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Bitcoin’s Trading Star is DRW’s Cumberland Mining; Itiviti and ULLINK...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff DRW’s cryptocurrency division is called Cumberland Mining & Materials LLC., named after the Grateful Dead song “Cumberland Blues,” about a hardworking...
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LSE’s Rolet quits; Regulators look to shine more light on Treasury market;...
First Read Jim Kharouf Resigns as CEO of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc.; Will Continue Work with Company in Freelance Role Jim Kharouf is stepping down as CEO of John J. Lothian & Company,...
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Nasdaq Plans To Launch Bitcoin Futures; Irish Stock Exchange sold to...
First Read Hits & Takes In a presentation for Risk Management Monitor, John Fennell, OCC’s executive vice president and chief risk officer, discusses how a risk culture audit can help companies...
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CFTC Opens Way to Bitcoin Futures; More Bitcoin; Brexit May Leave Banks on...
First Read Putting on My Broker Hat About Bitcoin By John J. Lothian, JLN Everyone is asking about bitcoin. A journalist called and asked to interview me. A magazine called and asked me to write...
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Bond Investors Are Worried About Bond Market Liquidity; Saudi Arabia signs...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The “Putting on my broker hat about bitcoin” commentary by John Lothian had 1778 views on LinkedIn since it was published Friday. ~JJL The @JohnLothian twitter...
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How AI Will Invade Every Corner of Wall Street; Brussels ends Mifid fears...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Mutual Admiration Society member Steve Grob has a blog post titled “Bitcoin futures – the best idea ever?“~JJL Lanre Sarumi, the CEO of Level Trading Field, is...
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‘We may be stupid’ for waiting on bitcoin futures, NYSE owner says; New York...
First Read Hits & Takes Tom Farley is just having too much fun as CEO of NYSE. He is making the most of the NYSE media platform. Yesterday he was hanging out with George Springer of the Houston...
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Wall Street banks push back on launch of bitcoin futures; Traders Want to...
First Read Hits & Takes Wedbush’s margin policy for bitcoin trading found its way to my inbox. In order to trade the Cboe bitcoin futures, a trader must have a minimum equity of $10K in their...
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BTC Futures Coming From Team That Rebounded From Epic Snafu; Big banks not...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The @JohnLothian Twitter account received 65,120 original impressions yesterday, which is a record for the last 28 days. My LinkedIn profile searches are up 48%...
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Bitcoin futures start trading; IEX and LTSE team up; Another Deutsche Boerse...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff If you, too, want to help crash the Cboe website, or check out its bitcoin futures prices, you can click HERE.~JJL As of 7:20 AM Chicago time, 2918 contracts of...
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US financial regulators warn investors on bitcoin risks; Asian buyers spur...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff A new survey from DTCC shows geopolitical risk as a top 5 concern of 69 percent of those surveyed – an all-time high. Plenty of other fun stats and infographics...
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America’s economic selling points at risk; Investors’ fossil-fuel cut...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee will meet in Washington, DC on January 23, 2017. As a TAC member, I will be in attendance.~JJL Asia Pacific Financial...
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Blockchain to massively change commodities; Cboe’s Tilly predicts more...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff We are rolling out the first of the videos from the MarketsWiki Education recruiting event held the Monday of EXPO week in Chicago. The first video features...
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Young CEO Reshapes 140-Year-Old Metals Exchange; ICE Completes Trayport Deal...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Georgetown McDonough School of Business offers a new fintech class. John Jacobs, executive director of the school’s Center for Financial Markets and Policy, will...
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Duelling bitcoin futures go head-to-head as CME launches contract; How...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The CME Group’s bitcoin futures, launched last night, have traded 740 contracts as of 8:00 this morning CST. The Cboe’s bitcoin futures, one-fifth the size of the...
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Bitcoin Futures Prices Fall in CME Debut; Why the Germans are right about...
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff RJO has shot a holiday video featuring Gerry Corcoran and some of their staff. They even sang “Santa Baby,” featuring employees from across the organization....
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US exchanges to face lawsuit over dealings with HFT; TCI fails in bid to oust...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Hamilton’s Report on Manufactures: Hamilton reasoned that to secure American independence, the United States needed to have a sound policy of encouraging the...
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Bitcoin and the Value of Financial Freedom; Atlanta’s Intercontinental...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Women in Listed Derivatives, an organization that promotes career advancement and professional relationship-building among women in the OTC & Listed...
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Bastion of Financial Stability Is Now Home to Marijuana Startups and Bitcoin...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Spencer Doar is getting better and better with his “The Spread” weekly video riff on options trading news. This week is his BEST yet. ~JJL According to the CDC’s...
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Who Regulates Bitcoin Trading?; China’s Oil Pricing Bid Will Fail; Senate...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The JLN Staff is working from home this week, with the exception being Wednesday, when we will convene in our CBOT Building offices to map out our January...
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