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SEC Tries to Scam ICO Investors to Show Them How Easy It Is
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff CME Group is launching Eurodollar Term Mid-Curve Options on June 11, 2018.~JJL The electric car market is for real. The London Metal Exchange announced it will...
View ArticleBuyer Beware: Hundreds of Bitcoin Wannabes Show Hallmarks of Fraud
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff In case you missed it in yesterday’s JLN, Wired’s piece featured the quote of the day from venture partner Jimmy Song, the blockchain skeptic. “You’re a...
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ISDA eyes contingency plan as Libor demise looms; Lira meltdown
First Read Notes from Consensus – Day 3 and Recap Chuck Mackie – John Lothian News Consensus ended with a short, half-day of sessions on Wednesday, but the energy and number of participants was not...
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Stacey Cunningham Named NYSE President; CFTC crypto guidance; SONIA on...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Congratulations to Stacey Cunningham, who will become the NYSE’s first female president on Friday. She spoke at our MarketsWiki Education event in New York in...
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Sweeping Overhaul of Bank Rules Clears U.S. House
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A follow up to our top read article yesterday: A story in the Mid Sussex Times on the death of HSBC’s Cian Burke reported that he died after a collision with a...
View ArticleU.S. Launches Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation; Fed to consider Volcker...
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Word has it that Kraken is about to open an office in Chicago, following a move by Coinbase aimed at attracting institutional customers to their exchanges.~JK The...
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Banks can expect a streamlined Volcker rule; Turkish lira plunge; Deutsche...
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Singapore, India exchanges ‘abandoning trade link talks’
First Read Fighting for Futures – help build a world without childhood brain tumors May is Brain Tumor Awareness Month and the Futures Industry is teaming up to fight for one of their own and children...
View ArticleSwarm of bidders drove up price for Chicago Stock Exchange
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Defense Attorney Renato Mariotti has introduced a motion to dismiss the indictment of Jitesh Thakkar with prejudice, or in the alternative, for an in camera review...
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The Largest U.S. Cannabis Company Finds a Home on a Canadian Exchange
First Read Q&A With Don Ross: Can Equity Markets Benefit From Auctions? Ross Looks To Disrupt The Markets With On-Demand Auctions For Stocks, Just Like The Good Ole Days Jim Kharouf – JLN CODA...
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Investors in Their Pajamas on Other Side of the Trade in China
First Read Can tZero and BOX Digital Markets change the face of capital markets? Jim Kharouf – John Lothian News It would not be an understatement to say that Patrick Byrne thinks big – really big –...
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G-7 Members Condemn U.S. Trade Actions
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The boys are back in town, or in the City at least, I should say. The JLN team arrived safely in London via 3 different airlines on Sunday. We are here for IDX...
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SEC Names Valerie A. Szczepanik Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Mark Ibbotson is up to 53% of his goal of £14,000 for the kilt challenge. You are doing good, keep it up.~JJL Yesterday, Trading Technologies welcomed 10 summer...
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Donald Trump has shaken my faith that markets will remain free
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The Eurex US lawsuit against the CBOT/CME Group is still an open question, according to sources at IDX. I thought it was a done deal and the CME won, but that may...
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Future of Swiss Banking Hangs in Balance as Voters Head to Polls
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Mark Ibbotson passed the Kilt Challenge on to the FIA’s Emma Davey at the IDX gala in support of Futures for Kids last night. Ibbotson raised £10K of his £14K...
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SocGen executives ordered Libor rigging, US prosecutors believed
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff On Monday, the NYSE will launch a new equity option contract on the NYSE FANG+ Index – a new product that offers exposure to a select group of highly-traded next...
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America’s Largest Private Company Reboots a 153-Year-Old Strategy
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Thank you to all who showed the JLN Team, including my son Robby, such incredible courtesy at IDX last week. Robby had a great experience and it was greatly...
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Two big UK banks shift some euro clearing from London to Frankfurt
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Jim Kharouf has written a terrific piece for FIA’s MarketVoice titled “The Sun Finally Shines on Carbon Markets.”~JJL NFA has brought a complaint against Lee...
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Professor Who Rang VIX Alarm Says Tether Used to Boost Bitcoin
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff We have added Jaclyn Bouchard, senior manager, Global ESG Disclosure and Engagement at S&P Global, as a speaker at our MarketsWiki Education World of...
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‘Speed Bumps’ Help Protect Investors – Study; Central Banking Action
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The last week of June is going to be busy. First, on June 25 I will be teaching the journalism and communications merit badges in Chicago as part of the Trading...
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