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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Houda Harb, senior product manager at ASX, the Australian Securities Exchange, shared on LinkedIn the sad news that Maurice Farhart has passed away. Maurice was head of international sales at ASX and had been with the exchange since 2012. He also had a previous 10-year […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today we have part one of a three part video interview with former CQG President Josef Schroeter. I am a longtime CQG user and it was interesting to hear first hand the history of the company from the change agent who was hired in 2000 […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Women in Listed Derivatives (WILD), in partnership with CME Group’s Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) and Women in Technology (WIT) Employee Resource Groups, is holding an event open to WILD members and non-members, all CME Group employees, and all genders on June 13 at the CME […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today we have another video from our coverage of the Options Conference, an interview with Cboe’s Henry Schwartz. We also have an interview with Pedro Gurrola-Perez, head of research for The World Federation of Exchanges, who talks to us about the recent paper, “The effect […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The message from Wednesday’s earnings from Nvidia is that while some customers may have said they are waiting for the next upgraded chip, the rest of the world is not waiting and wanted anything they could find on the shelves at Nvidia. The opportunity cost […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Yesterday was Bitcoin Pizza Day, the annual celebration in the cryptocurrency community that commemorates the first real-world transaction involving bitcoin. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz, a programmer from Florida, paid 10,000 bitcoins (valued at around $41 at the time) for two Papa John’s pizzas. […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) released new research cautioning against the indiscriminate adoption of technologies like DLT that drastically reduce settlement time at the expense of market quality. The study highlights that while such technologies may speed up settlement, they also lead to increased […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today we have another video from our FIA Boca coverage sponsored by Wedbush, this one with GFO-X CEO Arnab Sen. The second video is the first of our coverage from our 2024 Options Conference JLN Industry Leader video series sponsored by the OCC. Martin Gruenberg, […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today we have part three, the final segment, of our Open Outcry Traders History Project interview with George Hanley. Hanley talks about some of the educational and charitable endeavors he has funded to promote trading, ESG and democracy. He also relates how lucky he has […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Trading Technologies (TT) celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday, marking three decades of pioneering advancements in electronic futures trading. Founded in 1994, TT initially revolutionized the industry with its X_TRADER platform, which became the standard for global trading operations, including nearly all major banks. TT CEO […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The recent case of two MIT students allegedly stealing $25 million by exploiting a bug in the Ethereum blockchain, reported by ARS Technica, is a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in even the most advanced technologies. This novel crime, executed in just 12 seconds, […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The Wall Street Journal has a story today about why I wanted to become a reporter. The story is about the late Jim Simons and it is by Gregory Zuckerman and titled “How Did Jim Simons’s Firm Make $100 Billion? He Told His Secrets to […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Sometimes Hollywood movies inspire real-life technological advancements. Remember the communicators from Star Trek? I had a Motorola StarTAC, released in 1996. It was one of the first flip phones, drawing design inspiration from the communicators used by characters in the original “Star Trek” TV series. […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff At the request of IncubEx Chairman Neil Eckert, JLN has removed the video we conducted with him that was part of The History of Environmental Trading from the JohnLothianNews.com website. The interview, part of a historical series, was conducted in 2022, but not edited until […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff I want to apologize to IncubEx Chairman Neil Eckert for taking so long to publish the videos we published today. There are too many reasons to list why they were delayed. We shot this in 2023 as part of The History of Environmental Trading video […]
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First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff On May 16, 2024, the Federal Bar Association’s Chicago Chapter will convene at DLA Piper’s downtown offices for a pivotal seminar titled “Hot Topics and Current Trends in Federal Criminal Law.” This afternoon event, scheduled from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM, promises an in-depth exploration […]
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