The City View: LMAX CEO urges City to ‘support young talent’ amid Covid October 15, 2020 In this episode Christian talks to David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Group, the fast-growing fintech firm and FX and institutional crypto exchange that clocked up $56m (£43m) in gross profit in 2019, with trading volumes of $3.5tn. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS LMAX Group is listed in the Deloitte Fast 50 and The Sunday Times [...]
The Top 7 Googled Questions on Blockchain Technology Answered! October 13, 2020 Graphic Credit: iStock Photos (License)
Crypto AM: Market View in association with Ziglu October 12, 2020 FCA Bans Crypto Derivatives and ETNs for Retail Investors, Square Bets $50 Million on Bitcoin This week CryptoCompare data shows the price of Bitcoin (BTC) moved steadily up from around $10,600 to an $11,400 high. The cryptocurrency has seemingly finally been able to breach the $11,000 mark as it’s now trading at $11,350. Ether (ETH), [...]
FCA bans sales of crypto-derivatives to retail consumers October 6, 2020 The Financial Conduct Authority has announced rules banning the sale of derivatives related to certain types of crypto-assets to retail consumers. The ban will affect the sale, marketing and distribution of any derivatives – including contracts for difference, options and futures – as well as exchange traded notes that relate to unregulated cryptoassets. Read more: [...]
The City View: Patrick L Young on exchanges and the future of finance July 28, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS In today’s bumper edition of The City View, Andy Silvester is joined by entrepreneur, author and former exchange boss Patrick L Young. Patrick takes us on a global tour of exchanges and the plumbing of the world’s financial system, touching on the remarkable technological achievements of the last two [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Simerman talks Covid-19, Digital Assets and IOTA June 9, 2020 | City Talk Dan Simerman is an investor and technical product manager well versed in consumer psychology, digital assets and open source software development. Dan has a history of building software for Fortune 50 financial institutions, multinational media companies and strategic consulting firms. As Head of Financial Relations at the IOTA Foundation, Dan’s goal is to support technology [...]