Magnus Almqvist is a technology, compliance, and market surveillance expert, and the head of exchange development for Exberry, a software development platform designed to help its customers create sophisticated new trading platforms fast, and with the ability to easily scale after launch.
T3 Index, the creators of the SPIKES Volatility Index have created a new volatility index, which uses bitcoin options to track the volatility of the world’s first and most widely-traded cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC).
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...
In this video from JLN’s Industry Leader Series, Digital Asset Chief Strategy Officer Zohar Hod talks about public versus private blockchains and how Digital Asset is positioning itself within the digital asset infrastructure space. Produced...
In a move that surprised the courtroom, the defense in the trial of U.S. v Jitesh Thakkar rested its case shortly before 1:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon. Thakkar’s attorney, Renato Mariotti, had called no witnesses in his defense.
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...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Word has it that Kraken is about to open an office in Chicago, following a move by Coinbase aimed at attracting institutional customers to their exchanges.~JK The tZERO and BOX Digital Markets...
First Read Dodd-Frank in Crosshairs as Law's Opponents Take Power; About 80% of rules mandated by 2010 law have been drafted or finalized. What happens next? By RYAN TRACY - WSJ The Dodd-Frank financial overhaul is one of the longest and most complex laws in U.S....
"This is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It's hard work to try to find positive expected value. That's what we do every day." Conceptually, proprietary trading is easy. One must follow two simple steps - finding positive expected value and managing the risk of positions...
First Read Risk vs. Reward - in the Markets and on the Water Don Wilson, CEO, DRW Holdings, this week's guest editor I've always seen clear parallels between competitive sailing (a passion of mine) and trading in the financial markets - it all goes back to the age-old...
First Read It's All About Jobs Jim Kharouf and Doug Ashburn, JLN It must be an election year since we're talking about jobs. And we're also talking about the future - primarily blockchain. In today's issue, the two threads are starting to pull together. On the one...
First Read Goodbye SFOA, Hello ICDA Jim Kharouf - JLN Adapt or die is a well understood maxim in this industry. And so that's been embraced by Dan Day-Robinson, the chairman and change merchant for the new International Commodities and Derivatives Association. It was...
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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