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Market Analysis
What is a consolidated tape? - ETF Stream
Reforms to the UK’s capital markets over the past five years have achieved an incredible amount, from simplifying the rules for stock market listings to reducing costs for firms trading bonds and derivatives.
Data Firm Inca Digital CEO: Crypto Innovation Is a Matter of National Security - CoinDesk
Crypto innovators must be encouraged to stay in the U.S. , said the CEO of software developer Inca Digital. The Washington, D.C., company recently won a Defense Department contract to look into crypto security risks.
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Taming the Crypto Wild West with Trade Surveillance - Traders Magazine
As the crypto market has continued its volatile ride over the past year, most market participants would agree that regulators needed to step in and tame what has been – and in many cases still is – the Wild West of cryp…
Retail Investors' Influence on Stock Market Falls As Meme-Stocks Fade - markets.businessinsider.com
Retail investors' influence over the stock market is declining as they ditch trading individual stocks and risky options in favor of more traditional equity funds, JPMorgan said in a Wednesday note.
Crypto news: Citi rolls out digital asset unit - SRP Structured Products
Citigroup wealth management has launched a Digital Assets Group to capitalise on the demand for digital assets.
Bitso Buys Gibraltar-Based Crypto Derivatives Platform Quedex - CoinDesk
Latin America-focused exchange Bitso has bought Quedex, a crypto derivatives trading platform, based and regulated in Gibraltar.
Nasdaq software failure causes market blackout at ASX - The TRADE
The Australian Securities Exchange has been forced to shut down completely after a software issue on its refreshed ASX Trade system created inaccurate market data.
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What is the Value of Market Fragmentation? - Nasdaq
With 13 exchanges currently and three more on the way, it’s an interesting time to ask, “How much does fragmentation benefit investors?”
Why ETFs Withstood the Coronavirus Crash - Tradeweb
This piece was originally published in March 2020. It has been updated to reflect ongoing developments. Jeffrey Cheng, Tyler Powell, and David Skidmore contributed to earlier versions.
Why Hiring Music Majors Could Be the Hottest New Trend on Wall Street - Business Insider
BOSTON — Large US banks are spending heavily on their digital overhauls. But while a lack of tech talent remains a problem, there is another skills shortage that also threatens to blunt those innovation efforts.
Ex-HKEX techies building crypto-venue play - digfingroup.com
As titans gird for battle over institutional crypto trading in Hong Kong, one startup is attempting to break through on the strength of its backers’ expertise, rather than any existing franchise.
The Leading Crypto Data and Trading Service Adds Decentralized Trading Data - PR Newswire
DETROIT, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- To date, cryptocurrency exchanges and decentralized financial markets have grown alongside each other with little overlap. That's about to change.
Cboe and Nasdaq Capture 73% of Options Market: Tabb Group - Traders Magazine
The two largest exchange groups, Cboe and NASDAQ, have captured 73.2% of options volume in 2018, but the three smaller exchange operators have gained market share.NYSEs share is up 2.8%, to 16.5%;MIAX has gained 2.7%, t…
How ICE’s crypto feed with Blockstream works - digfingroup.com
In March, ICE Data Services began including crypto-currencies in its consolidated data feed for traditional-world traders.
Sports trading and AI: Taking the human out of sports betting - Gambling Insider
Ask Logan Sudeith how many bets he places in a week and he'll laugh. It's a comical line of questioning for the 25-year-old former financial risk analyst, who estimates he clocks about 100 hours a week on prediction mar…
Consolidating Crypto: The Challenges and Opportunities for CFD Brokers - Finance Magnates
The crypto trading industry doesn't have much experience of margin trading, but it's something that traders demand.
Here's How Wall Street Weathered Snow Storm Stella - Fortune
Even Wall Street’s computers still have a problem with a messy commute, apparently. Although it’s still less than human traders did decades ago.
FRB: The Cleared Bilateral Repo Market and Proposed Repo Benchmark Rates - Federal Reserve (.gov)
Overview As described in a recent statement and blog post , the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), in cooperation with the Office of Financial Research (OFR), is considering the publication of several new benchma…
Inside High Frequency Trading: Algorithms, Not Markets, Lead to Wall Street Riches - Inverse
A trade that makes a penny is a win. And with the number of trades the algorithms and processors driving high frequency trading shops are making per minute, days are full of wins and coffers are overflowing with pennies…