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New SEC broker-dealer rule proposal; Challengers to Libor; VIX-rigging?
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Cboe Global Markets announced the settlement of its April expiry bitcoin futures, the fourth contract settlement conducted since the product’s launch on December...
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UK regulators to fine Barclays chief; Deutsche Bank’s flub; Wells Fargo $1b fine
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The story of my being awarded the Silver Beaver Award by the Boy Scouts was reported in the Elmhurst Patch, posted by my friend and fellow scouter John Fabry.~JJL...
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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...
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The 30 minutes that have an outsized role in US stock trading
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Two noteworthy items about the two firms bidding for Fidessa. ION and rival bidder SS&C Technologies both claim the Carlyle Group or affiliates as investors....
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Bitcoin is the greatest scam in history
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Exchange clearing specialist and economist Thom Thompson has joined John Lothian News part-time as a contributing editor for the CryptoMarketsWiki.com project....
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Swaps Rules Due for Overhaul – CFTC; Ex-UBS Trader Beats Spoofing Charge
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Andreas Preuss and Jeffrey Tessler have been replaced on the Deutsche Boerse AG Executive Board. Thomas Book, Christoph Bohm and Stephan Leithner have been...
View ArticleAmazon and Google’s Cloud for Big Banks; Bold goals from Korean meeting
First Read Lessons From the “Not Guilty” Verdict in This Week’s Criminal Spoofing Trial Renato Mariotti Mariotti is a former federal prosecutor who spent almost 10 years investigating and prosecuting...
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Did Chicago Exchanges Muscle a Rival Out of Town?
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Members of the JLN team are headed to Florida for the Options Industry Conference this week. Spencer Doar, Mike Forrester and John Lothian will be in attendance....
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A Goldman Trading Desk That Once Had 500 People Is Down to Three
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The Wall Street Journal’s Did Chicago Exchanges Muscle a Rival Out of Town? A Jury May Soon Decide yesterday was the most read story of the year on JLN. Names to...
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Milk Is Risky Business. Got Futures?
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CME Group reported its E-mini S&P 500 futures average daily volume rose 17 percent in April to 2.4 million contracts, E-mini Nasdaq future rose 107 percent to...
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Why Profiting From Wall Street Fear is No Longer Easy for Cboe
First Read Crypto Regulation Is Just Getting Started Jim Kharouf – JLN One thing is certain about regulation of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. We’re in the earliest of stages. And we’re...
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VIX Faces Probes With Controversial Auction at Issue
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Congratulations to OIC’s Mary Savoie and the OCC/OIC team that organized this year’s Options Industry Conference. The venue was great, the weather nice and the...
View ArticleUS judge scraps trial into CME Group’s defence of home market; Fed Reserve...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Former Barron’s columnist Steve Sears has emerged as the chief market strategist for StratiFi Technologies. Eurex Clearing’s new partnership program, aimed at...
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ICE working on bitcoin platform; SEC’s Piwowar stepping down; NY AG quits
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Galina Hale, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Marianna Kudlyak and Patrick Shultz from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco have published an economic letter, “How...
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Tech finally disrupting bond markets; Eurex tapped for Dutch IRS swaps clearing
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff On this day in 1973 the Black-Scholes options pricing formula was published – trivia courtesy of John Nelson, president and founder of The Applied Research...
View ArticleCME About to Win 14 year old Eurex Suit; SEC’s Retail Protection Plan Short...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz will give an introductory keynote Address at Consensus 2018 on May 14 in New York.~JJL The uber efficient Jessica Darmoni...
View ArticleBarclays CEO Hit With $850k Fine; Former JPMorgan trader charged FX fixing
First Read Chicago Venture Capital Firms Are Funding Fintech Sarah Rudolph, JLN Chicago may not be doing as well as some other cities in certain areas, but it is leading the charge in technological...
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Michael Bloomberg Slams ‘Epidemic’ Of Political Lies As Danger To Democracy
First Read Ibbo’s Kilt Challenge By Mark Ibbotson I am wearing a kilt to the IDX 2018 Gala for Futures for Kids because I believe in this charity’s mission! Each year, FIA hosts the IDX Gala in aid of...
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CFTC Official Urges SEC to Clarify Ether’s Status
First Read Notes from Day One at Consensus Chuck Mackie – JLN If you had any doubts about the swelling surge of interest in cryptoassets, you only had to try and check in to Coindesk’s Consensus...
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Why Germans Are Getting Fed Up with America
First Read Notes from Consensus 2018 – Day 2 Chuck Mackie – John Lothian News As expected, Day 2 of Coindesk‘s Consensus conference lacked some of the energy and fireworks of the first day but it did...
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