I recently read an interesting BIS Bulletin, titled “The CCP-Bank nexus in the time of Covid-19”, by Wenqian Huang and Elod Takis (available...

Koine, a provider of segregated, institutional custody and settlement services for digital assets, has announced a joint venture with Canadian company DTM...

Amid the COVID-19 slowdown, institution-facing liquidity aggregator FalconX has raised $17 million from top VCs in the crypto space.

Loving what you do, doing what you love While music was always Blau’s greatest passion, he still felt a need to pursue business as...

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on nearly every industry in the global economy. The nascent and volatile cannabis industry was not exempt and, in some jurisdictions, has been impacted significantly due to local or state shelter or stay-at home orders. In most states where adult-use cannabis is legal, local and state governments have deemed […]

My monthly Swaps Review looks at cleared volumes in the most recent 3-month, covering Volumes Feb-Apr 2020 compared to Feb-Apr 2019 Interest Rate Swaps in...

We’ve heard of digital cash. But what more can blockchains do? Photo by Launchpresso on Unsplash The first and most...

We analyse how much Initial Margin is being held versus derivatives in 2019. This covers cleared and uncleared OTC derivatives, plus exchange traded contracts...

We last looked at CME-LCH Basis in August 2019 in CME-LCH Basis Narrows to Four Year Low and as there has been significant...

SnapEx is a relatively new crypto derivatives exchange that offers leveraged trading. They have recently been expanding to a number of new markets. They...

For some time now I have been noting, but not reading, articles about the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) being implemented in Europe,...

Bybit is a cryptocurrency derivative exchange that launched its services at the end of 2018. The exchange gives traders the ability to trade Cryptocurrency...