Futures and options

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CFTC sues Gemini over 'false statements' relating bitcoin futures plan

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued Gemini Trust accusing the crypto exchange of false statements relating to the self-certification of a bitcoin futures product.

/markets

FIA Tech opens Tampa client services and ops centre

FIA Tech, the futures industry’s leading technology provider, today announced that it has launched a new client services and operations center in Tampa, Florida.

/crypto

CME Group launches micro-sized Bitcoin an Ether options

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today launched options on Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether futures, further expanding its suite of cryptocurrency derivatives offerings.

/crypto

Micro investing app Acorns adds bitcoin futures

Savings and investing app Acorns is now offering users the option to invest a portion of their portfolio in bitcoin futures.

/crypto

Goldman Sachs executes first OTC crypto trade

Goldman Sachs has teamed up with Galaxy Digital Holdings to execute its first over-the-counter crypto options transaction.

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B2C2 becomes first crypto liquidity provider to join FIA

B2C2, the crypto-native liquidity provider across market conditions, today announced that it has joined FIA, the leading global trade organisation for the futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets, as Associate Member, alongside global institutions supporting open, transparent and competitive markets.

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LMAX Group to launch 24/7 traded crypto futures in partnership with SIX

LMAX Group, the leading operator of institutional exchanges for FX and crypto currency trading, has partnered with SIX, one of Europe’s leading operators of Financial Market Infrastructures, to launch cash-settled, centrally cleared crypto-asset futures (“crypto futures”).

/crypto

CME to launch micro-sized bitcoin and ether options

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it plans to launch options on Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether futures on March 28, pending regulatory review.

/crypto

Solana portfolio and risk manager Friktion announces capital raise of $5.5m

Friktion Labs is excited to announce a capital raise of $5.5 million from Jump Crypto, DeFiance Capital, Pillar VC, Libertus Capital, Delphi Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Tribe Capital, Castle Island Ventures, Dialectic, Petrock Capital, Solana Ventures. Alongside, Friktion has brought on board a group of industry-leading derivatives traders and market makers in Genesis Trading, Alameda Research, LedgerPrime, QCP Capital, CMS Holdings, Orthogonal Trading, and GSR.

/markets

FIA Tech opens R&D hub in London

FIA Tech, the US technology offshoot of the Futures Industry Association, has opened an R&D hub in London, its first overseas location.

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NinjaTrader acquires Tradovate

NinjaTrader Group, LLC, a leading provider of trading software and brokerage services to active traders, today announced that it has acquired Tradovate Holdings, LLC, a leading online futures brokerage firm and trading technology provider, for $115 million.

/markets

DeFi futures and options exchange Zeta raises $8.5m

Zeta Markets (“Zeta” or “the Platform”), a cutting-edge decentralized finance (DeFi) futures and options exchange built on Solana, today announced that it completed a $8.5M strategic funding round led by Jump Capital.

/crypto

FTX US picks Eventus for trade surveillance

FTX US, a leading U.S.-regulated cryptocurrency exchange, and Eventus Systems, Inc., an award-winning global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that the exchange will deploy the Eventus Validus platform to conduct trade surveillance and risk monitoring on FTX US, and FTX US Derivatives, its recently acquired licensed cryptocurrency futures and options exchange and clearinghouse.

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CME Group launches micro ether futures

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today launched Micro Ether futures, further expanding its suite of cryptocurrency derivatives offerings, and marking its second micro cryptocurrency product this year.

/markets

FIA releases report to modernise trading processes

FIA today released a report calling on participants in the futures and options industry to work together on a major initiative to improve the efficiency of the trading and clearing process for exchange-traded derivatives.

/crypto

CME Group to launch micro Ether futures

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its crypto derivatives offerings with the introduction of Micro Ether futures on December 6, pending regulatory review.

/sustainable

TP Icap launches climate index

TP Icap is teaming up with environmental risk management outfit Speedwell to launch an index that uses global weather data to track climate change thereby allowing financial risk related to the rate of change to be traded.

/markets

Cboe and MSCI expand relationship

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, and MSCI Inc., a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, today announced they have signed a licensing agreement that extends and broadens their strategic relationship.

/crypto

Cboe buys digital asset exchange ErisX

Cboe Global Markets is making a major move into the cryptocurrency arena, agreeing to buy ErisX Digital Holdings, which operates a digital asset spot market, a futures exchange and a clearing house. Financial terms were not disclosed.

/sustainable

CME introduces sustainable clearing

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of the derivatives industry's first-ever Sustainable Clearing service to help market participants track and report on how their hedging activities are advancing their sustainability goals.