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Clayton and Giancarlo on Crypto; Aramco IPO Implications; May’s Brexit talk
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), J.Christopher Giancarlo, will be a keynote speaker at Boca 2018! You looking for something to...
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Deutsche Boerse ends Asia expansion plans; NYSE, Nasdaq Fighting to Keep Grip...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff John Lothian News will be bringing our video team to Boca for the FIA International Conference in March. We will again be shooting our exchange and industry leader...
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U.S. authorities due to make arrests in futures ‘spoofing’ probe; Deutsche...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Fintank is holding a cryptocurrency event on February 17 at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law on East Chicago Avenue in the Thorne Auditorium. The name of...
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Flash-crash trader helps US in fight against market abuse; Justice Department...
First Read Turn Yourself In, It’ll Be Easier: Bank Cooperation On Spoofing Charges Saves Millions Jim Kharouf – JLN Over the past several months, there has been a fair amount of talk about the...
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MarketAxess sees record trading volumes in 2017; Facebook and regulators move...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CQG’s Pat Kenny, The Most Interesting Man in the World, just became a little more interesting. He was named the new chairman of the board of directors of the...
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Big Banks Accused of Stifling Competition in Stock Lending; Rise of Bitcoin...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam said in a speech before the Market RIsk Advisory Committee that in the 18 years since the introduction of the self-certification...
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Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up; Deutsche Börse’s...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Last night’s CAIA packed event on cryptocurrency markets featured David Schulz, director, global client services at Cboe Futures Exchange, Michael Groff, managing...
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Finance chiefs warn on Big Tech; Trading venues buzzing; China to stamp out...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Richard Sandor has a new book coming out, “Electronic Trading & Blockchain: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” The book tells the story of his experience leading...
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Bitcoin tumble; CurveGlobal readies fixed income push; Market rout;...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff ICE’s NYSE FANG+ futures had record volumes on Friday last week with 7,884 contracts trading. That was one of three new record trading days last week, and average...
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Cboe says Vix products not to blame; Credit Suisse liquidates vol fund; The...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Electronic Interest Rate options ADV reached a record 1.43 million in January, including a single-day record on January 18th in which 1.3 million Eurodollar...
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Map to the Volatility Underworld; Nasdaq Moves to Midtown; Crypto “Ponzi”...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff John Lothian News is pleased to welcome Chuck Mackie as a contributing editor. Chuck will be helping us with event coverage and a yet to be disclosed project. Stay...
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Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics conclude; Singapore...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The National Stock Exchange of India will end its licensing arrangements with SGX, CME Group, Taiwan Futures Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange, according to...
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VIX Manipulation Costs Investors Billions, Whistle-Blower Says; High-Speed...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The SEC’s 2019 budget request of $1.658 billion is a 3.5 percent increase over 2018. The majority of that extra funding, $45 million, would go to “technology...
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A bit of fear is good for markets; FIA seeks talks with Indian exchanges;...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff See the Spencer Doar commentary below about the VIX manipulation letter. Spencer methodically and politely shreds the letter writer’s argument and credibility.~JJL...
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Should Congress Create a Crypto-Cop?; The New Wizards of Wall Street; IRS to...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee showed me a few things yesterday. One, the CFTC Commissioners seem to like and respect each other and get along. That has...
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US blocks Chinese-led takeover of Chicago exchange; This Short Seller Pressed...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Thursday’s near half marathon (almost 13.1 hours), CryptoCon 2018 event by FinTank was a smashing success by all accounts with coverage of everything from initial...
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Market’s $3 Trillion Trauma; FCA and CFTC to collaborate on fintech...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Welcome to Presidents’ Day in the U.S. This is the day when U.S. Presidents have historically taken the day off from Twitter. Just kidding. But it is the day we...
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Temenos in advanced talks to buy Fidessa; Congress sets sights on...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff This Thursday in Chicago, the FIA will hold its 2018 Annual Meeting & Washington Update where Walt Lukken will mention CQG’s Pat Kenny at least three times...
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Temenos and Fidessa forge banking software tie-up; Ex-CFTC Counsel Is Likely...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Correction/Clarification: A clarification on an item in Monday’s JLN: DRW Cumberland’s Bobby Cho said Cumberland’s proportion of crypto-to-crypto trades now...
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Amazon is taking over the stock market, too; U.K. starts cryptocurrency...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff What do you call a computer that sings? Adele. H/T Alexa.~JJL LME is launching an Introduction to Physical Trading and Warehousing course in London this March.~JJL...
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