Nasdaq Adds BTC and ETH Liquidity Indices from Brave New Coin
On February 25, Bitcoin And Ethereum and Brave New Coin (BNC), were officially listed on Nasdaq, the leading benchmark for US technology equity.
Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
February 2019
LSEG Invests $20m in Blockchain-Powered Securities Issuance Platform
LSEG has led a $20 million investment round in a fintech startup called Nivaura, which led the issuance of first automated cryptocurrency-denominated bond.
Ayondo Partners with iMaibo to Expand Social Trading in China
The announcement comes weeks after CEO Robert Paul Lempka resigned to pursue other interests and BUX initiated exploratory talks to acquire Ayondo UK.
GBST Delivers Back-Office Custody Solution to Hong Kong Bank
CMB Wing Lung Bank has deployed GBST's back-office custody solution to support the growth of its custody banking business.
OCBC Bank Expects to Save +$18 Million With Digital Security Token in 5 Years
OCBC has rolled out a digital “soft” token on its mobile banking app, in a move that is expected to save the bank some S$18 million in five years.
ATHEX Joins Consortium to Privatize Boursa Kuwait
Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) joins the consortium to privatize Boursa Kuwait, organized by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kuwait.
Digital Vega Adds Two Veteran Executives to Institutional FX Options Business
Digital Vega appoints two senior appointments in order to support its expanded product development strategy for its leading FX Options e-trading platform.
CloudMargin Announces First Tier 1 Bank on Cloud-Based Solution
This will allow Deutsche Bank to become first Tier 1 bank to use a public cloud-based service for managing margin calls with its own counterparties.
OTC Liquidity Provider oneZero Donates $100K to Mark 10th Birthday
Founded in 2009 as a small team of former video game developers, oneZero expanded into an international company with over 75 employees around the world.
Dash Financial Technologies Adds New Portfolio Trading Analytics Tools
Dash Financial Technologies has added a new suite of real-time analytics, visualization and reporting tools aimed at portfolio traders available on Dash360.
JB Prime Integrates CQG’s Multi-Asset Platform
Users of JB Prime will be able to trade global equities, CFDs, FX, commodities, and more on CQG’s multi-asset platform.
BNP Paribas Asset Management Hires 3 Senior ‘Quants’
The new members to the BNp Paribas division are Boris Afanasiev, Benoît Bellone and Frédéric Abergel.
CMC Markets Appoints Industry Veteran to Head Institutional Offering for Hedge Funds
Ford will spearhead the CMC markets efforts to provide a more comprehensive service to the buy-side, particularly hedge funds.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.