Brexit

Apr
10

Exchange Invest 2935: US T+1 in T+33

33 days until US T+1 and Paul Conn of Computershare adds some fascinating points; CLS sticks to its entrenched payment windows on forex which won’t help smooth stock settlement but may favour one particular platform.
11 min read
Feb
23

Exchange Invest 2593: Euronext Allfunds Bid

…This is from an organisation which is still unable to convincingly explain how its ‘independent’ US entity was forced to push $400 million through in a single transaction to a fund controlled by the Binance founder and global CEO.
9 min read
Feb
22

Exchange Invest 2592: Indo-European CCP Confusion

“In reality, bitcoin has been through four crashes now and recovered each time. That makes it different from a pure asset bubble. Tulips never recovered in price, neither did the South Sea company ever come back from its collapse.
8 min read
Feb
14

Exchange Invest 2585: Options At Tadawul

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is unhappy about the staking ban but I am not sure he appreciates just how far the world has moved on - although it is interesting to see a Monday evening reception being added at FIA Boca by his charge Coinbase -
7 min read
Feb
06

Exchange Invest 2578: Ion Ransom Paid

Eagle eyed readers may recall Binance allegedly bought WazirX but in the end, it appears they definitely didn’t… As always, transparency aforethought from..oh never mind.
8 min read
Feb
02

Exchange Invest 2575: Ion Hacked

Presumably, chi chi cocktail parties for political big hitters is just so last year in the land of SBF, his parents and brother. Wonder will their NGO empire survive?
8 min read
Jan
23

Exchange Invest 2566: EUREX STIR

Can the EU’s (Brexit) protectionism finally deliver growth to the continent in one product at least?
14 min read
Jan
17

Exchange Invest 2561: Vale Nick Carew

Sad news as LIFFE Veteran Nick Carew Hunt has passed away while Borsa Italiana are in pole position to provide Euronext’s CCP facilities.
10 min read
Dec
30

Exchange Invest Festive Edition 2546: Public Markets / Privates Markets

The move comes after the NYSE minted six NFTs last year commemorating the debut of hot tech stocks on the exchange.
14 min read
Dec
24

Exchange Invest Weekend Festive Edition 2541 Part I

*Rather reminiscent to the many who troughed funds from the government to bail out their lifestyles as opposed to their businesses when Covid first hit.
6 min read
Dec
12

Exchange Invest 2530: Coin Unfriends Tether

SBF appears to be maintaining his hail Mary pass where his sheer winning magnetism dazzles everybody watching that he isn’t an incompetent crook, La Ellison may be about to extract sufficiently brutal revenge on her ex-paramour cum business partner...
15 min read
Dec
09

Exchange Invest 2528: DAH Bites ASX

SBF has a thing for tall women. That strikes me as sexist - after all he sponsored the Miami Heat stadium so he clearly has a thing for all tall people).
13 min read
Dec
08

Exchange Invest 2527: ICE Cap Warnings

PLY: Dig a bit deeper - go look at Bahamian US dollar government debt - what does that yield of 13.3% - after a stupendous rally through autumn - tell you? Clearly, there are issues to the Bahamas finances.
10 min read
Dec
07

Exchange Invest 2526: ASX Board Checkmate?

Jeff Sprecher was at the Goldman Sachs exchange investor conference yesterday and spoke pure unadulterated common sense. Hopefully soon the blob will catch up and stop pandering to the faux exceptionalism of the crypto crowd.
9 min read
Nov
12

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2505: It’s Bitcarnage!

“This is no longer just an FTX collapse, it’s going to create ongoing ripples of panic and contagion.”
5 min read