Market onlookers hailing from DTCC, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets, and LMAX Group discuss the future of digital assets, including its ever-increasing traction, the importance of transparency, and how both the sell- and buy-side are approaching the technology.
Market commentators from R3, 4OTC, and Devexperts give their insights into how the cryptocurrency situation is set to play out, touching on regulatory decisions still to come, where the key challenges are, and of course the relevance of the recent US election result.
Scheduled to launch in Q1 2025, GFO-X is the UK’s first regulated and centrally cleared trading venue dedicated to digital asset derivatives.
The product will be available from 2 December; exclusively listed and traded on Cboe Options Exchange.
The move follows One Trading receiving European crypto derivatives trading approval, making it the first Mifid II trading venue for perpetual futures in the EU.
Development builds upon the launch of FTSE Bitcoin index futures and options last year, with the new Ether offering listed in EUR and USD.
Investors will be provided with access to the $2.4 trillion digital asset landscape through manager-directed strategies.
New collaboration will target growing investor demand for exchange-traded derivatives to manage crypto exposure in a US-regulated trading environment.
The market infrastructure triumvirate calls for market-wide mobilisation of support for digital asset standards.
New offering will allow participants to access a broad range of currency pairs, which will mirror the traditional FX market experience.