New Bitcoin ETF Filings Follow CBOE Futures Debut
Public filings suggest that the launch of bitcoin futures products has renewed a push to create exchange-traded funds tied to the cryptocurrency.
View ArticleSEC Halts Multimillion-Dollar 'Munchee' ICO for Securities Violations
A California-based company has refunded a $15 million initial coin offering following an investigation by the SEC.
View ArticleCBOE CEO Blasts 'Uncalled For' Bitcoin Futures Critiques
CBOE's chief executive is pushing back at suggestions that the exchange's newly-launched bitcoin futures market was hastily done.
View ArticleGiancarlo Commends SEC Chairman Clayton on ICO Statement
Giancarlo Commends SEC Chairman Clayton on ICO Statement
View ArticleMOEX Introduces New Analytical Product
Moscow Exchange announces the start of a trial offering of a new analytical product, Value Added Analytical Product. The new product is intended for domestic and international institutional investors,...
View ArticleCFTC Staff Issues Interpretive Guidance Clarifying Commodity Trading Advisor...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO) today issued interpretative guidance providing that a futures commission merchant (FCM), swap...
View ArticleCompany Halts ICO After SEC Raises Registration Concerns
A California-based company selling digital tokens to investors to raise capital for its blockchain-based food review service halted its initial coin offering (ICO) after being contacted by the...
View ArticleGeopolitical Risk Surges To Record High In New DTCC Survey - Fintechâs...
Geopolitical uncertainties in Asia, as well as prolonged uncertainties associated with Brexit negotiations, have positioned geopolitical risk as a top risk to watch in 2018, according to a new survey...
View ArticleSEC: Stock Trader Charged In Insider Trading Ring
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former day trader with making more than $1 million in illegal insider trading profits as part of a ring that allegedly stole confidential...
View ArticleStatement From Enforcement Division Co-Directors On Jury Verdict In Financial...
"We are pleased by the jury's verdict holding Revolutions Medical Corp. and its CEO Rondald L. Wheet liable for violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. This verdict affirms...
View ArticleStatement On Cryptocurrencies And Initial Coin Offerings, SEC Chairman Jay...
The world’s social media platforms and financial markets are abuzz about cryptocurrencies and “initial coin offerings” (ICOs). There are tales of fortunes made and dreamed to be made. We are hearing...
View ArticleUnderstanding Futures: A Primer for Bitcoiners
You may be able to trade the bitcoin cash market anonymously, but you cannot do the same with futures.
View ArticleBitcoin Price Back Above $17k to Set New All-Time High
The price of bitcoin has pushed back above $17,000, hitting a new all-time high on CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index (BPI)
View ArticlePlexCoin Founder Gets Jail Time, Fine on Contempt Charge
U.S. and Canadian authorities appear determined to make an example of an ICO believed to have raised $15 million.
View ArticleRevisiting the determinacy on New Keynesian Models. (arXiv:1712.03681v1...
The goal of this paper is to shed light on the determinacy question that arises in New Keynesian models as result of a combination of several monetary policy rules; in these models, we provide...
View ArticleEnhancing Binomial and Trinomial Equity Option Pricing Models....
We extend the classical Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model in two ways. We first develop a binomial model with time-dependent parameters that equate all moments of the pricing tree increments with the...
View ArticleStocks to Short for Your Grandkids
As I mentioned in an earlier post, working in a pension fund makes me think toward the long term. In that post I spoke about broader long-term risks; here I will give my view about long-term risks at...
View Article'According to Plan': CBOE Bullish on First Day of Bitcoin Futures Trading
The first day of trading for CBOE's bitcoin futures contracts is over and the day largely went according to plan, according to its CEO.
View ArticleCboe Bitcoin Futures (XBT) Close First Day Of Trading - Post Volume Of More...
Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, today announced Cboe bitcoin futures (XBT) traded a reported 4,127 contracts in their first...
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