Eurex’s Asia head says ‘most prop trading firms are already trading digital currencies’
Roland Schwinn, regional head of Asia for Eurex, believes “the digitisation of assets has started", with firms either trading or observing crypto.
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ICE plans November launch for crypto platform, ecosystem
New digital asset platform and ecosystem business Bakkt due to go live in November, initial focus on Bitcoin trading.
Northern Trust eyes potential crypto custody model
Northern Trust is currently providing accounting services for select clients that have a small portion of their assets in cryptocurrencies.
ITG’s former electronic brokerage head joins crypto wallet provider
Jamie Selway joins Blockchain as global head of institutional markets after spending seven years at agency broker ITG.
Pershing’s global compliance head departs for role at Coinbase
Sell-side veteran Jeff Horowitz joins cryptocurrency exchange after a 12-year stint with Pershing.
Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF bid rejected by US regulator
Bitcoin ETF proposal by crypto exchange Gemini has been rejected by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US.
The reality of what asset managers are really doing about cryptocurrencies
The exploration of cryptocurrencies from asset managers should not always be taken as a sign of intent, more just what you’d expect from the biggest players in the financial markets.
Derivatives veteran and market makers combine to launch cryptocurrency reference rates
Bitcoin and Ether reference rates and indices launched by cryptocurrency liquidity providers and trueDigital Holdings.
Crypto exchange adds surveillance tech from Trading Technologies
Coinfloor exchanges will use TT Score service for machine learning crypto market surveillance; TT will also connect to CoinfloorEX in Q3.
LSEG’s former strategy chief sees institutional crypto demand growing
David Lester speaks to The TRADE Crypto about his latest venture with former senior hedge fund executives from Omni Partners.