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Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Laying Off 57 Employees
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 workshop will look at...
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Beijing summons top Wall Street bankers for tariff talks; Life lessons from...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The 85th Annual Market Structure Conference from the Securities Traders Association, titled “Shaping the Future” will be on October 3 to 5 at the JW Marriott in...
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Crypto Exchanges Embrace Controversial Practices; Weathering the financial...
First Read US marks 9/11 with somber tributes, new monument to victims AP Americans are commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims, after a year when two...
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U.S. Judge Says ICOs Covered by Securities Law; NY overtakes London
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff There were erroneous links included in the CMT Digital video released yesterday. Despite sharing two letters, CME’s options boom is not related to CMT Digital’s...
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Policymakers Saved the Financial System; CME-Nex deal filed with UK regulators
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Dawn D. Stump was sworn in to serve as a Commissioner of the CFTC yesterday at the Fearless Girl Statue in New York City; former CFTC Commissioner Jill E. Sommers...
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Nasdaq to buy Cinnober; Nordic Power Whale Booted After $117 Million Loss
First Read What does your clearinghouse DEFCON scale look like today? By Jim Kharouf Talk about timing. Ten years after the collapse of the global financial market and a decade of rebuilding it, Nasdaq...
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New York sues U.S. to stop fintech bank charters
First Read How blockchain may be used to create “smart cities” – an interview with Paul Doherty, founder and chairman of The Digit Group By Matt Raebel, John Lothian News Paul Doherty, founder and...
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The Risk of Derivatives Isn’t Gone. It’s Merely Morphed
First Read Look Who’s Talking By Thom Thompson, John Lothian News Last week many of us were surprised to hear EF Hutton talk again – Wow! They exist? – when Hutton issued three press releases over...
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The Wild West days of crypto exchanges are coming to an end
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff HERE is a link to the Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Report from the Attorney General of the State of New York that has spawned so many stories in today’s...
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Fortunes Made and Lost on Weed in Wildest Single Day of Trading
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The World Economic Forum issued a report “Building Block(chain)s for a Better Planet.”~JJL CQG Desktop Version 3.6 is out. Would it show my age if I said I used to...
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Never Been So Many Almost Junk Bonds; Court ruling poses threat to retail...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff From FIA: FIA is a recruiting a new member of the team in its London office to oversee clearing policy and operations issues. The new hire will replace Declan Ward...
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SOFR Gaining Traction on Wall Street; China Won’t Hold Trade Talks Unless...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Dave Osborn of the Naples Daily News reports that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be speakers at the annual CME Group Global Financial Leadership Conference...
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CFTC Faces Cash Crunch, Offers Buyouts; Markets face race to end Libor links
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A story of violence reported in the local newspapers about a man who stabbed his wife to death in a suburb of Chicago hit home when I read the name of the accused....
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ICE Personnel Developments; CME Launches New Liquidity Tool; KRM22 buys Prime...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff My friends at Eurex asked me to reflect on their history and my relationship with them in honor of their 20th anniversary. The first part of the interview is...
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FTSE Russell to Add Chinese Stocks; MSCI Becomes Chinese Stocks’ Best Friend
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Yesterday, I sent out a solicitation letter for the Fearless Girl National Youth Leadership Training Fund for the Chicago Scouts as part of the LaSalle Street...
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CFTC and SEC Binary Options Enforcement Actions; SEC sues Tesla
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Part 2 of my interview with Eurex as part of their 20th anniversary celebration was published yesterday.~JJL Today is your last day to save on #FIAExpo...
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How Dirty Money Disappears Into the Black Hole of Cryptocurrency
First Read Introducing Bitmain By Thom Thompson – JLN In preparing for its IPO, Bitmain, a Chinese bitcoin-mining services firm, has provided detailed insights into its operations. As one of the...
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Charles Schwab Has a $3.6 Trillion Edge on the Fintechs
First Read Exchange Legacy: WFE Tackles The Question Of The Role Of Exchanges. It’s Much More Than You May Think. By Jim Kharouf – JLN Can exchanges change the world and shape the future? This goes...
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Inside Danske’s EUR200bn ‘dirty money’ scandal
First Read Build or Buy? Exchanges Continue to Branch Out For Revenues Through Acquisition Jim Kharouf – JLN Exchanges are continuing to look at two areas for revenue growth – consolidation and...
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Eris Exchange to Create Crypto Market Backed by DRW, Virtu
First Read Brexit Has Industry Participants Prepping For “Worst Case Scenario” Jim Kharouf – JLN Industry participants are preparing for a worst case scenario with the UK Brexit coming next March....
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