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Old Downtown Chicago Trading Hub Is Reborn as an AI Data Center
The former headquarters of Cboe Global Markets Inc. will soon house 33 megawatts of capacity and bring in rents much higher than the average downtown office building
Hyperliquid Won Perpetuals. After $536 Million of Options Traded in September, Can It Win Options Too?
OBSERVATIONS Gensler to Supreme Court: “I Was There,” and Dodd-Frank Didn’t Make the CFTC a Sports Book WILLIAMS BAY, WI (JLN) — October 9, 2026: Gary Gensler was often a burr under the futures industry’s saddle while he ran the CFTC. Now he is TradFi’s best friend,...
CME FSPI Sports Indexes
CME Group announced it will launch the world's first baseball futures contracts, which will track the CME FSPI Sports Indexes (CME FSPI), on October 12 pending regulatory review.
Old Downtown Chicago Trading Hub Becomes New AI Data Center
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The former Cboe Global Markets trading headquarters at 400 S. LaSalle Street is undergoing a $300 million to $400 million conversion into a 33-megawatt AI data center by Legacy Investing and GI Partners, Natalie...
Gensler to Supreme Court: “I Was There,” and Dodd-Frank Didn’t Make the CFTC a Sports Book
WILLIAMS BAY, WI (JLN) — October 9, 2026: Gary Gensler was often a burr under the futures industry's saddle while he ran the CFTC. Now he is TradFi's best friend, filing amicus briefs telling courts sports betting isn't part of the Commodity Exchange Act and never...
FanDuel Lands FCM License, But CME Isn’t Involved
LEAD FanDuel Lands FCM License, But CME Isn’t Involved Todd Shriber - Casino.org News FanDuel has secured a futures commission merchant (FCM) license through the National Futures Association, paving the way for the gaming giant to directly broker event contracts and...
John W. Pietrowicz
Marex Group has appointed John Pietrowicz as its new chair of the board, succeeding Robert Pickering. Pietrowicz previously served as the chief financial officer of CME Group from 2014 to 2023.
Longshots Losing 98% of Time Dominate Kalshi, Polymarket Trading
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff This is not going to end well. A 23-karat gold-leaf statue depicting a naked Donald Trump, titled "The Orange Plague – King of Injustice," has been unveiled at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Suha Kidwai...
A 30% Options Pop in Mere Minutes Shows Power of ‘Finfluencers’
LEAD A 30% Options Pop in Mere Minutes Shows Power of ‘Finfluencers’ Justina Lee - Bloomberg Shortly after the US stock market opened on May 7, 2025, a message landed in a Discord trading chat: “BTO “BTO $EBAY 72c 05/09 @0.30.” In options-trader shorthand, it was a...
Daniel J. Davis
Connamara Technologies on Tuesday announced the promotion of Daniel J. Davis to president. He had previously been the company's chief revenue officer.
A 30% Options Pop in Mere Minutes Shows Power of ‘Finfluencers’
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Where the CME Group blinked, Kalshi thinked. Kalshi Inc. has filed a proposal with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude-linked perpetual futures contract, one that never...
OCC Welcomes IEX to its Growing Roster of Participant Exchanges
OBSERVATIONS AI Discovery: How a Non-Technical Founder Built a Prop Trading Firm Using Claude AI JohnLothianNews.com Want to know how a non-technical founder used AI to build a prop trading firm from the ground up? We sat down with Melissa Footlick, the founder and...
OKX
OKX filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday to launch a tokenized-stock trading platform. The crypto exchange operator has also raised new funding at a $25 billion valuation.
Regulators Propose New Crypto Rules—But Leave Spot Trading Untouched
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff If there is one thing I love it is exchange competition, especially in the precious metals markets. I have fond memories of the scorecard I kept in JLN to track CBOT's electronic assault on NYMEX open-outcry metals, and...
AI Discovery: How a Non-Technical Founder Built a Prop Trading Firm Using Claude AI
Want to know how a non-technical founder used AI to build a prop trading firm from the ground up? We sat down with Melissa Footlick, the founder and CEO of Catalyst, to discuss how she leverages artificial intelligence across every area of her business and personal life.
Old Downtown Chicago Trading Hub Becomes New AI Data Center
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The former Cboe Global Markets trading headquarters at 400 S. LaSalle Street is undergoing a $300 million to $400 million conversion into a 33-megawatt AI data center by Legacy Investing and GI Partners, Natalie...
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Introducing “Auditions” – A JLN Topic Page for Market-Related Entertainment Content Creators
John Lothian News announces the upcoming launch of “Auditions,” a new space on johnlothiannews.com and the John Lothian Newsletter for entertainment content creators to introduce to the JLN audience their market related TV scripts, movie scripts, documentaries, short stories, books and poems. The official launch date is not set, but is coming soon.
Mogator Media Capital (Mogator Media Capital), along with writers Daniel F. Sullivan (Pencils with Erasers Podcast) and John Nuckel (JohnNuckel.com), are presenting the first audition, a script for a feature film titled “The Front Runner.” Based on a true story from the Chicago Board of Trade, the film chronicles a man’s attempt in 1992 to corner the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond futures market, albeit for a brief 15 minutes.
Hyperliquid Won Perpetuals. After $536 Million of Options Traded in September, Can It Win Options Too?
OBSERVATIONS Gensler to Supreme Court: “I Was There,” and Dodd-Frank Didn’t Make the CFTC a Sports Book WILLIAMS BAY, WI (JLN) — October 9, 2026: Gary Gensler was often a burr under the futures industry’s saddle while he ran the CFTC. Now he is TradFi’s best friend,...
