John Lothian: Week in Review (September 28th – October 2nd, 2026)
The Weekend Update
JLN PRESS ROOM PICK OF THE WEEK
The CFTC Is Tying Its Own Hands on Prediction Markets
A recent proposed rule from the CFTC offers prediction markets something more than just minimal oversight; it aims to prevent a future commission—perhaps under new leadership—from reversing course.
10 MOST CLICKED STORIES OF THE WEEK
PAGE OF THE DAY
Monday OpenAI
Tuesday Anthropic
Wednesday S&P Dow Jones Indices
Thursday Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Friday Cboe VIX
JLN PRESS ROOM PAGE OF THE WEEK
Anthropic
Anthropic’s IPO prospectus cautions potential investors that advanced AI could pose “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity,” Reuters reported, calling it “an extraordinary warning by a company seeking to profit from the same technology.”
FROM JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS
Trading Technologies Delivers Complete Multi-Asset Trading Engine with TRAFiX Acquisition
The world of capital markets is moving faster than ever before, with new products and asset classes coming in rapid-fire and 24/7 trading becoming the norm. The other norm is multi-asset trading on one platform. Trading Technologies took another step forward to meet the needs of this demanding environment by adding a crucial asset class that was missing from its multi-asset technology platform: equities and equity options. It is doing this by acquiring TRAFiX, a provider of equities and equity options order and execution management systems.
AI Discovery: Can LossDog’s AI Balance Your Portfolio?
In this episode of AI Discovery, we explore using artificial intelligence to level the playing field between everyday retail investors and institutional giants. Retail traders have long faced structural disadvantages in data access, speed, and market mechanics, often leaving them on the losing side of market asymmetry.
The Constitution Is Market Infrastructure
Press freedom, due process, and the right to counsel are part of the plumbing of price discovery, and market leaders should defend them together