Changpeng Zhao

Nov
22

Exchange Invest 2819: CZ Out

I appreciate a lot of Bitcarnage fatigue has set in but given a $4.3 billion fine AND the guilty plea from the infamous “4:FUD!” CZ person, I think Canada’s most famous crypto person merits today’s headline.
9 min read
Apr
03

Exchange Invest 2626: BMLL Lake Becomes Ocean

The General Manager of the BIS recently distributed an iron fist across the whole crypto world and barely anybody noticed.
13 min read
Mar
31

Exchange Invest 2624: Aquis Impress

Alasdair Haynes’ Aquis is going from strength to strength despite London’s equity market being soggy while TISE retraces a touch after a record 2022.
11 min read
Mar
28

Exchange Invest 2621: Makepeace Reforms The Band

It’s a FTSE deja vu for Mark Makepeace, albeit in a format better suited to the digital age than the stodgy LSEG. FT and SGX are partnering with a new Wilshire Index business under the direction of “Mr FTSE” - a fantastic fruition to his first year with Wilshire.
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
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
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
Mar
06

Exchange Invest 2602: $8.9 bln FTX Shortfall

So after the property exposés, the billion dollar loans, the PJs on demand, the Nassau executive car fleet, at least one incredible Daiquiri bill and of course a serious operation aimed at buying the US government…
14 min read
Mar
04

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2601: Who Destroyed Nord Stream?

- 4 more charges for SBF as his head of engineering bids for some element of clemency and pleads guilty to being CC-1
6 min read
Mar
03

Exchange Invest 2600: Refinitiv Deal Working?

The question today is not so much how aligned Coinbase may be but rather is there going to be an attempt to take down Binance given it continues to attract the ‘FUD-4!’ folk amongst even the US political establishment?
13 min read
Mar
02

Exchange Invest 2599: FTC Blocking ICE Black Knight

Coinbase campaign reminds me of the magnificent moment in “Yes Minister” when Cabinet Minister Jim Hacker is informed the PM may close his Ministry for Administrative Affairs.
11 min read
Mar
01

Exchange Invest 2598: CC-1 Charged

Euronext has an interesting MTF punt via MTS in IRS while the group’s tentative bid for AllFunds has already been withdrawn…
10 min read
Feb
25

Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2595: A Web of Lies

AirBnB’s move into the fiscal black has been considerably helped by revenue from “cleaning fees” - probably not something exchanges in the regulated parish can consider but it must be tempting to try…
6 min read