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BlackRock iShares Surpasses $6 Trillion in Assets
CEO Larry Fink says technology is underpinning higher margins and earnings momentum in the ETF business.
FLASH FRIDAY
Museum of American Finance Finds New Home in Boston
Exhibits include 'Future of Finance', featuring blockchain, digital assets, and tokenization.
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TRADER TV
Kraken Enters Options Trading
It is expected that crypto options will increase as a share of crypto derivatives.
SIFMA Statement on SEC Proposed Rule on E-delivery
Aim is to reduce unnecessary costs and paper while improving the timeliness and accessibility of disclosures.
Buy-Side AI Adoption Hindered by Broker Research Licensing Restrictions
More than three-quarters of buy-side firms have deployed generative AI platforms.
Institutional Focus Shifts to Digital Asset Infrastructure
Firms are evaluating providers based on asset protection and operational controls.
Fidelity Tops Strategy’s Bitcoin Bank Adoption Index
Institutional adoption is accelerating but still early at 32%.
VOL REPORT: Crossed Wires: Separating Perception From Reality
Cboe report notes that perpetual futures and 0DTE options are fundamentally different instruments.
Global ETF Industry Reaches Record US$23.1 Trillion
Equity ETFs led inflows in June, gathering $123 billion during the month.
DERIVSOURCE: CFTC and SEC Launch Review of Portfolio Margining Rules
Expanded portfolio margining could improve liquidity and collateral efficiency.
Innovation Rises as ETF Issuers Enter New Asset Classes
Acuiti report finds tokenization is emerging as an important long-term shift.
SK Hynix Demonstrates Growth of Pre-IPO Perpetuals
Perpetual futures can offer price discovery of the ADR premium for U.S. shares of a foreign stock.
Citadel’s Ken Griffin: AI Will Spark an Entrepreneurial Boom
CEO said AI is transforming business models while making compute a critical competitive advantage.
VOL REPORT: DSPX Index Jumps to 6-Year High Ahead of Earnings
Cboe S&P 500 Dispersion Index has diverged from its typical cyclical pattern.
Kalshi Hires Dillon Borgida as Head of Private Client Sales & Services
Borgida is tasked with developing a white-glove support program for advanced traders.
TRADER TV
Inside Norges Bank’s AI Playbook: How agentic AI Is rewriting trading
Nicholas Dunbar, Global Trading Editor discusses his recent reporting, where he spoke to the quant team of Norges Bank Investment Management on how they are using agentic AI to reshape the firm’s trading functions.
COMMENTARY
The Great Equity Rotation: Earnings, Geopolitics and Rates Test Market Leadership
By Jeffrey O’Connor, Head of Equity Market Structure & Sales, Americas at Liquidnet
DERIVSOURCE
Why Faster Reasoning will Define the Next Phase of FX Options Electronification
Unlike in spot markets, the next stage of derivatives digitization won't be won on latency alone.
RETAIL REPORT
Cboe Aims to Convert Prediction Market Traders to Options
The first product in the new suite is Mini S&P 500 Index prediction market contracts.
ON THE MOVE
ON THE MOVE: Kavi Gupta Joins BNP Paribas; SEC Names Paul Knight
The weekly recap of new hires, promotions and job changes in capital markets trading and technology.