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Nasdaq Prevails in Lawsuit Over Alleged ETF Theft; Fed Confronts Lack of Diversity in Its Ranks

by Matt Raebel | Dec 23, 2019

First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), Futures Industry Association (FIA), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) and...

Coinbase packs up Chicago office, brings talent to California

by Matt Raebel | May 1, 2019

You know how coffee is best when it's either hot or iced, but once it becomes lukewarm nobody wants anything to do with it? That’s about where the crypto markets are right now. Like a fresh cup of coffee, in late 2017 to early 2018 the crypto...

Digital Asset promotes co-founder to CEO; Report Says Most Crypto Trading Volume Is Suspicious

by Spencer Doar | Mar 20, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadSaving Big Money: How a small fintech firm figured out how to save banks billions with DLTJim Kharouf, JLNThere's a lot of chatter these days about the viability, perhaps even the...

Blythe Masters Stepping Down and the End of a Blockchain Era; Crypto Pump-and-Dumps

by Spencer Doar | Dec 19, 2018

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadBitmain - What's Happening to the Billion Dollar IPO?Thom Thompson, John Lothian NewsFor the first three quarters of 2018, investors and analysts speculated about when, then if,...

EU urged to tackle Brexit derivatives uncertainty; Adena Friedman comments on the C-suite

by Spencer Doar | Oct 10, 2018

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The LaSalle Street Trading Tech Awards, in support of Pathway to Adventure Council of Boy Scouts of America, will be on November 15 in the...

Electronic Trading Adoption and Crypto Parallels – Richard Sandor, AFX

by Spencer Doar | Apr 26, 2018

"Sometimes these exogenous shocks force us to look at things that we do in a different way." The financial industry has adapted to new technologies before, but AFX CEO and Chairman Richard Sandor believes blockchain will gain...

John Lothian Newsletter: Exchanges Condoned Alleged Spoofer’s Trades, Ex-Partner Says; Wall Street Goes Big on Bitcoin Tech; Cut-off for ICE LSE bid moved to “late April”

by JLN Staff | Mar 30, 2016

First Read Chain, chain, chain By Jim Kharouf, JLN Today, like most days lately, is mostly filled with talk of blockchain. This topic continues to gather great interest and attract quite a bit of investment. Yesterday, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. held...

John Lothian: Australia’s ASX set to lead in blockchain for public companies; Eleven big banks test blockchain-based trading system; U.S. Is Hiding Treasury Bond Data That’s Suddenly Become Crucial

by JLN Staff | Jan 22, 2016

First Read Get Ready for a Show Storm by John J. Lothian The Eastern U.S. is getting hit with a heavy snowstorm estimated by some forecasters to be the 10th worst in recorded history. Washington, DC will shut down at noon today as snow as deep as 2 ½ feet hits the...

John Lothian Newsletter: ICE plans single-name CDS platform; Blythe Masters Tells Banks the Blockchain Changes Everything; U.S. Currency Probe Expands to Russia, Brazil Trades

by JLN Staff | Sep 1, 2015

First Read Why the commodities super cycle was a myth FT View Falling prices show the world is not running out of resources In 1980, the economist Julian Simon challenged doom-mongering biologist Paul Ehrlich to a bet that the prices of any five metals would be lower...