CZ

Apr
04

Crime, Punishment & A few Positives

Let’s face it this is dispiriting, there are so many crypto V1.0 types in jail or under charges that it’s difficult to see the wood for the trees in the benefits of crypto and blockchain. The problem is the dubious end of the spectrum involves numerous identities who are reluctant to ship out.
3 min read
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
Oct
21

216 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast October 21st, 2023

This week in the parish of bourses and market structure:  A Brave New LME World As London Metals Week Ushers In Greater Cooperation With The Shanghai Futures Exchange, Hong Kong Has A Typhoon Broker Wobble, & MIAX Announces A New Miami Floor For The Sapphire Options Exchange.
11 min read
Jul
15

202 Exchange Invest Weekly Podcast July 15th, 2023

LME Make A Chairman Surprise, DB1 SimCorp Delayed, There's a New B3 NASDAQ Deal, And the UK Extends Short Selling
12 min read
Apr
06

Exchange Invest 2629: Timeo “Arbers” - Boujnah

Stephan Boujnah worries about arbitrage hitting retail in the event of a consolidated tape.
11 min read
Apr
05

Exchange Invest 2628: JPX Invest in DLT

JPX are investing in boostry a Nomura led DLT initiative. Another lawsuit appears to have landed against Binance.
7 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
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