Crypto Volumes Remain Subdued in February
March 2, 2022
The latest monthly report from LMAX Digital indicates that while there was a revival of sorts from January’s low, activity… 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 »
Nomura Holdings has announced plans to reorganise its Future Innovation Company into a newly established Digital Company, effective April 1,… Read More »
The findings of the sixth annual JP Morgan e-FICC survey, which polls the opinion of traders in the FICC markets,… Read More »
CTAs had a reasonable start to the year, with the Barclay CTA Index recording a 0.63% rise for the month… Read More »
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the volatility in one and likely increased activity in the other, a new survey finds that proprietary… 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 »
Digital assets trading firm SFOX has named Chuck Lugay to a senior business development role. As SVP of digital assets,… Read More »
In an effort to build “safer” crypto markets, 17 exchanges, trading firms and industry associations have formed the Crypto Market… 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 »
Another step forward for the crypto asset industry seeking to attract institutional traders has been taken with news that decision… Read More »
As the crypto world looks for evidence of growing institutionalisation, it would have been heartened by three snippets of news… Read More »
In what could be a small, but significant, development for institutions seeking to invest in cryptocurrencies, State Street’s BestX –… Read More »
Crypto trading platform BitMex has named Bill Beller as its head of trading. He will be responsible for the company’s… Read More »
Cryptocurrency data provider Kaiko has entered into a collaboration with Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to deliver real-time market data over ICE’s… Read More »
Crypto investor network Modus.Trade has selected Gold-I to manage its technology infrastructure, including providing access to market makers and clearing… Read More »
Financial market data network Pyth has unveiled an incentive scheme for its providers – typically high-speed traders and native crypto… Read More »
Coinbase has announced the acquisition of FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange, a move that represents the crypto firm says, a… Read More »
Digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies, DeFinity, has unveiled a partnership… Read More »
Cryptocurrency platform Okcoin has tapped the foreign exchange industry for three staff, naming Tom Gould, Iskander Vanblarcum and Paul Goldman… Read More »
Confirming that November was a tough month for investors, the Barclay CTA Index, managed by BarclayHedge, fell 1.2%, it remains,… Read More »
Deutsche Börse has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated provider of trading, custody, and… Read More »
Switzerland’s Seba Bank has launched Gold Token, a regulated digital token for investment in and delivery of physical gold on-demand,… Read More »
Reactive Markets, provider of cross asset trading and price streaming network, Switchboard, has formed a strategic partnership with independent data… Read More »
The oracle platform Pyth Network, continues to grow its base of data providers, with news that digital assets infrastructure provider… Read More »
24 Exchange has raised $14.25 million in a funding round led by Point72 Ventures. The firm says the investment will… Read More »
Citi’s former head of structured products Matt Zhang has joined the growing exodus of bankers to the crypto industry, unveiling… Read More »
State Street has expanded its academic partnerships with the addition of two professors from top Boston-based business schools. State Street… Read More »
Crypto valuations…discuss. A truism of all competitive markets is that the cost of trading generally gets crushed – it happened… Read More »
Building upon the success if its Bitcoin micro contracts, CME Group has announced it will expand its crypto derivatives offerings… Read More »
Brokerage firm ED&F Man has taken advantage of the burst of activity following the US Securities & Exchange Commission’s approval… Read More »
FTX US has finalised its acquisition of Ledger Holdings, the parent company of crypto derivatives platform LedgerX, and will rebrand… Read More »
USD stablecoin operator Circle is implementing a full suite of risk management tools developed by TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence… Read More »
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has fined two related companies, Tether Holdings and Bifinex, $42.5 million for making… Read More »
September was a rare down month for cryptocurrency traders in the Barclay CTA Index, which is up 0.34% for the… Read More »
R3 has acquired the technology and team of the financial asset tokenisation specialist Ivno, enabling the use of Ivno-developed capabilities across R3’s… Read More »
In the latest edition of Currency Matters Colin Lambert talks to John Crouch, CEO, and Walter Bell, CTO, at Ideal… Read More »
New Change FX (NCFX) has appointed Eose to further strengthen distribution of its independent Ccypto data offering, expanding the firms’… Read More »
B2C2 has rounded out its market making suite of products with the launch of crypto options. The firm will initially… Read More »
Exactly what are institutional attitudes to cryptocurrency markets? As a subject, crypto, largely headlined by the price of bitcoin it… 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 »
Six financial industry associations have called upon the Basel Committee to remove “material impediments” to bank involvement in cryptoasset markets,… Read More »
CTAs managed a small 0.11% return in August according to the Barclay CTA Index, created and run by BarclayHedge. With… Read More »
AlgoTrader has announced the appointment of FX veteran Martin Wiedmann to its board. Wiedmann has 30 years of international investment… Read More »
Digital asset prime broker San Francisco Open Exchange (SFOX) has launched what it claims is “the first-ever cryptocurrency trading product… Read More »
Historically a secretive firm, Jump Trading Group has formally launched Jump Crypto, a team dedicated to the growth and development… Read More »
Jesse Bruno has joined Bosonic’s digital business as senior director of sales. He will be based in New York and… Read More »
Digital assets platform Pure Digital, part of Puremarkets, has successfully executed a live test trade on its wholesale digital assets… Read More »
Fintech solutions provider, Broctagon Fintech Group, has launched WorldBook, what is says is a “global crypto movement” focused on solving… Read More »
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