A goodwill impairment from ErisX significantly hurt the company’s GAAP earnings, but otherwise, business results improved from last year.
ErisX Exchange Asks CFTC to Approve Sports Bet Futures as ‘Risk Hedging’ Tools
If approved, three proposed futures contracts would be tied to the outcome of National Football League games.
Standard Chartered Bank to Launch Crypto Trading for Institutional Investors: Sources
Standard Chartered has gathered a group of crypto exchanges for a new digital asset trading platform tailored to the institutional market.
Bitcoin Derivatives Firm ErisX Adds Cash-Settled Contracts After Physically-Settled Futures Fall Flat
Cryptocurrency derivatives platform ErisX launched cash-settled bounded futures on Tuesday.
ErisX Unit Gets CFTC ‘OK’ to Clear Fully Collateralized Swaps
The clearing arm of ErisX got approval to diversify beyond virtual currencies.
Hawaii Welcomes Crypto Exchanges Back With New Regulatory Sandbox
ErisX and bitFlyer are among the 12 crypto exchanges piloting Hawaii’s digital currency regulatory sandbox, that will allow selected entities to do business in the state without its stringent money transmitter license for a two-year period.
Institutional Trading House ErisX Joins Silvergate Exchange Network
ErisX, a crypto exchange for institutional investors, has joined the payments network of bitcoin-friendly Silvergate Bank.
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 27, 2020
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It’s another episode of CoinDesk’s the Markets Daily podcast.
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 27, 2020
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It’s another episode of CoinDesk’s the Markets Daily podcast.
ErisX Releases API for Bulk Trading of Bitcoin, Ether
ErisX has released a block trading API for futures contracts and spot market trades to help large traders.
ErisX Announces Launch of First US Ether Futures Contracts
ErisX is launching physically settled ether futures contracts, it announced Monday.
ErisX Becomes Latest Crypto Firm to Receive New York’s BitLicense
Eris Clearing, the clearing and settlement arm of ErisX, has been awarded the hard-to-come-by Virtual Currency License from New York’s Department of Financial Services.
TradeStation Builds out Crypto Trading Arm With ErisX Tie-Up
TradeStation only ventured into crypto trading back in May 2019.
Fidelity Taps ErisX Exchange to Boost Crypto Trading Liquidity
Fidelity Digital Asset has signed onto ErisX’s clearinghouse, giving its customers access to the exchange’s order book in a bid to boost liquidity.
ErisX Hires Capital Markets Veteran as Chief Risk Officer
Vindhu Singh is the firm’s first chief risk officer, and will report to Head of Eris Clearing Liz James.
ErisX Adds New Trading Features with Etale Partnership
The partnership will provide clients with machine learning-based order execution.
ErisX Takes on Bakkt With Launch of Physically-Settled US Bitcoin Futures
ErisX plans to work with futures commission merchants and brokerages starting next year, allowing investors hoping to trade its physically-settled bitcoin futures an alternative to Bakkt
Authoritarian Airdop: Maduro ‘Gifts’ Petros to Venezuelans for Christmas
Discussing new trials of an LN point-of-sale app; updates in consumer & institutional crypto derivatives, and Venezuelan petros as holiday bonuses.
What a Schwab-TD Ameritrade Merger Would Mean for Crypto
A takeover of TD Ameritrade by Charles Schwab would marry one of the few mainstream financial firms to embrace crypto with one whose stance is less clear.
Seed CX Begins Testing Swap Contracts Settled in Real Bitcoin
Seed CX has begun testing bitcoin margin swaps with users and is waiting on regulatory approval to launch them.
