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PPP Covid-19 Small-Business Aid Reopens With 60,000 Loans; Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
PPP Covid-19 Small-Business Aid Reopens With 60,000 Loans; Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
JLN Options Newsletter

Wall Street’s Bond Traders Reveal Their Limits; Bitcoin (BTC USD) Slides Below $35,000 as Crypto Mania Loses Momentum
Wall Street’s Bond Traders Reveal Their Limits; Bitcoin (BTC USD) Slides Below $35,000 as Crypto Mania Loses Momentum
Lead Stories
Yellen Looks Likely To Stick With Treasury Department Policy Regarding Bitcoin
President-elect Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary nominee, Janet Yellen, upset the cryptoverse yesterday with her response to a senator’s question about terrorism during her Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing. With regard to terrorist financing, she said,...
The Spread: Data Galore
This week on The Spread, bitcoin options volumes reach all-time highs, the CME Group announces a new joint venture with Refinitiv, and more.
John Lothian News Daily Update
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
MW Page of the day

London Metal Exchange
After closing its open-outcry trading ring in March because of the pandemic and moving to all-electronic trading, the London Metal Exchange this week proposed permanently closing the 144-year-old Ring, saying volume remains consistently high without it.
CMW Page of the day

Binance
Binance removed 3.6 million BNB tokens – about $165.8 million worth – from circulation, making it the largest-ever token burn to date.
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PPP Covid-19 Small-Business Aid Reopens With 60,000 Loans; Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
PPP Covid-19 Small-Business Aid Reopens With 60,000 Loans; Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
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Wall Street’s Bond Traders Reveal Their Limits; Bitcoin (BTC USD) Slides Below $35,000 as Crypto Mania Loses Momentum
Wall Street’s Bond Traders Reveal Their Limits; Bitcoin (BTC USD) Slides Below $35,000 as Crypto Mania Loses Momentum
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THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 1/08/2021
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Bill Brodsky – The Path to Electronic Trading, Part 2
Former Cboe Global Markets Chairman and CEO Bill Brodsky’s career in the financial industry spanned multiple decades and took him on a path from Wall Street to LaSalle Street. Here is Part 2 of a wide-ranging interview he gave JLN.
Bill Brodsky – The Path to Electronic Trading Part 1
Former Cboe Global Markets Chairman and CEO Bill Brodsky’s career in the financial industry spanned multiple decades and took him on a path from Wall Street to LaSalle Street.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 1/05/2021
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 1/04/2021
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: DECEMBER 28-31, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK What happened to Maria Bartiromo? Maria Bartiromo is the solo host of more than 16 hours of television every week on sister networks Fox News and Fox Business. It’s a number unmatched by nearly everyone in her profession, and in the...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 12/28/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/31/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/30/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/29/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/28/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 12/21/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: DECEMBER 21-24, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK IN THE GEORGIA SENATE ELECTIONS THERE IS NO WINNING WITH YOUR REPUTATION INTACT Kelly Loeffler began 2020 by becoming Sen. Kelly Loeffler. When she aspired to be a Georgia U.S. Senator, I am sure she never imagined she would be in the...
Bill Brodsky – The Path to Electronic Trading Part 1
Former Cboe Global Markets Chairman and CEO Bill Brodsky’s career in the financial industry spanned multiple decades and took him on a path from Wall Street to LaSalle Street.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 1/05/2021
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 1/04/2021
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: DECEMBER 28-31, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK What happened to Maria Bartiromo? Maria Bartiromo is the solo host of more than 16 hours of television every week on sister networks Fox News and Fox Business. It’s a number unmatched by nearly everyone in her profession, and in the...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 12/28/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/31/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/30/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/29/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/28/2020
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 12/21/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
THE WEEKEND UPDATE: DECEMBER 21-24, 2020
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK IN THE GEORGIA SENATE ELECTIONS THERE IS NO WINNING WITH YOUR REPUTATION INTACT Kelly Loeffler began 2020 by becoming Sen. Kelly Loeffler. When she aspired to be a Georgia U.S. Senator, I am sure she never imagined she would be in the...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/24/2020
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 16: A Year of Highs and Lows
In this episode of the CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast, Matt Raebel and Thom Thompson discuss their picks for the biggest cryptocurrency and blockchain stories of 2020.
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE – 12/23/2020
Hemp’s Future Twists and Turns Go Beyond Current CBD Marketplace
Our friends at PanXchange have included, along with their usual invaluable market insights, a year’s-end forecast to get us started thinking about 2021 in their December Hemp: Benchmarks & Analysis report.
In the Georgia Senate Elections There Is No Winning With Your Reputation Intact
Kelly Loeffler began 2020 by becoming Sen. Kelly Loeffler. When she aspired to be a Georgia U.S. Senator, I am sure she never imagined she would be in the midst of a national fight for political control of the U.S. Senate. But that is where she has found herself.