Global futures and options trading reaches record level in 2020; CFTC chair steps down, academic Chris Brummer in lead to replace him: sources
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Yellen Looks Likely To Stick With Treasury Department Policy Regarding Bitcoin
President-elect Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary nominee, Janet Yellen, upset the cryptoverse yesterday with her response to a senator’s question about terrorism during her Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing. With regard to terrorist financing, she said,...
FIA Expo 2020: DeFi Demystified
The world of blockchain and digital assets is one of tech enthusiasts. Consequently, understanding it requires significant technical knowledge, so it can be difficult to understand how a digital asset protocol works, let alone a broader technological movement like...
ION-Broadway deal stumbles on UK competition concerns; Covid Still Poses Challenges for Financial System, Fed’s Quarles Says
ION-Broadway deal stumbles on UK competition concerns; Covid Still Poses Challenges for Financial System, Fed’s Quarles Says
Chinese Trading Apps Struggle as Millions of Investors Pile In During Rally; The World Can’t Take Much More Shale Gas
First Read So Far, So Good - Updates from Cboe's Options Trading Floor By Matt Raebel - John Lothian News Cboe Global Markets has been reopened for more than two weeks now. How have things been going? According to Cboe, it's been a surprisingly...
Stock market’s fear gauge spikes to highest since financial crisis
Lead Stories Stock market's fear gauge spikes to highest since financial crisis Carmen Reinicke - Markets Insider Amid a morning of wild trading, Wall Street's fear gauge has spiked to levels last seen in 2008. The Cboe Volatility Index (VIX)...
The CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast Episode 8: Krakpots
Matt and Thom take to the JLN studio once again to discuss 2020’s biggest stories in crypto (so far).
Topics:
00:35 Bitcoin options are not, in fact, hot right now
02:58 Kraken CEO says cost of regulatory requests rising for the exchange
08:28 Japan puts limits on leverage for regulated cryptocurrency exchanges
09:05 Bitmain’s “questionable” need for layoffs
11:48 Bitwise Bitcoin ETF takes a knee
15:02 Libra creates a new committee
17:35 “Crypto Dad” gets two new gigs
Index funds break through $10tn-in-assets mark amid active exodus; Senator Whose Spouse Runs Major Exchange to Help Oversee Regulator
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today we have the Open Outcry Traders History Project video interview of Marc Nagel, a former pit trader at the CBOT, but also a lawyer, CPA, derivatives consultant and expert witness. He is also the former head of...
Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Laying Off 57 Employees
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff AFM Chairman Pat Kenny asked me to plug the AFM Autumn Workshop, Current Technologies and Market Trends, in London on September 12, 2018. The...
Fintech Exchange: Changing The Market Landscape
The fourth annual Fintech Exchange event was held in Chicago on April 25 -26, with an eye toward up-and-coming companies and exchanges, as well as what's new in the fintech space from established players. Here is a recap of the best...
Crypto Markets News from John Lothian News – May 16, 2018
Notes from Consensus 2018 - Day 2 By Chuck Mackie - JLN As expected, Day 2 of Coindesk’s Consensus conference lacked some of the energy and fireworks of the first day but it did manage to defy what seems to be a law of nature:...
Notes from The Trading Show Chicago 2018
Terrapinn’s Trading Show has established itself as a sure sign of spring in Chicago, and while the past few years have found the event swinging heavily to a focus on the technology side of trading, including chips, servers, databases...
A Former Top Wall Street Regulator Turns to the Blockchain
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff JLN Readers interested in the Crypto Evolved event in New York on June 27 from Viable Markets may receive a 10% discount when they register using THIS LINK before April 30th. Limit of 50 tickets at that price.~JJL The SEC tracks...
Kraken Pulls Out of Japan; Attorney Berkovitz to CFTC; Russia blamed for global cyber attack
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A JLN Special: The 4th annual FinTech Exchange hosted by Barchart on April 25 & 26 in Chicago is giving away 10 tickets to the event, hosted at Venue SIX10 at 610 South Michigan Avenue. This...
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Clearinghouse Urges Faster Trade Settlement Amid GameStop Scrutiny
First Read $29,776/$300,000 (9.9%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Maureen Downs has been re-elected as the chair of the NFA Board of Directors. Also, Don Thompson of JP Morgan is to serve as vice chair. Also, elected to two-year terms as...
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Wall Street’s favorite volatility index is the latest stock-market bubble, JPMorgan’s quant guru says; Structured Notes Saw Record Demand in a Volatile 2020. Investors Should Mind the Fine Print.
Wall Street’s favorite volatility index is the latest stock-market bubble, JPMorgan’s quant guru says; Structured Notes Saw Record Demand in a Volatile 2020. Investors Should Mind the Fine Print.
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