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Thus far, some of the acquisitions of OTC FX platforms by exchange groups have not proven to be as fruitful as previously imagined, argues David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange Group in a new video interview with Profit & Loss. Casting a critical eye over the competitive landscape in the FX platform space, Mercer makes […]
Cryptocurrency liquidity provider B2C2 has launched the market’s first product for trading gold directly against Bitcoin (XAU/BTC). The firm says the launch marks the beginning of its expansion beyond the core crypto focus and that client demand made XAU/BTC a natural first choice, underpinned by a significant rally in so-called deflationary assets over the past […]
The past few years have seen a significant number of senior figures from the FX market transition into the digital asset space. Galen Stops talks to a few of them about where they see the parallels, differences and possible convergences between the two markets. Galen Stops, editor of Profit & Loss: Where do you see […]
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged a man in Pennsylvania accused of running a $7 million bitcoin fraud scheme. In a complaint filed against Jon Thompson in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, the CFTC alleges that, contrary to Thomson’s false representations, neither he nor a company […]
CME Group has announced plans to launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review. “Based on increasing client demand and robust growth in our bitcoin futures markets, we believe the launch of options will provide our clients with additional flexibility to trade and hedge their bitcoin price risk,” says Tim […]
It’s been a busy 20 years since Profit & Loss launched. Colin Lambert and Galen Stops have picked out 20 key events or trends during that time and asked senior industry figures for their perspective on them – here’s numbers 15-11. 15. Last Look “Last look is a cancer at the heart of the foreign […]
It’s the past, present and future as far as the agenda for this week’s In the FICC of It podcast is concerned as Colin Lambert and Galen Stops take a look at the chaos in the UK surrounding Brexit, digital assets, and the e-revolution that hit FX 20 years ago. Stops is surprised by the […]
Back in 2013, when Profit & Loss first started writing about this new digital currency that was creating a buzz called “bitcoin”, most mainstream financial services firms wanted nothing to do with it. Yes, a few banks and other large firms were starting to put out some research papers about bitcoin, but this was generally […]
TrueDigital, a provider of institutional-grade products to the crypto space, has announced a partnership with Crux Informatics (Crux), a cloud-based platform and managed service that provides data delivery and operations at scale. Through this partnership, trueDigital OTC cryptocurrency reference rates will be available to its institutional customers. These indices will provide the crypto community with […]
This week’s podcast sees Colin Lambert and Galen Stops respond to listener feedback from recent episodes before turning their attention to events in the FX market last week – and the return of volatility. With the trade war and central bank surprises suddenly kicking FX markets into life Lambert is intrigued to see if the […]
