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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...
DoubleZero Brings Institutional Multicast Market Data to Hyperliquid
Co-founder Austin Federa discusses bringing low-latency multicast data feeds to the fast-growing onchain venue in a Zoom interview with John Lothian News.
ELMHURST, IL (JLN) — October 5, 2026 — As onchain perpetual futures trading matures, the infrastructure supporting it is increasingly borrowing from traditional electronic financial exchanges.
DoubleZero, a market-data infrastructure provider, is positioning itself to serve high-speed digital-asset traders and emerging AI trading agents by bringing private-network multicast distribution to Hyperliquid, an ascendant decentralized trading network, as co-founder Austin Federa explained in a Zoom interview with John Lothian News.
CME Shelves Plans for 24/7 Oil Contract After Industry Pushback
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The CME Group blinked on Friday in its conflict with the CFTC over the 10-barrel WTI crude oil futures contract and withdrew its filing for the new 24/7 retail-sized contract. Following conversations with...
Cboe Eyes VIX Perpetual Futures as Exchanges Move Beyond Crypto
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Cboe Global Markets is exploring the launch of perpetual futures tied to the Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) to allow investors to directly trade the index's cash level, a long-sought capability currently unavailable...