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MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity 2019 Concludes in Chicago Wednesday
JLN's two-day MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity concluded on Wednesday as another 12 industry veterans took the stage to help industry interns prepare for a potential career in the financial field - or any field, really. There was...
MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity 2019 Day One Held Tuesday in Chicago
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain were not the only themes at the MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity event at the headquarters of Trading Technologies on Tuesday, but they kept cropping up. The first presenter, Colleen Sullivan, is...
Signal Generation: Growing the Options Industry’s Footprint
In this video, Matt Amberson, principal of Option Research & Technology Services (ORATS), talks about how getting people to use options data is a good first step on the road to their eventually trading options. Produced by Mike...
Can LedgerX Deliver?
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 and...
Bcause: “Not There Yet”
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 the...
Bcause’s Next Steps in Bankruptcy
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 dissipated....
Hong Kong’s Global Financial Clout Clouded by Uncertainty; LME bans drinking during work hours
China launches Nasdaq-style tech board, expects challenges; Time for Reform is Now – FIA PTG
Chinese Newspaper Editor Moving Markets With His Tweets; Exchanges Shy Away From Mini-IPOs
Phishing for trouble (and bitcoin)
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 cyber...
Mining Troubles Take Down Ecosystem
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 well as a...
Wall Street Is Desperate for Wonks Who Can Explain the Rise of Populism
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffMarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity 2019 in Chicago is open for registration. Sign up your interns and newer employees today. The events are on...
Trading Technologies expands access to Chinese derivatives markets
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadMarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity Series 2019 Open for RegistrationJohn J. LothianWhen I was trying to figure out what I wanted to be in life, there was no such thing as...
Cboe wins dismissal of Wall Street ‘fear gauge’ manipulation lawsuit
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesBy JLN StaffCNN reported that "The continental US just had the wettest 12 months in the 124 years on record." And now you know why CME Group just set a record for...
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G7 warns on ‘serious risks’ posed by Libra and other digital coins
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadMarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity 2019 Concludes in Chicago WednesdaySarah Rudolph - John Lothian NewsJLN's two-day MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity concluded on...
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