Bitcoin – bonkers or brilliant? – FT.com

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Not since the dotcom bubble at the turn of the millennium, when business plans that would have been laughed out a bank manager’s office floated with multimillion pound valuations, has there been such temptation as there is around Bitcoin.
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Stock traders with need for speed turn to laser beams

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As high-speed stock traders push to trade ever faster, their newest move involves harnessing a technology that U.S. military jets use to communicate as they soar across the sky: lasers. (.@pattersonscott High-Speed Stock Traders Turn to Laser Beams.

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Lasers at 1275 K Street in Washington

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UBS Executes First Introducing Broker-Style Interest-Rate Swap Trade for a Client on an Anonymous SEF Order Book

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UBS Investment Bank acting as an introducing broker, completed the first trade today involving an end customer entering an order via the UBS Neo Execution Services platform, which was automatically routed to trueEx and executed against the…
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Sapient Global Markets Details the Challenges and Opportunities of Trading on Swap Execution Facilities | Reference Data Review

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Reference Data Review is the online destination that reference data professionals turn to for the market news, analysis and intelligence they need to excel in their jobs (Sapient Global Markets Details the Challenges and Opportunities of Trading on…
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Lucera Launches On-demand Infrastructure for Global Electronic Trading | IntelligentTradingTechnology.com

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Lucera Launches On-demand Infrastructure for Global Electronic Trading http://t.co/CDU5qF0WhN
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Australia’s new exchange offers fast track for Chinese firms

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SYDNEY, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Australia’s newest stock exchangelaunched on Thursday with plans to attract Chinese companiesthat want to dodge red tape at home and shake off regulatorypressure on valuations, (RT @JamesHardcastle: Australia’s newest exchange…
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New Asian asset management body pledges to act for buy-side traders | news | Regions | Asia | thetradenews.com

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New Asian asset management body pledges to act for buy-side traders http://t.co/8six376JpU
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Bitcoin: It’s the platform, not the currency, stupid!

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This research is courtesy of Sander Duivestein, professional speaker and trendwatcher at VINT, the International Research Institute of Sogeti, and Patrick Savalle, founder and technical …

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An absolute must read!!!!

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Thailand resumes Bitcoin exchange

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Thailand has resumed its Bitcoin exchange, after changing its stance on whether the digital currency should be considered legal tender in the country.
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London Metal Exchange: LME widens direct access to market data

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The London Metal Exchange (LME) today announces a new policy to allow clients of LME members to connect directly to the Exchange’s electronic trading platform, LMEselect, for market data.
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