First ReadEndgame vs. Infinity War: Justice for JiteshJohn J. LothianWhen I started writing about the CFTC's civil enforcement case against Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies, I asked for Justice for Jitesh. I asked for the CFTC to drop the...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The Crypto-Evolved event in New York on Wednesday still has some tickets available. In fact, you can click on THIS LINK and sign up with a 25% discount for being a reader of this newsletter. Please take a look at the promotional...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Boca Bits: Today we announced in a Special Report to the readers of this newsletter that John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. has begun work on a microwiki site named CryptoMarketsWiki.com. Click HERE to see the release.~JJL...
First Read Hits & Takes Leslie Rosenthal, former CBOT Chairman and co-founder of RCG, has passed away. Details are below. Our condolences to the family, friends and associates of this great man on his passing. ~JJL If you would care to share a reflection on Les...
First Read CME's CEO Is Expected to Make Full Recovery After Lung Collapse by Brian Louis - Bloomberg Company sees Duffy returning in 'next couple of weeks'; Illness was disclosed at CME's annual shareholders meeting CME Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer and Chairman...
Lead Stories Investors are bracing for a massive stock-market selloff Joseph Adinolfi - MarketWatch If options traders are correct, stocks are in for a wild ride in February. Demand for one-month call options tied to the CBOE Volatility Index, a popular gauge of...
First Read ICE Moves JLN Staff The Intercontinental Exchange announced the hiring of Raymond Kahn, who will focus on ICE's Interest Rates business. Prior to joining ICE, Kahn had his own firm, Archon Capital Advisors, with a focus on the use of blockchain technology...
In today's financial markets, the conversation is most often about electronic trading, high frequency trading, complex orders via algorithms and so forth. Yet, for the $492 trillion global OTC derivatives markets as well as block and...
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