Institutional trading
The latest updates on exchanges, liquidity providers, trading venues, and all other institutional trading firms.
21shares expands French retail access to three crypto ETPs through BitGo custody
The custody transfer is designed to simplify intermediary checks while keeping the products available through familiar bank and brokerage channels.
By Simon Mugo
CME Group to launch Treasury Link for cash-futures spread trading on Globex
CME Group plans to connect CBOT Treasury futures and BrokerTec cash Treasuries through a single spread submission, targeting Q4 2026 pending regulatory review.
By Simon Mugo
IPC partners with Luware to add cloud compliance recording for global clients
Financial communications provider IPC integrates Luware Recording into its connectivity infrastructure, giving clients immediate access to cloud-based capture, retention, and AI-enabled surveillance.
By Simon Mugo
Marex buys Bright Point International to expand Asia-Pacific clearing and China access
Nasdaq-listed Marex agrees to acquire a Singapore-based clearing business, adding roughly $800 million in client balances and over 70 staff across five countries.
By Simon Mugo
Leverage Shares lists Europe’s first SpaceX and DRAM income ETPs
Leverage Shares moved within weeks of SpaceX’s IPO to offer European investors leveraged, inverse, and options-based income exposure to the name on four exchanges.
By Simon Mugo
Clear Street appoints Puneet Pardasani as global head of institutional sales and sales trading
The former Bank of America cross-asset distribution chief will oversee a reorganised Markets structure as Clear Street centralises institutional sales, sales trading and distribution under one leader.
By Simon Mugo
CIX approved as custodian for Abaxx carbon futures after first CORSIA delivery
Climate Impact X can now hold delivered credits for Abaxx Exchange participants, with the first live transaction already completed on July 1.
By Simon Mugo
Cboe posts June 2026 trading volume report
US exchange operator Cboe Global Markets has published its latest monthly statistics package covering options, futures, equities and global FX.
By Simon Mugo
Bitget upgrades institutional pricing with new market groupings and higher maker rebates
Bitget restructured its PRO and Liquidity Incentive Programs, splitting spot and futures pairs into distinct groups and raising maker rebates on long-tail markets.
By Simon Mugo
ICE posts record June financial derivatives performance as open interest rises 20% year over year
Intercontinental Exchange reported broad gains across rates, agriculture and financials in June, with interest rate open interest up 52% and multiple contracts hitting all-time highs.
By Simon Mugo
ICE Futures Europe adds tiered price limits for Long Gilt and SONIA futures
ICE Futures Europe has extended its tiered price-limit framework to two Sterling interest-rate contracts, adding a three-tier halt mechanism to reduce volatility.
By Simon Mugo
CME Group hits record June ADV of 30.6 million contracts
The derivatives exchange posted its second-highest quarter ever in Q2, with equity index volumes surging 54% and micro-sized contracts accounting for half of all equity index flow.
By David Kimberley
Kraken launches API Partner Program with lifetime commissions for new integrations
Kraken said on Thursday it was launching its API Partner Program, a new route for trading platforms and multi-venue tools to plug into Kraken’s infrastructure for spot, futures and xStocks tokenized-equities trading. The program provides tiered lifetime commissions to eligible new integrations, with no fixed term limits on eligibility. Partners also receive a real-time dashboard
By Simon Mugo
Caliber integrates Chainlink ACE for real estate fund tokenization
The Nasdaq-listed alternative asset manager is adopting Chainlink’s compliance infrastructure to automate verification, administration and distribution for tokenized private real estate funds.
By Simon Mugo
ATFX Connect Releases Q3 2026 Institutional Edge on Geopolitical Risks and Oil Market Volatility
ATFX Connect has released its Q3 2026 Institutional Edge report, examining how geopolitical tensions and oil market volatility could shape trading activity.
By Simon Mugo
Abaxx Exchange tops 100,000 contracts in a single day as gold futures hit record
The Singapore-based commodity venue traded 117,879 contracts on July 1, with Gold Singapore futures accounting for nearly all of the activity.
By Simon Mugo
Hong Kong’s asset and wealth management AUM hit record high after 20% growth, SFC survey shows
The SFC’s 2025 survey found Hong Kong’s managed-money industry reached an all-time high, accelerating from the 13% growth recorded a year earlier.
By Simon Mugo
ICE, NATIVX to launch energy-normalized compute futures
Intercontinental Exchange announces its second compute-linked derivatives initiative in six weeks, this time built around standardized energy consumption metrics.
By Simon Mugo
Nasdaq posts record $129.3 billion in H1 listings, expands Texas venue
SpaceX’s $85.7 billion IPO accounted for two-thirds of proceeds as Nasdaq captured seven of the 10 largest U.S. listings in 2026’s first half.
By Simon Mugo
Streamex says first GLDY reserve attestation shows 100%+ gold backing
EisnerAmper completed an independent examination of GLDY’s reserves as of March 31, finding gold holdings met or exceeded outstanding redeemable tokens. Streamex plans monthly attestations going forward.
By Simon Mugo