The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is selling the hybrid, U.S. voice-broking business operations of Creditex to London-based interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, which recently agreed to acquire similar businesses from competitor ICAP. Officials at ICE say they will retain the electronically traded markets and systems, post-trade connectivity platforms and intellectual property… Read More >>
Cryptocurrencies Gain Ground Amid Real Money
The world of cryptocurrencies is an alternate yet visible reality that is gaining ground slowly but surely amid the established Matrix of supposedly real money. To recap, the main digital/cryptocurrency is the non-political online Bitcoin “backed exclusively by code,” according to the Bitcoin Foundation website. “This means that — ultimately — it is only as… Read More >>
