Lead Stories Here are the 15 stocks that have driven a record-setting surge in options trading Carmen Reinicke - Markets Insider As stocks continue to gain, a pickup in trading of consumer discretionary is also pushing options volumes to a...
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DTCC
The DTCC has published a new white paper on distributed ledger technology (DLT), which argues that DLT such as blockchain applications are in need of best practice frameworks for efficiency, security, and interoperability with non-DLT.
The Spread: MIAX Makes Moves
This week on The Spread – MIAX keeps expanding, Cboe veteran Tom Zagara spins us a yarn about the early days of the exchange, and JLN prepares for the Options Industry Conference in April.
Deribit’s crypto options market share still dwarfs competitors amid ecosystem growth; Cboe Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of Cboe One Feed
Lead Stories Deribit's crypto options market share still dwarfs competitors amid ecosystem growth Frank Chaparro - The Block The market for cryptocurrency options has been heating up since the beginning of the year, but a first mover in the...
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang, the first candidate for the U.S. 2020 Presidential Election to accept bitcoin and Ether as political donations and an outspoken supporter of the technology, announced that he was dropping from the race after receiving a low number of votes at the New Hampshire Caucus Tuesday.
Cboe Acquires Hanweck and FT Options; No easy answers to stock markets’ last-minute rush
Lead Stories Cboe Acquires Hanweck and FT Options John D'Antona Jr. - Traders Magazine Cboe Global Markets, Inc., one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced it has acquired Hanweck Associates, LLC, a real-time risk...
70% chance of recession in next six months, study from MIT and State Street finds; BitGo Grows Crypto Custody Options With New Swiss and Germany Entities
Observations & Insight Tom Zagara - Open Outcry Traders History Project - Part 1 JohnLothianNews.com Tom Zagara has lots of great stories to tell from his time as a trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He was a broker, trader,...
Stock Traders Are Dumping Virus Hedges After ‘Peak Fear’ Passes; Exchange operator Cboe profit beats as lower costs offset weak trading
Lead Stories Stock Traders Are Dumping Virus Hedges After 'Peak Fear' Passes Yakob Peterseil - Bloomberg Worrywarts on Wall Street fretting traders are being complacent may want to look away from options markets right now. Investors are sending...
Where Have All The Futures Traders Gone? Ask the Hedge Funds; SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Proposes 3-Year Safe Harbor Period for Crypto Token Sales
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The following tribute to Bryan Durkin was sent by Ray Cahnman: CME is fortunate that Bryan Durkin will continue as a director and a special advisor after his retirement as CME president. Bryan's...
Bakkt
Bakkt is set to acquire Bridge2 Solutions, a company that reportedly plans on creating an app that will allow users to convert rewards points from various merchants into cash or bitcoin.
CME Group Announces Bryan Durkin to Step Down as President; Market questions why ICE would make eyes at eBay
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff CME Group President Bryan Durkin is stepping down in May. He will become a special advisor to the company and is being slated for the board of directors, so he is not going far. Here is what CME Group...
Tesla rally fueled by fear of missing out, not short squeeze; Only About 1 in 5 Analysts Rate Tesla Stock as a Buy
Lead Stories Tesla rally fueled by fear of missing out, not short squeeze - investors April Joyner - Reuters A nearly 14% gain in Tesla Inc's stock on Tuesday was likely sparked by investors looking to hop aboard its remarkable rally, rather...
ConsenSys
ConsenSys will cut its staff by 14 percent after committing to a major restructuring of the company Tuesday.
NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Makes Takeover Offer for eBay; AI Fintech Goes After BGC With First Bitcoin Trade
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Readers have asked and JLN staff have wondered what impact the coronavirus outbreak would have on the FIA International Conference in Boca Raton, Florida in March. The travel restrictions to and from...
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Matt Raebel is a Chicago-based writer and blogger. He is currently an associate editor with John Lothian News.