Karthik Subramanian
Digital Assets Correspondent
Karthik Subramanian is a founder, writer, and technology consultant with nine years in the crypto ecosystem. He covers token economics, L1/L2 infrastructure, DeFi protocols, wallets/custody, and the bridge between crypto and forex—broker technology, liquidity, and macro drivers. Karthik’s writing focuses on clear, practical frameworks that help professionals evaluate new products and on-chain innovation alongside FX market realities.
October 2018
Thomson Reuters Announced Acquisition of Global Trade Management and Operations Company, Integration Point
Thomson Reuters will able to provide single point scalable GTM platform enhanced trade-management solution to clients.
Swissquote Becomes World’s First Bank to Offer its Clients ICO services
Swissquote, has become the first bank in the world to offer its client ICO services, with the opportunity to participate in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
Alpha FX Appoints Matt Knowles to its Board as Independent Non-Executive Director
Alpha FX has announced the appointment of HiFX founder Matt Knowles to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
Interactive Brokers Reports Strong Financial Results for Q3-2018 on Back of Solid Growth in Electronics Brokerage Segment
Interactive Brokers, have published its third quarter financial results for FY-18, reporting a slight improvement in operational metrics year-on-year.
CME Group Reports Record Intra-day Volume of 1,150,475 contracts on Oct. 11, 2018
CME has announced that its E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures have reached an all-time daily volume record of 1,150,475 contracts on Thursday, Oct.
LSEG’s MTS Markets Adds More Automated Tools in its MTS BondVision
The new platform adds more than 20 execution parameters and can be configured in a real-time basis from the BondVision platform.
Israeli Crypto Firm, Bit2C Announces Expansion into Europe, Aims at Increasing Liquidity of European Cryptocurrency Market
Bit2C has partnered with EYOS, a Gibraltar based blockchain entity and is in final stages of receiving DLT license.
FIXI Markets’ data successfully migrated to Beeks’ infrastructure
FIXI Markets were looking to improve clients’ trade execution by moving from Microsoft Azure hosting to dedicated infrastructure across several locations.
Argentex Revenue Surges by 24% in FY 2018 Despite Challenging Regulatory and Trading Environment
In the FY 2018, the company has been ranked most accurate forecaster by Bloomberg for the EUR/USD trading pair for the three consecutive quarters.
Also filing this week: Rick Steves and Abdelaziz Fathi.