Hedge Funds Leap Forward in February
Data from analytical firm HFR indicates that hedge funds had a very strong February, with quantitative and systematic macro funds… Read More »
Data from analytical firm HFR indicates that hedge funds had a very strong February, with quantitative and systematic macro funds… Read More »
With cryptoasset prices surging following the granting of Bitcoin ETFs in the US, Deutsche Börse has launched the Deutsche Börse… Read More »
Exchange and data group Six has launched new reference rates and real-time crypto indices – they will be used as… Read More »
Crypto ECN Finery Markets has announced a partnership with credit intermediary Hidden Road for its FM Liquidity Match OTC crypto… Read More »
Cboe Digital has successfully launched margined bitcoin and ether futures with the completion of its first margined bitcoin futures trade. With support from Blockfills,… Read More »
Cryptocurrency data provider Kaiko and Bloomberg say their joint project, the Financial instrument Global Identifiers (FIGI) now covers almost 8,000… 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 »
As flagged last week, the Basel Committee has launched a third consultation on proposed cryptoasset regulation, this one about a… Read More »
The Basel Committee has agreed to consult on what it terms “targeted revisions” to its proposed standard on cryptoassets, although… Read More »
Crypto payments and storage platform Digital Asset Management (Damex) has deployed Finery Markets’ FM Liquidity Match ECN within its trading… Read More »
The dissemination of market data is a strange thing, regulators the world over look for market manipulation – as they… Read More »
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed what her office calls a “sweeping lawsuit” against crypto firms Gemini Trust… Read More »
Eurex is launching options on its FTSE Bitcoin Index futures in USD and EUR this week as it seeks to… Read More »
The former CEO of bankrupt Voyager Digital, Stephen Ehrlich, has been charged with fraud by the US Commodity Futures Trading… Read More »
Crypto infrastructure provider Finery Markets says it has participated in a successful proof of concept (PoC) by ClearToken, aimed at… Read More »
Digital asset custody service provider Komainu has announced that credit network Hidden Road has joined its collateral management platform Komainu… Read More »
Digital asset technology provider Talos has launched crypto options trading on its platform in association with crypto derivatives exchange Deribit… Read More »
In the latest edition of the podcast – sponsored by Lucera Financial Infrastructures – Colin Lambert talks to Scotte Moegling,… Read More »
Proprietary trading firms report challenging conditions in the first half of 2023, with FX (along with commodities and energy) struggling,… Read More »
Digital assets trading firm B2C2 has completed what it terms a “strategic move” in finalising the acquisition of European crypto… Read More »
Retail FX broker Oanda has entered into an agreement to buy a majority stake in UK-based cryptocurrency trading Coinpass for… 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 »
Crypto trading platform Bittrex and its former CEO William Shihara, have agreed to settle charges brought by the US Securities… Read More »
Crypto execution technology provider Crossover Markets says it has become the first external technology venue to connect to Cboe Digital,… Read More »
Crypto firm Kraken has named Mark Jennings as the CEO of its UK business, Crypto Facilities, which was acquired by… Read More »
A new study from crypto and DeFi-native market surveillance and risk monitoring firm Solidus Labs, has found that insider trading… Read More »
With The Full FX View A chapter in the 2023 Annual Report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) offers… Read More »
Bequant has unveiled a partnership with Finery Markets to offer digital assets prime brokerage services through Finery’s FM Liquidity Match… Read More »
Brokerage firm Gold-i says it has integrated its Crypto Switch aggregation service with prime brokerage firm Hidden Road, which offers… Read More »
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ramped up its aggressive stance towards crypto market participants, by filing charges… Read More »
Crypto exchange OKX has joined the collateral management platform of Komainu, Connect, enabling customers to conduct secure 24/7 trading of… 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 »
Six months after the platform was registered with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, TP Icap says the first cryptocurrency trade… Read More »
Zodia Custody and LMAX Group have announced a collaboration to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure and custody services for European digital assets… Read More »
Ripple has moved into the digital assets custody space through the acquisition of Swiss-based custody and tokenisation firm Metaco in… Read More »
Just weeks after heavily criticising the US regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies, Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase International Exchange to enable non-US… Read More »
Brokerage firm GCEX has extended its partnership with Nomura, Ledger and CoinShares digital assets joint venture Komainu to enable it… Read More »
Fragmentation continues at a great pace in the cryptosphere with yet another firm announcing a decentralised exchange (DEX). Vertex Protocol… Read More »
Crypto market data provider Kaiko has teamed up with connectivity provider IPC’s Connexus Crypto trading solution to deliver enterprise-grade data,… Read More »
Binance US has withdrawn its offer to buy the assets of bankrupt crypto firm Voyager Digital – Binance won the… Read More »
SEC chair Gary Gensler is attracting a lot of “heat” as they say in the US, especially from the crypto… Read More »
Currency traders provided a rare note of positivity as the Barclay CTA Index declined in March, headlined by a stark… Read More »
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly passed Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation, potentially giving the Eurozone an advantage as criticism… Read More »
Digital assets infrastructure firm Blockdaemon has launched a digital asset wallet targeting institutional players in the crypto space who want… Read More »
Goldman Sachs is expanding the coverage of its Visual Structuring tool into crypto, equities and precious metals and launched web… 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 »
A new ECN has launched into the increasingly crowded crypto space as players at the institutional end of the spectrum… Read More »
While it has very much been the poster child for the hedge fund industry over the past year as volatility… Read More »
Crypto derivatives market participants are set to increase their use of third-party trading technology as the quality and sophistication of… Read More »
Digital assets prime broker GCEX has released two trading solutions, XplorSpot and XplorTrader, the first aimed at its crypto clients,… Read More »