This week’s options news recap runs the gamut from a Chicago pit fight to Canadian pension plans to Mexico’s annual oil hedge. 

The inaugural episode of the CryptoMarketsWiki Podcast

Andy Busch, former chief market intelligence officer at the CFTC, had some pragmatic but alarming advice for interns who attended day one of MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event: “In D.C., someone is always out to get you.”

It can be difficult to predict what will be the catalyst to propel someone down their eventual career path. For CMT Digital CEO Colleen Sullivan that early catalyst just so happened to be learning about ‘80s junk bond czar Mike Milken. As for how that eventually led to Sullivan’s career in digital assets, you’ll just have to watch the video.

As the new CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert assembled his team last week with some new names and some staff he kept on from his predecessor Chris Giancarlo, it is clear that there is much work yet to be done in the derivatives space. The question is, what mark will he leave on this industry?