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FIA EXPO-V: SEC’s Peirce Upbeat on Future of Bitcoin ETFs, Urges Crypto Safe Harbor
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce reiterated her often-expressed free market stance toward the cryptocurrency markets Tuesday, saying the industry has been developing at a dramatic pace and the regulatory pace has not kept up. As a consequence, the industry is fraught...
FIA Expo: Tarbert Misses Opportunities in Keynote Address
In what is likely to be his last FIA Expo address as chairman of the CFTC, Dr. Heath Tarbert spoke for about half an hour on Tuesday morning at this year’s conference which, of course, is being Zoomed around the world.
The Spread: Plenty of Options
This week on The Spread – record-high options trading volumes, new products from Intercontinental Exchange and HKEX, and more.
The Spread: Is 2020 Over Yet?
This week on The Spread: the CME launches futures trading on the VOLQ, Eurex launches futures and options trading on two ESG indices, and more.
The Spread: This Is How It’s Done
This week on The Spread: record high $1 billion worth of bitcoin options expire, the OCC publishes best practices and a plan for the future, and more.
The Spread: Reddit On The Internet, So It Must Be True
This week on The Spread – analysts predict more volatility than usual around the U.S. election, institutional traders watch Reddit to predict price movements, and more.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 14: The 80/20 Split
DrawBridge Lending LLC sees itself as the “bridge” between the cryptocurrency world and the world of institutional trading. In this episode, DrawBridge CEO Jason Urban discusses the finer points of running a business based around lending against cryptocurrency, the state of institutional demand for digital asset products, how to work with regulators, and more.
The Spread: All That Glitters
This week on The Spread – bitcoin options open interest and spot gold prices reach record highs, Cboe tries to bring a slice of Europe back to the States, and more.
Tom Chippas atTACks Bitcoin Volatility
ErisX CEO Tom Chippas is a member of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee (“TAC”) and its cryptocurrency subcommittee.
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 13: Digital Assets to Scale
Magnus Almqvist is a technology, compliance, and market surveillance expert, and the head of exchange development for Exberry, a software development platform designed to help its customers create sophisticated new trading platforms fast, and with the ability to easily scale after launch.
The Spread: Home, Sweet Home
This week on The Spread, Cboe and the CME Group announce new “mini” products, LedgerX announces a new volatility index for bitcoin, and more.
How T3 Index’s “VIX-Like” Index for Bitcoin Works
T3 Index, the creators of the SPIKES Volatility Index have created a new volatility index, which uses bitcoin options to track the volatility of the world’s first and most widely-traded cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC).
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 12: IOU on a Blockchain
Philippe Bekhazi, the founder and CEO of the XBTO Group, has a long history of creating technological tools for trading, devising portfolio and risk management solutions for clients trading equities, FX, rates, and credit instruments. On this episode of the CMW Podcast, he discusses how XBTO went from a prop trading desk to one of the biggest investors in the growing digital asset space, as well as the rise of digital asset derivatives and stablecoins, and the future of digital money.
The Spread: Going Virtual
This week on The Spread, Robinhood announces safety rails to protect inexperienced traders from themselves, JLN covers the first-ever totally virtual IDX, and more.
Chris Hehmeyer: An Endorsement of the Crypto World Like None It’s Ever Seen
The crypto world received a large and powerful endorsement yesterday from a pillar of the futures world. Chris Hehmeyer, in a blog post where he announced the reasoning for rebranding his firm from Hehmeyer Trading + Investments to just Hehmeyer, gave the crypto world...
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan announced Monday that the company is testing “Confirm,” a new blockchain-based application designed to allow participating banks to request and receive confirmation of beneficiaries’ account information in near-real time.
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Europe Is Heading Toward a New Financial Crisis; ETFs Could Rock the Bitcoin World
Europe Is Heading Toward a New Financial Crisis; ETFs Could Rock the Bitcoin World
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Stocks edge back to kick off earnings week as Powell says U.S. economy at ‘inflection point’; Money managers flirting with all-time record CBOT corn long
Stocks edge back to kick off earnings week as Powell says U.S. economy at ‘inflection point’; Money managers flirting with all-time record CBOT corn long
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