Private Money (featuring Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer at CoinShares)

by Matt Raebel | Feb 27, 2020

Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer at CoinShares, is passionate about cryptocurrency, financial technology, and civil rights – and she wants to share her knowledge as well as her enthusiasm with the world. In 2019, she testified before the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing on Facebook’s proposed digital currency project, Libra. Demirors has appeared on Bloomberg, CNBC, CoinDesk, and the MIT Technology Review – now, Demirors joins us to discuss privacy, mining, and regulation – and of course, Facebook’s Libra.

The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 8: Krakpots

by Matt Raebel | Jan 30, 2020

Matt and Thom take to the JLN studio once again to discuss 2020’s biggest stories in crypto (so far).

Topics:

00:35 Bitcoin options are not, in fact, hot right now
02:58 Kraken CEO says cost of regulatory requests rising for the exchange
08:28 Japan puts limits on leverage for regulated cryptocurrency exchanges
09:05 Bitmain’s “questionable” need for layoffs
11:48 Bitwise Bitcoin ETF takes a knee
15:02 Libra creates a new committee
17:35 “Crypto Dad” gets two new gigs

…in with the new

by Matt Raebel | Jan 10, 2020

This week on The Spread – the OCC and CME report cause to celebrate, bitcoin options products abound, and the options markets react to retaliation from Iran.

Global Appeal: Tim McCourt of the CME Group

by Matt Raebel | Nov 19, 2019

ESGs, S&P E-Minis, and Bitcoin Options – oh my! Tim McCourt stopped by the Eurex booth at FIA Expo 2019 to discuss how consumer demand has shaped the CME’s latest product offerings.

HKEX and LSE, A Capitalist’s Conundrum

by Jim Kharouf | Sep 11, 2019

Today’s bid by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) to buy the London Stock Exchange Group for $36.6 billion is a conundrum in what otherwise would be a continuation of global consolidation among exchanges. But it is muddied by the geopolitical backdrop that could make the London Stock Exchange off limits to certain suitors, especially those under the control of the Chinese government.