Steady Start For MGEX’s 2018 Year
MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), has concluded the first month of 2018 on a good note with total volume coming in at 146,019 contracts.read more...
View ArticleBack at $1: Ripple's XRP Retreats Amid Market Sell-off
Down to a two-week low, Ripple's XRP token is taking a beating amid a broad losses across the cryptocurrency markets.
View ArticleSamsung Confirms It's Now Making Cryptocurrency Mining Chips
Samsung has confirmed it is now manufacturing cryptocurrency mining chips after reports earlier this week.
View ArticleIndia's Finance Minister Strikes Stern Tone on Cryptos in Budget Speech
During his annual budget speech, Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley confirmed his position that cryptocurrencies are not legal tender.
View ArticleReuters Launches New Esports Wire For Media Customers Seeking Coverage Of...
Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider, today announced the launch of a new wire service devoted to coverage of esports, available now to Reuters News Agency customers. The...
View ArticleEEX Trading Results For January 2018 - EEX Grows Volumes On EUA Derivatives...
In January 2018, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) achieved a total volume of 240.9 TWh on its power derivatives markets (January 2017: 291.1 TWh). The January volume comprised 140.3 TWh traded at EEX...
View ArticleIOSCO Issues Recommendations And Good Practices To Improve Liquidity Risk...
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has issued today final recommendations that seek to improve liquidity risk management practices of open-ended collective...
View ArticleEDHEC-Risk Institute Provides An Academic Framework To Maximise The Benefits...
When many asset classes plunged together during the 2008 market downturn despite their apparent differences, it became increasingly apparent that a seemingly well-diversified portfolio could exhibit a...
View ArticleDaily: Market Dips / FUD from India and BinanceDaily: Market Dips / FUD from...
Market Drops following news from India and negative media reception. 1:09 Market continues to slide 4:32 India does not consider cryptocurrencies as legal tender 7:38 Binance fully blocks Chinese IPs...
View Article2-Month Low: Bitcoin Price Drops Below $9K
The price of bitcoin has fallen below $9,000 for the first time in two months, representing a decline of roughly 11% on the day.
View ArticleSPECTRE Creators Propose 'PHANTOM' Blockchain Protocol
The researchers behind the SPECTRE project have developed another blockchain scaling solution called the PHANTOM protocol.
View ArticleRemarks of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz at the DerivCon 2018: SEFCON...
Remarks of CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz at the DerivCon 2018: SEFCON Transformed, Pivoting from Adoption to Adaptation
View ArticleOneChicago Announces Trading Volume For January 2018
OneChicago, LLC (OCX), a securities finance exchange, today announced its January 2018 volume of 889,659, an increase of 14% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering...
View ArticleIBOR Global Benchmark Survey Transition Roadmap
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA), the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), as well as the Securities...
View ArticleDoes E-Cigarette Advertising Encourage Adult Smokers to Quit? -- by Dhaval M....
Only recently introduced into the U.S. market, e-cigarettes have been aggressively promoted, and use is increasing rapidly among both adults and youths. At the heart of the regulatory debate are...
View ArticleThe Effects of Computers and Acquired Skills on Earnings, Employment and...
This paper provides the first evidence on the earnings, employment and college enrollment effects of computers and acquired skills from a randomized controlled trial providing computers to entering...
View ArticleTargeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products -- by Diego Aparicio, Alberto...
We study the impact of targeted price controls for supermarket products in Argentina from 2007 to 2015. Using web-scraping, we collected daily prices for controlled and non-controlled goods and...
View ArticleThe "End of Men" and Rise of Women in the High-Skilled Labor Market...
We document a new finding regarding changes in labor market outcomes for men and women in the US. Since 1980, conditional on being a college-educated man, the probability of working in a...
View ArticleQuantitative Analysis of Multi-Party Tariff Negotiations -- by Kyle Bagwell,...
This paper develops a model of international tariff negotiations to study the design of the institutional rules of the GATT/WTO. We embed a multi-sector model of trade between multiple countries into a...
View ArticleDebt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines...
A debt trap occurs when someone takes on a high-interest rate loan and is barely able to pay back the interest, and thus perpetually finds themselves in debt (often by re-financing). Studying such...
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