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 »
One question popped up from correspondents more than any other after last week’s column – how successful has the exchange… 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 »
The world’s FX committees recently released FX turnover data for October 2023, indicating that spot FX activity was down compared… Read More »
CME Group says its Mexican peso and Brazilian real FX futures contracts hit new highs for open interest (OI) and… Read More »
CME Group had a mixed result in terms of FX volume traded during December, with EBS seeing a decline, but… Read More »
CME Group has unveiled plans to launch options on €STR futures, beginning in Q1 2024, the launch comes off the… Read More »
I have noted through various channels over the past few months, how the FX swaps market structure appears to be… Read More »
FX volumes declined at both EBS and parent CME Group in August, and although this is line on a month-on-month… Read More »
Paul Houston has been named to run a realigned FX business at CME Group, a move that has brought the… Read More »
Although year-to-date FX volumes across its FX futures and options product suite is largely flat compared to 2022, July saw… Read More »
CME Group has announced plans to extend its cryptocurrency offerings with the launch of Ether/Bitcoin Ratio futures contracts on 31 July, pending… Read More »
CME Group says it has completed a key milestone in its programme to convert its Eurodollar contracts from Libor to… 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 »
“Unique liquidity” is a phrase I really don’t like, and it has to be said I often view it as… Read More »
360T has reported its fifth highest ever FX average daily volume (ADV) in February, with EUR 123.5 billion trading every… Read More »
The latest FX data from the world’s FX committee’s offers mixed news for those platforms to publish trading volumes, with… Read More »
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has offered a look into its growing OTC FX business by publishing volume data from that business… Read More »
While activity was, naturally, muted from November, those FX platforms to report volume data indicate that December 2022 was significantly… Read More »
CME Group and CF Benchmarks will extend their suite of non-tradeable cryptocurrency benchmark products after announcing plans for three new… Read More »
CME Group and CF Benchmarks have unveiled plans to publish three new DeFi reference rates and real-time indices from December… Read More »
If those spot FX platforms to publish monthly volume data were looking to benchmark themselves against the Bank for International… Read More »
CME Group and CF Benchmarks have unveiled plans to publish three new cryptocurrency benchmarks from October 31. The firms will… Read More »
CME Group hit a new volume record for its FX futures and options products last Wednesday (14 September). The Merc says… Read More »
B2C2 says it has executed the first ETH/EUR block trade on CME, following the Merc’s official launch of the euro-denominated… Read More »
Microwave and wireless network provider McKay Brothers says it has launched the “lowest known” latency market data services between Illinois’… Read More »
CME Group has unveiled plans to launch European Overnight Index futures based on repofunds rate (RFR) benchmarks and the euro… Read More »
Refinitiv says it intends to launch forward looking term rate versions of its ARRC recommended fallback rates – USD Ibor… Read More »
In line with those FX platforms to report at the start of the month, CME Group saw a decline in… Read More »
CME Group says trading activity in blocks and exchange for related positions (EFRPs) across its listed FX products is up… Read More »
Chris Povey has joined CME Group in London as executive director responsible for the development, management and growth of the… Read More »
Both EBS and Refinitiv underperformed their peers in month-on-month performance in February, in spite of the spike in geopolitical tensions… Read More »
As part of a raft of management changes at CME Group, Tim McCourt, who has been running the Merc’s equity… 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 »
CME Group says activity on its FX futures and options product suite shows growing adoption from hedge funds and asset… Read More »
TP Icap has marked what the firm terms “a major milestone” for its digital assets business with the execution of… Read More »
Open interest, the measure of the number of active positions market participants are holding on CME Group’s FX products, exceeded… Read More »
CME Group has announced four new peaks in its SOFR suite of products, with open interest growing to over 1.6… Read More »
CME Group has seen a bounce in activity in November, while Integral also saw a small increase in activity, while… Read More »
Building upon the success if its Bitcoin micro contracts, CME Group has announced it will expand its crypto derivatives offerings… Read More »
Flow analysis released by cryptocurrency liquidity provider B2C2 hints that the latest surge in cryptoassets, led by Bitcoin, could have… Read More »
Digital assets firm Genesis Global Capital says it has executed the first ever OTC block trade of a BTIC (Basis… Read More »
There was mixed news for the primary FX venues in June with CME Group and Refinitiv seeing an increase in… Read More »
A new report published by Arcane Research says that bitcoin is becoming increasingly legitimised through the growing market and infrastructure,… Read More »
Market data and order entry functionality for CME Group’s FX Link are now available on the Bloomberg Terminal to enable… Read More »
Last week’s column elicited a lot of feedback and conversation, so much so that I can move the issue on… Read More »
A second group of FX platforms have reported FX volumes for April, confirming there was a month-on-month slowdown but a… Read More »
A new paper by CME Group’s Traiana studies the current FX credit landscape and argues that the evolution of a… Read More »
With Refinitiv reporting average daily volume data for March the picture is now complete on the FX trading venues’ performance… Read More »
In contrast to platforms reporting data earlier this month LSEG’s Refinitiv Matching and CME Group’s EBS both reported lower month-on-month… Read More »