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The Spread: It Takes Two to Contango
This week on The Spread – low natural gas prices lead to an increase in swaptions trading, the CME has another successful launch, and a Binance-backed exchange boasts a ton of trading volume.
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This week on The Spread – the OCC and CME report cause to celebrate, bitcoin options products abound, and the options markets react to retaliation from Iran.
CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 7: Buy the Dip! Featuring: Thom Thompson, editor at JLN
JLN Editor Thom Thompson has decades of experience working in the financial markets in both the U.S. and Europe. These days, he uses his expertise to explain the cryptocurrency markets, especially the burgeoning cryptocurrency derivatives to JLN’s readers. In this episode of the CMW Podcast, Thom joins Matt in the studio to discuss the most notable moments in the cryptocurrency markets in 2019.
Paul Volcker, Inflation Tamer Who Set Bank Risk Rule, Dies at 92; Robots in Finance Could Wipe Out Some of Its Highest-Paying Jobs
See also: Big U.S. banks’ reluctance to lend may have caused repo-market shock: BIS, It’s Ken Griffin’s World, We Just Live in It, and more.
Regulator Rumble
This week on The Spread – Bakkt’s CEO heads to Washington, the VIX perks up for the first time since October, and regulators debate over who has jurisdiction over SPIKES futures trading on MGEX.
Support Swells for Developer in Spoofing Software Case; Ignoring Women Costs Finance Firms $700 Billion a Year
See also: Libor is going away, Bakkt officially dives into crowded crypto custody market after NYDFS blessing, and more.
Tesla short sellers lose $1.5 billion in a single day; Options on Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Futures Contracts Trading to Begin on Monday, December 9, 2019
See also: Bakkt’s Slow Start Doesn’t Mean Bitcoin Futures Have Flopped, Vanity Fair’s Trump Trade Story ‘Nonsensical,’ Exchange CEO Says, and more.
The Spread: Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt
Cboe moves, MIAX wins, CME vs Bakkt Cboe moves C1 to its Bats technology and moves its floor, MIAX wins patent case against Nasdaq twice, and options are big news in the cryptocurrency world. Produced by Mike Forrester Follow The Spread...
Bakkt is looking to beat CME to the punch on options tied to bitcoin; Investors are getting increasingly worried that a recession or major market crash is coming, Allianz says
See also: Wall Street Rush to Safety Is Biggest Since Lehman Brothers Collapse, The Mental Game of Dealing with Volatility, and more.
The Spread: Quadruple witching causes VIX hiccup; Bakkt vs. CME
The Spread: Quadruple witching causes VIX hiccup; Bakkt vs. CME
Bakkt readies CME challenge
On Friday last week Bakkt opened the Bakkt Warehouse for its bitcoin custody business, as it prepares for ICE US’s launch of futures trading on September 23. Bakkt is counting on the warehouse to be the unique selling point as it goes head-to-head with the CME’s 21-month old bitcoin futures.
Bakkt to Offer Futures Paying Out in Bitcoin Next Month; LSE needs to beat Bloomberg at its own game
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffLike Leo Melamed in the creation of the CME's International Monetary Market in 1972, Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler channeled Milton Friedman for the support of a...
What is going on at LedgerX?
LedgerX may have launched trading on the contract market platform designated by the CFTC in June as reported by the cryptocurrency press on July 31. According to details shared exclusively with CoinDesk, the online news service that broke the...
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