January 06, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BitMEX teams up with Tokeny to launch BMEX

Users will be able to earn as much BMEX as possible through participation in contests and giveaways for a limited time period. Alexander Höptner, CEO of BitMEX, commented: We chose to partner with Tokeny - one of the global leaders in the tokenisation technology space - to guide us in developing and issuing BMEX in…

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January 06, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports record ADV in 2021

The highlights from the fourth quarter include: Interest Rate ADV rose 56% to 9.8 million contracts. Energy ADV touched 2.3 million contracts, up by 16%. Equity Index ADV went up by 15% to 6 million contracts. Options ADV surged 58% to 3.7 million contracts. Micro Bitcoin futures ADV also reached record highs of 24,534 contracts.…

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Cboe Global Markets
January 06, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe Global Markets sees record options volume in 2021

Global FX Cboe FX spot market share was up 16.7% last year. The increase in 2021 was the fifth consecutive year of market share growth for the market operator. Cboe Global Markets highlighted: NDF trading volumes on Cboe SEF increased 4x from 2020, capped by ADNV of $725 million for fourth-quarter 2021. Equities US and…

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January 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Former DGCX CEO Gaurang Desai joins Equiti Group as Managing Director of Strategy

A founding member of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX Group), Desai previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer for nearly ten years. Desai also established and managed the operations for the Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC). During his time there, he created an ecosystem of banks, custodians, collateral managers, warehouses, vaults, assayers,…

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January 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: packed week with NFP and FOMC’s minutes

From a technical point of view, a clear move back above $80 seems to be unlikely as of now given this area’s importance as a psychological resistance and buying saturation based on the slow stochastic. ATR of around $2.20 is now about half the peak in December, though, so a retest of $80 seems very…

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Acquisition
January 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Redline Trading Solutions acquired by Pico

With steady investments in the software solutions provider, Redline’s service offering will be become fully and globally comprehensive. This will allow the company to deliver real-time and historical normalized financial market data including consolidated, delayed or end-of-day formats through wire protocol or API, available in available in Pico’s financial cloud. Pico’s clients will be able…

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