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BitVol, a “VIX-like” Volatility Index for Bitcoin, Makes Its First Trade |
The first-ever over-the-counter (OTC) trade of BitVol, the options-fuelled volatility index for bitcoin developed by T3 Index, the creators of the SPIKES index, was executed Wednesday by LedgerPrime, a quantitative digital asset investment firm owned by Ledger Holdings (the parent company of LedgerX). The counterparty for the trade was a cryptocurrency asset manager that was not named.
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$31,376/$300,000 (10.5%)
Ajay Jain (and anonymous) |
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MWE PRESENTS: THE HISTORY OF FINANCIAL FUTURES EPISODE: GAME CHANGERS, PART II |
Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the history of financial futures. We were motivated to get this history on video because of the death of Jack Wing, the CEO of The Chicago Corporation, who was an early supporter and proponent of the financial futures products. We wanted to preserve this history in video format before those that had created financial futures all disappeared.
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10 MOST CLICKED STORIES OF THE WEEK |
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4 MOST CLICKED MARKETSWIKI PAGES OF THE WEEK |
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| | This week on The Spread, the Senate Banking Committee scrutinizes retail trading apps, a proposal is filed with the SEC for an ETF that lets investors bet on FOMO, and more.
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| | THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 3/8/2021 |
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
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| | Industry Stalwart and Former CME Chairman Jack Sandner Dies |
Longtime futures industry leader and former Chicago Mercantile Exchange Chairman Jack Sandner has passed away at age 79. He served as a CME chairman for three separate terms and was a member of the CME for more than 45 years.
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| | Net-Zero Commitment ‘Not Concessionary’ Amid Climate Transition |
A slow march toward climate-friendly investments appears to be picking up the pace just as global asset managers, regulators and policy-makers gear up for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) climate talks slated to be held in Glasgow in November 2021.
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| | Ram Vittal – John Lothian News Zoom Interview |
In 2020, Ram Vittal was hired by Marex to be the CEO of the London-based firm’s North American operations. John Lothian interviewed Vittal for John Lothian News about his role at Marex. Vittal discusses Marex’s retail and institutional strategies and where they fit in the institutional sector. He talks about whether there is a new commodity super cycle and the firm’s ESG strategy. He also outlines the global firm’s active growth strategy, as they leverage the purchase of Chicago-based futures commission merchant Rosenthal Collins Group and exchange-traded derivatives execution broker XFA.
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| | BitVol, A “VIX-Like” Volatility Index for Bitcoin, Makes Its First Trade |
The first-ever over-the-counter (OTC) trade of BitVol, the options-fuelled volatility index for bitcoin developed by T3 Index, the creators of the SPIKES index, was executed Wednesday by LedgerPrime, a quantitative digital asset investment firm owned by Ledger Holdings (the parent company of LedgerX). The counterparty for the trade was a cryptocurrency asset manager that was not named.
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| | Harry Potter – Sending My Oldest Son and His Friends to Hogwarts |
When my son Tim was ten, he came home from school one day and told us at the dinner table about his day touring the middle school with his grade school class. After he finished explaining about Bryan Middle School in Elmhurst, which he would be attending next year, I told him it was a waste of his time.
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