24 Oct 2024
Digital assets: DBS rolls out blockchain-based banking for institutions
In this week’s roundup, we also look at the Prague Stock Exchange pioneering DLT technology to implement securities settlement, MarketVector’s index deployment into 21Shares crypto ETP, and the launch of the SDX-Rulematch partnership aimed at transforming the institutional crypto trading and custody market.
14 Oct 2024
Digital assets: Caladan builds crypto structured products desk, QCP names new CCO
In this week’s roundup, we look at the latest developments at Caladan, NBB, QCP Capital, Bybit and 21Shares, among others.
31 May 2024
Digital assets: DB enters MAS' Project Guardian, crypto ETPs debut in the UK
In this week’s roundup, we look at Deutsche Bank's move towards asset tokenisation, the launch of physically backed crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) by 21Shares and WisdomTree in the UK, Singapore’s Marketnode new funding round led by HSBC, the upcoming Volatility Shares' leveraged Ether ETF, and more.
27 Jan 2023
Cryptos: Yield App acquires US structured product provider
Digital wealth platform Yield App has acquired Trofi Group, a crypto platform that offers structured product solutions, to capitalise on ‘growing investor demand for enhanced yield investment opportunities’.
15 Sep 2022
Change of direction - risk management in focus
The recent crash in the crypto market has brought attention to risk management and the need for broader market exposure to avoid the risk of overweighing on single names.
05 Aug 2022
Cryptos: Singapore crypto exchange debuts shark fin structure
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has launched the Bybit Shark Fin, a new structured product aimed at investors with a low-risk appetite seeking to access the crypto market.
26 Jul 2022
Cryptos: bear markets can last longer than you think
In an environment surrounded by major crash landings and the implosion of several hedge funds and trading vehicles such as the 21Shares Terra crypto ETP (Luna) that have had a ripple effect on the broader market, headwinds are expected in an already volatile crypto market.
02 Jun 2022
Cryptos: world’s largest crypto ETP issuer enters US market
21Shares, the world’s largest issuer of crypto exchange traded products (ETP), has entered the US market with two tracker funds offering exposure to some of the largest assets in the digital space.
04 May 2022
DeFi: former GS traders build decentralised i-bank
Ondo Finance has raised a US$20m Series A to accelerate the adoption of DeFi among mainstream investors.
14 Apr 2022
People: Monex rejigs treasury and markets
The Mexican financial services firm was forced to reshuffle its derivatives and structured products teams following the decease of the divisional head.
08 Mar 2022
Digital assets: J.P. Morgan invests in blockchain intelligence platform, calls for crypto hedging quick fix
J.P. Morgan has joined the roster of leading financial firms to invest in TRM crypto compliance and risk management technology.
22 Feb 2022
People: Julius Baer head of structured products advisory & solutions Apac exits
Roger Meier, head of structured products advisory & solutions Apac at Bank Julius Baer, in Singapore, has parted ways with the Swiss private bank.