Crypto’s Bid to Shake Up Stock Trading Revs Up Despite Backlash

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Date: Nov 11, 2026

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Consider this an outtrade on self-certification and what the definition of “is” is, to quote former President Bill Clinton. Easily fixed once identified and just one of the risks when processing thousands of transactions (self-certifications of contracts). The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has warned Kalshi […]

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Binance Hackers Made Memecoins to Launder Stolen Crypto

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Date: Nov 10, 2026

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The courts sure have a lot of friends these days. Coinbase, Kalshi, Payward, DRW, Jump Trading and Paradigm filed a friend-of-the-court brief on Nov. 9 urging a federal judge in New York to reject a request to halt trading in perpetual futures on individual U.S. […]

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The Gambling App Playbook for Bankrupting Young Men

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Date: Nov 9, 2026

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Cboe Global Markets announced the launch of mini-Russell 2000 Index (MRUT) binary options on November 9, expanding its SEC-regulated prediction markets offerings to U.S. small-cap stocks. The new contracts, trading under the ticker MRTBW, allow investors to make yes-or-no predictions about whether the index, which […]

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Wall Street mega-donors clobbered by Democratic sweep

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Date: Nov 6, 2026

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The good thing about the Binance hack of $6.3 billion is that it is going to teach us all how to and how not to launder a big pile of stolen crypto. This could be a useful thing to know. According to Micah Zimmerman of […]

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It Was a Big Election Night for Kalshi and Polymarket

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Date: Nov 5, 2026

First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Another FIA EXPO has come and gone. This one was a big uptick in the quality of attendees and numbers and a clear sign that EXPO has recovered from the hit it took during the COVID era. However, it is not the same as before […]

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