cryptocurrencies

How ‘Animal Crossing’ Is Preparing Players to Trade Stocks; CFTC Posts Record-Breaking Enforcement Year

by Matt Raebel | Oct 7, 2020

How ‘Animal Crossing’ Is Preparing Players to Trade Stocks; CFTC Posts Record-Breaking Enforcement Year

Getting To Market Fast Is The Difference Between Success Or Failure

by Jim Kharouf | Apr 24, 2019

Developing new markets, especially when there is strong competition, is all about speed: not microseconds, but days, weeks or months.It's been proven time and again with failed exchanges that it simply took too long to get to the starting...

European investors complain over data costs; Big banks beef up AML controls

by Spencer Doar | Apr 4, 2019

In an abbreviated third trial day, the U.S. Department of Justice rested its case against Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies. Thakkar is on trial for allegedly facilitating the criminally fraudulent spoofing trading of Navinder Sarao, who pleaded guilty to two criminal counts related to his spoofing of E-mini S&P futures in the first half of this decade.

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...

Finance v physics: even ‘flash boys’ can’t go faster than light

by Jeff Bergstrom | Feb 21, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CTAs started 2019 on a sour note — with 86 percent of funds reporting, BarclayHedge's CTA Index was down .39 percent for January. Only three of BarclayHedge's...

Powder Keg Threatens Corporate Bond Market; New Crypto Consortium Seeks to Alleviate Liquidity Problems

by Spencer Doar | Oct 11, 2018

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff John J. Conheeney has passed away. See the NFA statement below.~JJL CQG is hosting their 7th annual charity softball game next week before the...

Custody Battle Brewing Over Crypto Assets, and That’s a Good Thing

by Jim Kharouf | Aug 21, 2018

It was just a few months ago that the cryptocurrency markets were bemoaning the lack of institutional-grade custody services. Without them, no right-minded fund or asset manager was going to get anywhere near this market. And if they...

NYSE Cuts Jobs at CHX; Trump Lost Investors’ Confidence; Alleged NYSE Scheme

by Spencer Doar | Jul 31, 2018

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Correction from JLN yesterday. Renato Mariotti will be speaking at MarketsWiki Education on Thursday, not Monday as scheduled. Bill Weldon was...

SEC votes to improve oversight of dark pools; Powell’s Crypto Comments

by Spencer Doar | Jul 19, 2018

First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff ICE's Data and Listings segment generated revenues of $2.5 billion in 2017 and accounted for 54 percent of its consolidated revenue of $4.6 billion in 2017, according to its annual 10-K...

Ready to Follow Through – Chris Concannon, Cboe

by Spencer Doar | Apr 2, 2018

CBOE and Bats officially became Cboe Global Markets in 2017, which meant much of the year was spent laying the foundations for further integration. Of course, there was also the under-the-radar launch of a crypto futures product, too....

What the World’s Governments Are Saying About Cryptocurrencies

by Jeff Bergstrom | Mar 27, 2018

First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A young man from my church is going to graduate from college in May and is looking to embark on the beginning of his career in finance. He eventually wants to work in the hedge fund area. I told him there are many paths to get...

Bear Stearns Meltdown Wreck; Decision time for Michael Spencer; Deductive Reasoning or Insider Trading?

by Spencer Doar | Mar 19, 2018

First Read Potential CME-NEX Deal Is Full of History, Dilemma, Risk and Reward John J. Lothian - JLN For many years, the Chicago Board of Trade had cash treasuries envy, wanting to add the trading of cash treasury bonds and notes to its offerings. For many years, the...

Central Banks Urged to Study Digital Currency Risks and Rewards

by Jeff Bergstrom | Mar 13, 2018

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...

Bitcoin-Futures Regulator Clears Employees to Trade Crypto Coins

by Jeff Bergstrom | Feb 28, 2018

First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff It is with sadness I report the passing of Betty Bergstrom, mother of my wife, Cheryl Lothian and of my brother-in-law and JJLCO CIO, Jeff Bergstrom. She died Saturday in Chicago at the age of 86. Betty was a natural leader, an...