by John Lothian | Jul 15, 2019 | Commentary, Regulation, Regulation & Enforcement, Thought Leadership
John Lothian Executive Chairman and CEO TwitterLinkedIn Mr. Heath TarbertChairman, Commodity Futures Trading CommissionThree Lafayette Centre1155 21st Street, NWWashington, DC 20581 July 12, 2019 Dear Chairman Tarbert: Congratulations on becoming chairman of the CFTC....
by John J. Lothian | Jun 28, 2019 | Commentary, Investing & Trading, Metals, Thought Leadership
Spoofing is Dunm (sic) and Just Plain Stupid John Lothian Executive Chairman and CEO TwitterLinkedIn If Bart Chilton were alive today, he would be smiling. The CFTC nailed another bank for metals futures market manipulation. According to the CFTC website, “The...
by Thom Thompson | Jun 27, 2019 | Commentary, CryptoMarkets, Exchanges, OTC & Clearing, Fintech
Thom Thompson Contributing Editor On Monday, June 24, the CFTC licensed LedgerX as a futures market and it joined the ranks of the CFTC triply crowned: swap execution facility (SEF), derivatives clearing organization (DCO) and now designated contract market (DCM). CME...
by Sarah Rudolph | Jun 25, 2019 | Commentary, Thought Leadership
Sarah Rudolph Managing Editor & Head of Editorial Operations LinkedIn Illinois Tech’s (IIT) biennial Tech-X awards dinner last night honored a well-known industry pioneer and icon, former CME Chairman Jack Sandner, and a relative newcomer, Hazem Dawani,...
by Thom Thompson | Jun 25, 2019 | Commentary, CryptoMarkets, Fintech, Regulation, Regulation & Enforcement
Thom Thompson Contributing Editor The hearing on WESCO’s motion to lift Bcause’s bankruptcy protection and/or to remove the bankruptcy court’s stay on a lower court’s order to pay WESCO continued on Monday, June 24. WESCO, an electrical equipment supplier, has asked...
by Thom Thompson | Jun 24, 2019 | Commentary, CryptoMarkets, Fintech, Investing & Trading, Regulation
Thom Thompson Contributing Editor Bcause LLC, the failed cryptocurrency trading platform and mining services provider, was back in court on Friday, June 21, on a motion by WESCO, a secured creditor, to be paid now, before the remaining cash in the enterprise is...
by Matt Raebel | Jun 6, 2019 | Commentary, CryptoMarkets, Fintech, Tech / HFT
Matt Raebel Associate Editor If you get an email from someone who quotes poetry at you before demanding bitcoin under the threat of physical violence, don’t panic – you’ve probably just been hit by a phishing attack. Phishing accounts for the vast majority of...
by Thom Thompson | Jun 6, 2019 | Commentary, CryptoMarkets, Exchanges, OTC & Clearing, Fintech, Investing & Trading, Regulation & Enforcement, Tech / HFT
Thom Thompson Contributing Editor Judge Janet Baer presided over a motion hearing on June 5 in the bankruptcy proceedings of Bcause, ”the world’s first full-stack cryptocurrency ecosystem.” Bcause’s full stacks include mining, spot trading and futures trading, as...
by John Lothian | Jun 3, 2019 | Commentary, MarketsWiki Education
John Lothian Executive Chairman and CEO TwitterLinkedIn When I was trying to figure out what I wanted to be in life, there was no such thing as the internet. Today, I am an online publisher.My son Robby just graduated from high school and is contemplating his future....
by Jim Kharouf | Jun 3, 2019 | Commentary, Environmental and Energy, John Lothian Newsletter, Regulation
Jim Kharouf Freelance Writer TwitterLinkedIn There are few academics in the derivatives space who have the depth and breadth of knowledge of Craig Pirrong, professor of finance and energy markets director of the Global Energy Management Institute, Bauer College of...
