Crypto Volumes Surge in March as Bitcoin ETFs Fuel Activity
Volumes in the world of cryptocurrency trading have surged to new record highs in March this year, with the combined… Read More »
Volumes in the world of cryptocurrency trading have surged to new record highs in March this year, with the combined… Read More »
The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has ended a three-year ban on crypto exchange traded notes (ETNs),… Read More »
Just weeks after US approval for crypto ETFs, the European Central Bank has doubled down on its criticism of bitcoin,… Read More »
On the back of what it says was a record volume month in January for its cryptocurrency products at 71,000… Read More »
A long-awaited moment has arrived for the crypto industry in the US with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally… Read More »
The crypto trading world just got a little bit more fragmented with the launch of a bank and securities firm-only… Read More »
CME Group and CF Benchmarks have announced plans to launch two APAC-specific reference rates for Bitcoin and Ether on 11… Read More »
Jacobi Asset Management says it has listed Europe’s first spot Bitcoin ETF on Euronext Amsterdam, adding it represents “the first… Read More »
Eurex FTSE Bitcoin Index Futures have been approved by the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), meaning US-based investors can… Read More »
My antenna was tweaked a week or so ago by a report that at least two HFT-type firms were supposedly… Read More »
CME Group has announced plans to expand its suite of cryptocurrency options across its standard- and micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether contracts beginning on May 22,… Read More »
Eurex says it will become the first exchange in Europe to offer Bitcoin index futures, with trading scheduled for 17… Read More »
Singapore’s DBS has reported a significant increase in cryptocurrencies traded on its Digital Exchange (DDEx) in 2022, and a doubling… Read More »
CME Group says it will expand its suite of event contracts to include Bitcoin futures on March 13, pending regulatory review. The event… Read More »
The Bitcoin bulls are back with a bang, accompanied by the usual predictions, but are they missing a point with… Read More »
The latest offering from the European Central Bank’s blog – which, as is standard, reflects the individual writers’ views rather… Read More »
Is the real danger to cryptocurrency values not the trust (or lack of) factor involved in another firm blowing up,… Read More »
The fourth annual Fidelity Digital Assets Institutional Investor Digital Assets Survey finds that 58% of the just over 1,000 surveyed… Read More »
Some 18 months after announcing the formation of a digital assets custody business, BNY Mellon has announced the platform is… Read More »
Crypto options and structured products liquidity provider OrBit Markets says it has executed the first American barrier option (a “one-touch”)… Read More »
A new report from Acuiti finds that the majority of its Crypto Derivatives Expert Network remain optimistic over the future… Read More »
Asset manager Blackrock has given heart to crypto evangelists by launching a spot Bitcoin private trust for US institutional clients.… Read More »
Investment management firm BlackRock is to partner with Coinbase to provide mutual clients on its Aladdin platform with access to… Read More »
BGC Group’s GFI Securities says it it has arranged the first ever intermediated block trade of CME Group Bitcoin options… Read More »
Coverage of The Full FX Trade of the Year is about to get a little spicier, thanks to the three… Read More »
I had a very interesting conversation with someone in the crypto world last week during which we agreed that the… Read More »
With global authorities increasingly assertive in their warnings over the potential financial stability threat from the merging of crypto-asset and… Read More »
Months after launching cryptocurrency benchmarks, CME Group and CF Benchmarks have extended the service to offer rates in euros as… Read More »
StoneX Markets says it has executed and settled its first cash-settled BTC/USD swap in a trade with London-based client Liquidity… Read More »
Well, this column was going to discuss the question, ‘What’s with Bitcoin price action recently?’ but the market seems to… Read More »
Just days after adding new benchmarks for cryptocurrencies CME Group says it is supporting increased demand for crypto products with… Read More »
The latest monthly report from LMAX Digital indicates that while there was a revival of sorts from January’s low, activity… Read More »
Less than a year after it launched micro futures contracts on Bitcoin and Ether, CME Group has announced plans to… Read More »
The popularity of cryptoassets in emerging market economies (EMEs) has increased in recent years, especially during periods of local currency… Read More »
CME Group has unveiled plans to launch two new reference rates for Bitcoin and Ether on February 28 – the CME CF… Read More »
KPMG in Canada says it has completed an allocation of cryptoassets to its corporate treasury, the firm’s first direct investment in the… Read More »
With investors piling into crypto market structure ventures, prompting increasingly higher valuations of many firms, one core metric of a… Read More »
TP Icap has added has added market maker Susquehanna to its digital assets spot platform, which executed its first trade… Read More »
TP Icap has marked what the firm terms “a major milestone” for its digital assets business with the execution of… Read More »
LMAX Digital, the cryptocurrency platform of LMAX Group, says total volumes in 2021 were $515 billion, a 340% increase from… Read More »
Although a growing number of institutions are engaging with cryptoassets, a larger number are circling the market carefully, or ignoring… Read More »
Cboe Global Markets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eris Digital Holdings (ErisX), a US based digital asset spot market,… Read More »
While central bankers and other regulators may express concern over the true value and opportunity of Bicoin, financial markets players… Read More »
Bloomberg and cryptocurrency data provider Kaiko have extended their financial instrument global identifiers (FIGI) issuance to crypto assets. With the… Read More »
Flow analysis released by cryptocurrency liquidity provider B2C2 hints that the latest surge in cryptoassets, led by Bitcoin, could have… Read More »
Financial indexing firm T3Index has launched two new crypto indices, measuring volatility skew for Bitcoin and Ethereum. The new indices,… Read More »
Maintaining the momentum of banks adding cryptocurrencies to their custody offerings, US Bank has announced it has gone live with… Read More »
Exactly what are institutional attitudes to cryptocurrency markets? As a subject, crypto, largely headlined by the price of bitcoin it… Read More »
Digital assets firm Genesis Global Capital says it has executed the first ever OTC block trade of a BTIC (Basis… Read More »
Former BNY Mellon global head of spot and e-FX Jeff Leal has been named chief operating officer and head of… Read More »