Bitcoin

Mar
24

Exchange Invest 2618: COIN Problems

Coinbase is in the eyes of a storm - one part is easy to work out, the other part awaits clarification from the SEC.
9 min read
Mar
22

Exchange Invest 2616: Swiss Imbalance

If you don’t know UBS acquired Credit Suisse last weekend (faster than the CS PR dept could say “merger of equals, oh wait a moment…”) then I envy your clearly commodious sub rock abode.
9 min read
Mar
21

Exchange Invest 2615: Happy 160 Stockholm

Nowhere is this clearly than in this gem of drivel from the Brussels Bugle: Humbled 'Crypto Bros' Don Blazers For Boca Raton (FT) which almost but not quite, completely fails to encapsulate last week’s Boca FIA meeting.
8 min read
Mar
20

Exchange Invest 2614: B3 All In On Vermiculus

Lots happening today with the 10% Vermiculus stake sale to B3’s venture arm alongside EEX adding another modest asset to its expanding portfolio. Lots happening in China as LME get hit with a minor warrant issue in Nickel and much more...
13 min read
Mar
18

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2613: Leaks From Labs to Pipelines

Crypto security issuers should file registration statements and make the required disclosures. These are the same rules that everyone else in the securities markets has played by for decades.
6 min read
Mar
17

Exchange Invest 2612: FTX GUBU Loans

“SBF is arguing that he is entitled to $5 million Directors and Officers Insurance from FTX.”
6 min read
Mar
16

Exchange Invest 2611: Yadda Yadda

Clearly, FTX going bust was a real shock to Walt Inc as they had sponsored Expo but for those reading Exchange Invest, therein one can justify a subscription methinks.
7 min read
Mar
15

Exchange Invest 2610: Chinese IDB Data Cut

Meanwhile clearly unwinding FTX is #ItsComplicated would be a massive understatement where the realpolitik is developing that the exchange assets could prove to be unwelcome even in the bargain bins at the local thrift store.
9 min read
Mar
14

Exchange Invest 2609: Gazza Preps The Battlefield

HSBC bought SVB UK for the typical nominal pound. In the US… nada. Well, there was the usual round of lawsuits - God bless America - of course… and the GOP blamed the Dems who blamed Trump as I mentioned yesterday.
8 min read
Mar
13

Exchange Invest 2608: S-Bank Hell

Moscow profits jump as the market battles to escape the ravages of Putin’s Ukrainian invasion while over in crypto, it’s another day of Bitcarnage leading to a stressful weekend for many.
11 min read
Mar
11

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2607: Post Peak Dollar?

...complaints were muted somewhat by the liquidators announcing they had discerned a shortfall in FTX customer accounts vastly higher than media expectations, at $8.9 billion.
6 min read
Mar
10

Exchange Invest 2606: FTC Still Says No

…Then again it’s spot on when asked of Chairman Behnam who has been discredited by his frat boy cheerleading for SBF / FTX while ‘regulating’ FTX.US all the way to a $116 million client shortfall under his watch.
10 min read
Mar
09

Exchange Invest 2605: $7.2mln For Eris

How ironic, it took the crypto kiddies years to get a bank onside and then they all rushed for the exits when their very own crypto bank was threatened - distributed pragmatism or distributed cowardice?
8 min read
Mar
08

Exchange Invest 2604: ICE Black Knight Alter Deal

SBF is guilt free as we know so therefore intermediation is a dirty word when it comes to liquidators (but curiously acceptable when it comes to crypto exchanges who charge percentage fees that would make CME / ICE et al blush-
12 min read
Mar
07

Exchange Invest 2603: NYSE Posits Reform

At just what point does SBF actually lose his freedom as a result of not merely using VPNs and generally breaking bail terms but also looking like a slam dunk for a long spell after a verdict which will - heaven forfend - pronounce him guilty?
11 min read