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Back in Court with Bcause – Year End Report
Wednesday was the last hearing scheduled for this year for the Bcause bankruptcy. The next court date is January 7 when the bankruptcy trustee’s disposition of Bcause’s remaining “asset,” the spot market, will be presented to the court.
The CMW Podcast Episode 6: Mandelblockchain
Before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Ph.D. in physics in 2015, Carson Cook was already an experienced futures trader. In 2018, he started Fractal Wealth, a trading and technology firm that provides liquidity to digital asset exchanges – including so-called “decentralized” (DEX) exchanges. Cook explains the differences between both exchanges, as well as his unique insight into how the digital asset markets are changing.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses digital asset regulation, SROs
Hester Peirce’s arrival to the main stage at the Block(Legal)Tech Conference in Chicago on October 24 felt like the arrival of a celebrity. Her awareness of the esteem in which the audience held her was apparent as she opened with the joke,...
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 trustee...
Anchorage running Libra test nodes and other highlights from the Digital Asset Summit
After the close of the first day of the Voice of Blockchain conference in Chicago on Monday, dozens gathered on the tenth floor of the venue for a Digital Asset Summit hosted by FinTank, a fintech development hub based in Chicago, as well as Fidelity Digital Assets, Galaxy Digital, and Token Daily. It was a closed event unaffiliated with the Voice of Blockchain conference, though many attendees from VoB were there.
The CMW Podcast Episode 4: Evolving With the Market
Why did Scott Freeman go from being a managing partner at a quantitative hedge fund to starting a company for digital asset trading and advisory services? Scott answers this and other fascinating questions about pivoting into institutional crypto trading, navigating through the regulatory nuances between different markets around the world, and more.
The Spread – Backing Bakkt, a curve for Curve Global, and HKEX disappointment
In this week’s episode of The Spread, Matt Raebel takes over for Spencer Doar, remembering some we have lost and talking about HKEX’s failed bid for the London Stock Exchange, some big news for the Small Exchange, and what’s new with Bakkt, Euronext and Curve Global.
The CMW Podcast Episode 3: A Speculative Streak
Bill Ulivieri, former CBOE market maker and Principal of Cenacle Capital Management LLC, is a veteran of the industry who’s done it all – including crypto trading. Ulivieri joins Matt at the JLN studio to discuss the benefits and shortcomings of digital assets as a store of value, and how he thinks bitcoin fits into the future of global finance.
Bakkt readies CME challenge
On Friday last week Bakkt opened the Bakkt Warehouse for its bitcoin custody business, as it prepares for ICE US’s launch of futures trading on September 23. Bakkt is counting on the warehouse to be the unique selling point as it goes head-to-head with the CME’s 21-month old bitcoin futures.
Ah, September! Litigation is in the air
This year, early September is back-to-federal-court time in Chicago. Three of our favorite cases have seen some recent action in the Dirksen Building.CFTC v Kraft and Mondelez. Last week, the CFTC asked to move the date of the evidentiary...
The CMW Podcast Episode 2: Tokenized Trading
Juan Hernandez, CEO of OpenFinance Network, joins JLN associate editor Matt Raebel to talk tokens – that is, securitized assets in the form of digital tokens, not the tokens you use to pay for arcade machines at Chuck E. Cheese’s.
From Opera to Blockchain: An Inside Look Into Diverse Crypto Careers
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Lexy Prodromos, business development manager at Bloq, talks about following your interests wherever they take you.
Bcause bets it all on bitcoin
On Thursday, August 8, Judge Janet Baer continued the current round of proceedings in Bcause’s ongoing federal bankruptcy case until September 4. Bcause demonstrated to the court there is hope a confirmable reorganization plan can be...
What is going on at LedgerX?
LedgerX may have launched trading on the contract market platform designated by the CFTC in June as reported by the cryptocurrency press on July 31. According to details shared exclusively with CoinDesk, the online news service that broke the...
The CMW Podcast Episode 1: Crypto 101: A Beginner’s Primer on Digital Assets
Ever wonder where bitcoin came from, or who made it? How about, ‘what is a blockchain, and how does it work?’ John Lothian News Associate Editor Matt Raebel offers a crash-course in crypto for the inaugural episode of the CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast.
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Charles Schwab to Buy TD Ameritrade for $26 Billion, Reports Say
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today's MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project series video is of Jeff Bernacchi, a CME member and former member of the CME Group board of directors who recently retired from the board...
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End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME’s Giant Eurodollar Market; Bets on a Strong Pound Are Getting in the Way of a Strong Pound
Lead Stories End of Libor Creates Uncertainty for CME's Giant Eurodollar Market Alexander Osipovich - WSJ The clock is ticking on a huge futures market where nearly $3 trillion changes hands on an average day. Eurodollar futures, which let...
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