BIS Calls for Accelerated Development of CBDCs
September 13, 2021
In noting that the “financial system is shifting under our feet”, the head of the BIS Innovation Hub, Benoît Coeuré,… Read More »
In noting that the “financial system is shifting under our feet”, the head of the BIS Innovation Hub, Benoît Coeuré,… Read More »
In what it says is a response to rapidly growing institutional interest in publicly-traded digital assets, Standard Chartered’s global research… Read More »
Reactive Markets has launched disclosed cryptocurrency trading on its Switchboard network, supported by five liquidity providers, Cumberland DRW, Flow Traders,… Read More »
Standard Chartered has become the first bank to join the Global Digital Finance (GDF) patron board, an international alliance dedicated… Read More »
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX US has reached an agreement for it to acquire Ledger Holdings, the owner of digital assets clearinghouse… Read More »
SmartTrade Technologies and Japanese FX infrastructure firm SBI Liquidity Market have extended their partnership to tap into what they say… Read More »
Less than five months after revealing its plans to the wider world the Pyth Network has gone live with data… Read More »
Californian digital asset research and development organisation CMTLabs has released proposals for a new crypto asset class in the form… Read More »
In what could be a significant step forward for the crypto industry’s efforts to bring institutional traders onboard, liquidity provider… Read More »
Two more high speed proprietary trading firms Hudson River Trading (HRT) and Jane Street, have joined several of their peers… Read More »
The debate over which US regulatory agency should regulate crypto markets continues to heat up, just weeks after Securities and… Read More »
Deutsche Börse’s Eurex has launched what it says is the first regulated market in Bitcoin-related derivatives with the unveiling of… Read More »
David Newns has left State Street, where he was head of Global Link execution services, to join digital assets exchange… Read More »
Tim Grant has been named head of Europe for digital assets services provider Galaxy Digital. He joins on 16 August… Read More »
Cryptocurrency wealth management firm BlockFi has added four staffers to its roster in the US, US and Asia. Giles Colwell… Read More »
Continuing the US authorities’ campaign to build registration and regulation of the crypto industry in that jurisdiction, the Securities and… Read More »
M&A activity in the digital assets space shows no sign of slowing with news that Gemini has acquired real-time market… Read More »
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has entered a consent order against five companies charged… Read More »
A group of legal industry professionals in the UK comprising lawyers, barristers, forensic accountants, corporate intelligence and asset recovery experts… Read More »
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Binance has taken a further fit with the announcement that its US head, Brian Brooks, has quit… Read More »
Australian cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve says it has become the first business to receive ‘in-principle’ approval for a Major Payment… Read More »
Digital assets trading technology provider Talos, has added a new feature to its platform to allow users to define and… Read More »
Genesis Global Capital has unveiled support for USD Coin (USDC) and Algo on Algorand, a layer-1 blockchain protocols. Genesis will… Read More »
State Street has announced it will provide digital and cryptocurrency asset fund administration capabilities for its private funds clients. In… Read More »
24 Exchange Bermuda has acquired New York-based 11B Technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed, the two companies have an existing… Read More »
24 Exchange has been granted a “Class T” Digital Asset Business Licence by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to offer… Read More »
Chronicle Software has expanded its FIX connectively by partnering with Reactive Markets. The partnership means Chronicle can now offer its… Read More »
Private investment firm JC Flowers has agreed to buy a 30% stake in LMAX Group for $300 million in cash,… Read More »
In the second of the Disruptor Series, Colin Lambert and LMAX Group CEO David Mercer look at the crossover between… Read More »
A new report published by Arcane Research says that bitcoin is becoming increasingly legitimised through the growing market and infrastructure,… Read More »
Digital token trading platform Bitfinex has upgraded its matching engine to handle spikes in volatility as it says it is… Read More »
In the latest edition of Currency Matters, Colin Lambert talks to Maria Aldous, partner at Options Group, about conditions in… Read More »
TP Icap is reinforcing its entry into the digital assets space with the launch of a wholesale trading platform for… Read More »
Deutsche Börse has acquired a majority stake in Crypto Finance, a financial group under consolidated FINMA supervision that offers trading,… Read More »
The Full FX Disruptor Series, in association with LMAX Group, looks at where change is occurring in FX and crypto… Read More »
There has been a sense in recent months that central bankers have become slightly more assertive in their message on… Read More »
The Barclay CTA Index has continued its strong run in 2021, reporting a +0.86% performance for the month and 4.91%… Read More »
LMAX Group has entered the Defi space by joining the Pyth Network, a decentralised financial market data distribution network. LMAX… Read More »
Former Bank of New York Mellon global head of e-FX sales James Taylor has joined digital assets firm Unizen in… Read More »
State Street has unveiled a new unit dedicated to digital assets, and named Nadine Chaker, its current head of global… Read More »
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has commenced a public consultation on preliminary proposals for the prudential treatment of banks’ cryptoasset exposures,… Read More »
Crypto trading platform Gemini has bought Shard X, a developer of secure multi-party computation (MPC) cryptographic technology in an effort… Read More »
A new report from Hedge Fund Research (HFR) reveals that emerging markets hedge funds, led by funds investing in China,… Read More »
United Fintech, which was launched to help institutions and hedge funds into the digital assets space, has named former Goldman… Read More »
SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, and Asia-based digital assets technology provider BC Technology Group’s OSL,… Read More »
Inevitably, following the rather chaotic and dramatic pullback in crypto prices, the naysayers are having their day – I have… Read More »
Crypto market software and data provider Lukka has named Dan Huscher as head of data and analytics. He joins from… Read More »
Digital assets firm Galaxy Digital has bought infrastructure provider BitGo for $1.2 billion to create, the firm claims, a full… Read More »
I have longed viewed bitcoin as something to trade – and little more. The evangelists will have you believe it… Read More »
BlockFi has named Joseph Hickey as global head of trading. In this role, Hickey will be responsible for expanding the… Read More »
