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BIS Warns: Beware of High Leverage Amid the AI Frenzy
Odaily reports: In its latest quarterly assessment, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), known as the "central bank of central banks," issued a warning that alongside the rapid rise in leverage and the growing opacity of underlying debt structures, the financial vulnerabilities underpinning this round of exuberance are intensifying.This risk warning is not unfounded. In July of this year, the Situational Awareness fund, helmed by Leopold Aschenbrenner, staged a harrowing episode. The fund had placed heavy bets on the AI sector, but a sharp drop in the valuation of its underlying assets triggered a wave of margin calls from banks, ultimately forcing it to urgently transfer the core holdings of its public market equity portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel in order to barely survive the liquidity crisis.In the BIS's view, this incident is a typical microcosm of leveraged hedge funds becoming deeply entangled in core markets. Frank Smets, Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics at the BIS, pointed out that cross-market leverage is concerning, as it can easily amplify normal market fluctuations into severe systemic shocks. The near-miss of AI-themed hedge funds has once again laid this risk bare.
Citadel Securities Calls for US SEC Regulation of Event Contracts Tied to U.S. Stocks
Citadel Securities has submitted comments to U.S. regulators, urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee event contracts tied to U.S. publicly traded companies. The market maker argued that trading platforms should not evade the SEC's regulatory jurisdiction by obtaining self-certification from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The battle over regulatory authority for event contracts continues to intensify. While some U.S. prediction markets are currently offering such contracts under the CFTC framework, the regulatory dividing line between the SEC and CFTC is becoming a key focus for the market as event contracts increasingly encompass financial assets like equities.
Robinhood Partners with Crypto.com on Prediction Market Deal
Odaily News: Robinhood has reached an agreement with Crypto.com to further expand its prediction market business. Under the agreement, Robinhood will list event contracts provided by OG.com, Crypto.com's prediction market platform, and will take a minority stake in both Crypto.com and OG.com.Following an investment from Citadel Securities in July this year, OG.com's valuation has reached approximately $5 billion. (WSJ)
EntropyIO completes $14 million funding round with $40 million in HYPE staking support
EntropyIO announced the completion of a $14 million funding round, led by Ribbit Capital, along with $40 million in HYPE staking support. The first batch of markets has gone live on Hyperliquid.EntropyIO stated that it has launched the first liquid Anthropic trading market and plans to further expand into assets such as Pre-IPO startups, computing resources, public companies, and global indices to enable around-the-clock trading.Team members come from Citadel Securities, Optiver, Polymarket, and Millennium, and have developed a liquidity-weighted oracle that dynamically adjusts external oracle price weights based on executable market depth, aiming to improve price discovery and liquidity for new asset classes.
SEC Probes Collapse of AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness
According to Reuters, the U.S. SEC is investigating AI hedge fund Situational Awareness's trading activities and high-leverage positions during the market turmoil in July, and has issued subpoenas to Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Bank of America, requiring them to provide information related to the fund's trades and financing. Situational Awareness was founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, who previously worked at FTX Future Fund, with assets under management briefly exceeding $20 billion. In July, the fund suffered a monthly loss of approximately 67% due to declines in AI and chip stocks, and was subsequently forced to sell most of its public equity portfolio to Citadel.
“AI Stock God” Affiliated Fund Once Reached Out to Sequoia and Greenoaks, Seeking to Sell Some Private Assets to Ease Liquidity Pressure
Odaily News: AI hedge fund Situational Awareness, while facing margin pressure from lenders, had sought to sell some of its private company holdings to raise cash and reached out to institutions including Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks. However, after Situational Awareness reached a deal with Citadel to sell most of its public stock portfolio, the fund ultimately decided not to sell its private assets.Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks, and Situational Awareness all declined to comment. (Bloomberg)
Citadel Securities Calls for US SEC Regulation of Event Contracts Tied to U.S. Stocks
Citadel Securities has submitted comments to U.S. regulators, urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee event contracts tied to U.S. publicly traded companies. The market maker argued that trading platforms should not evade the SEC's regulatory jurisdiction by obtaining self-certification from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The battle over regulatory authority for event contracts continues to intensify. While some U.S. prediction markets are currently offering such contracts under the CFTC framework, the regulatory dividing line between the SEC and CFTC is becoming a key focus for the market as event contracts increasingly encompass financial assets like equities.
JPMorgan and Citadel Securities Both Warn: Stay Cautious Ahead of Nonfarm Payrolls, Advise Investors to Hedge Downside Risk in Advance
Odaily News JPMorgan and Citadel Securities have both issued short-term warnings, advising investors to remain cautious ahead of the upcoming period of dense macro data releases and the Federal Reserve policy meeting, and to utilize option prices currently at yearly lows to strengthen downside risk hedging.After Fed Chair Warsh delivered a clear signal in his highly anticipated speech on August 28, emphasizing that U.S. inflation has not shown any substantial slowdown, the trading team led by JPMorgan's Head of U.S. Market Intelligence, Andrew Tyler, decided to abandon their bullish stance ahead of the September 16 Fed policy decision. Although they expect economic data and corporate earnings to continue providing support, they have downgraded their view on U.S. equities to tactically cautious.Scott Rubner, Head of Equity and Equity Derivatives Strategy at Citadel Securities, noted that retail investor buying activity in September, as tracked by his firm, has been the weakest of the year since 2019. On days when the S&P 500 index declines, average net retail buying volume is only about half of normal levels. (Bloomberg)
SEC Probes Collapse of AI Hedge Fund Situational Awareness
According to Reuters, the U.S. SEC is investigating AI hedge fund Situational Awareness's trading activities and high-leverage positions during the market turmoil in July, and has issued subpoenas to Wall Street banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup, and Bank of America, requiring them to provide information related to the fund's trades and financing. Situational Awareness was founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, who previously worked at FTX Future Fund, with assets under management briefly exceeding $20 billion. In July, the fund suffered a monthly loss of approximately 67% due to declines in AI and chip stocks, and was subsequently forced to sell most of its public equity portfolio to Citadel.
SEC Investigates AI Fund Situational Awareness Over Discounted Liquidation Incident
The U.S. SEC is investigating the near-collapse of AI hedge fund Situational Awareness and has issued subpoenas to related Wall Street banks. The fund previously managed over $30 billion in assets and was recently forced to liquidate its positions at a discount to Citadel due to market volatility.
Stanley Druckenmiller Buys $87.8 Million in Bitdeer and Hyperliquid Strategies Shares
Odaily News: Duquesne Family Office founder Stanley Druckenmiller purchased 4.1 million shares of high-performance computing company Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR) in the second quarter, with a position value exceeding $64.7 million and an average purchase price of $12.26. The company produces cryptocurrency mining hardware and operates data centers in the United States and other regions.Additionally, Druckenmiller bought 2.9 million shares of Hyperliquid Strategies (PURR), a digital asset treasury company in the HYPE sector, with a position value of $23.1 million, gaining indirect exposure to HYPE. Hyperliquid Strategies aims to provide U.S. and institutional investors with investment channels related to the HYPE token.Druckenmiller's moves are similar to concurrent increases in BTDR positions by Jane Street and Citadel, with Jane Street currently holding over $112 million worth of BTDR shares. BlackRock, State Street, and Citadel also increased their PURR holdings in the second quarter; HYPE previously hit an all-time high following related compliance progress news. (Bitcoin.com News)
Wintermute Completes U.S. Broker-Dealer Registration, Expands into Traditional Securities Market Making Sector
According to WSJ reports, Wintermute's US subsidiary has registered as a broker-dealer, marking the crypto trading company's formal entry into the regulated US financial market. This registration qualifies it to apply to become a designated market maker for stock exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, providing a foundation for its expansion into the traditional financial services sector. The report noted that Wintermute is competing with large market-making firms such as Jane Street Capital and Citadel Securities.
Uniswap Founder Hayden: Correlated Trading Pairs Will Drive AMMs into Global Financial Markets
Odaily News Uniswap founder Hayden said on X that correlated trading pairs are emerging. The top five tokenized SPY trading pairs by volume are "bridge" pairs connecting other common base pairs, which then primarily link to highly correlated tokenized stocks. These markets are global, programmable, low-cost, and operate 24/7.Uniswap founder Hayden said on X:.I've been working at the frontier of DeFi for 9 years. It's a fascinating field with infinite depth and the potential to transform capital markets.I've always believed AMMs hold immense potential, but for the past decade, one question has persisted: Can this novel market structure truly become the core engine for all financial markets?After years of evolution and development, the path for AMMs to achieve global dominance is becoming increasingly clear. To explain this, we need to start in 1976.Tokenization Changes Market Makers.Index funds celebrated their 50th anniversary this month. When Jack Bogle launched the index fund in 1976, he hoped to raise $150 million but ultimately raised only $11.3 million. Competitors called it "Bogle's Folly," posting posters claiming index funds were un-American. They argued that a fund making no decisions couldn't possibly beat professionals paid to make decisions. Today, the majority of US fund assets are allocated to passive investment vehicles.I've been thinking about this recently because tokenization's "folly moment" is ending. The SEC has approved NASDAQ and the NYSE to trade tokenized stocks. DTCC, which handles virtually all US securities settlement, also conducted a live pilot of tokenized trades in July. Nearly all related activity is described the same way: treating tokenization as an infrastructure upgrade.The same markets, faster, cheaper, and always open. These statements are all true, but I believe the infrastructure upgrade framework obscures a larger change. Tokenization makes markets programmable, changing how markets exist, who makes markets, and what is traded.In 2018, I created Uniswap, an automated market maker protocol. Anyone can deposit two assets into a shared liquidity pool and earn fees from every trade, while prices adjust along a curve as users buy and sell. Uniswap has operated autonomously since its launch, processing over $4.6 trillion in cumulative volume and increasing DEX spot volume share from under 1% to over 20%.As AMMs like Uniswap continue to evolve, their liquidity has formed a pattern most financial markets haven't noticed yet: correlated trading pairs.The Easiest Place to Find Success.To succeed everywhere, you must first succeed somewhere. AMMs found product-market fit in long-tail markets because most assets previously couldn't attract professional market makers' attention. On Uniswap, anyone can create a market with a single transaction, and issuers and early supporters can become the first liquidity providers.Then came stablecoin pairs. Take USDC/USDT, for example. A good passive strategy can approach optimal l
SEC Investigates AI Fund Situational Awareness Over Discounted Liquidation Incident
The U.S. SEC is investigating the near-collapse of AI hedge fund Situational Awareness and has issued subpoenas to related Wall Street banks. The fund previously managed over $30 billion in assets and was recently forced to liquidate its positions at a discount to Citadel due to market volatility.
AI fund Situational Awareness drawdown drags on Jane Street, with July losses reaching $15 billion
Odaily News: Wall Street quantitative trading giant Jane Street suffered losses of approximately $15 billion in the July market selloff due to its investments in AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness and other tech stocks.Sources familiar with the matter revealed that despite the significant drawdown in July, Jane Street's trading revenue this year has already exceeded $40 billion, far surpassing global major banks and other market makers, and exceeding its full-year 2025 trading revenue of $39.6 billion.In an internal memo to employees, Jane Street confirmed that July was a "rough month" for the firm. The company stated that its investment in AI-focused hedge fund Situational Awareness, which had expanded positions due to strong performance in the first half of the year, experienced a sharp drawdown during the AI stock selloff, bringing returns on the related investment back to roughly breakeven for the year, though it remains profitable relative to the initial investment.Situational Awareness, founded by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, had drawn market attention for its heavy positions in AI-related stocks. After the sharp correction in the AI sector in July, the fund sold most of its stock positions to Citadel, owned by billionaire Ken Griffin, after triggering margin requirements.Jane Street noted that the losses also stemmed from its long positions in Asian non-AI stocks, which had performed strongly earlier this year. The company said many large memory and semiconductor stocks fell approximately 50% in July, causing drawdowns in its previously well-performing trading portfolio. (Reuters)
After a 50% pullback, IBIT still has around 1,500 13F filers
Odaily News: Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas posted on X, stating that Paul Tudor Jones has bought IBIT, and noted that institutions such as the UAE sovereign wealth fund, Harvard, Dartmouth, and the Texas pension fund holding IBIT are worth watching. IBIT's 13F filing list still covers approximately 1,500 filers after a 50% pullback. In comparison, he believes that JPM, GS, Jane, and Citadel buying IBIT is not particularly significant.
"AI stock guru" Leopold Aschenbrenner shares wedding photos on X after nearly a year-long hiatus
Odaily News: "AI stock guru" Leopold Aschenbrenner has shared wedding photos on X after a nearly one-year silence.Previously reported, Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness fund gained 439% cumulatively before June 2026, but suffered heavy losses during the July AI sector sell-off. Prior to his wedding, he sold most of the fund's equity portfolio to Citadel, the investment firm owned by Ken Griffin.
AI stock selloff hits hedge funds, both Balyasny and Verition post losses last month
Odaily News Multi-strategy hedge funds Balyasny Asset Management and Verition Fund Management both posted losses last month, as the selloff in AI-related stocks rattled markets and weighed on numerous hedge funds. According to sources familiar with the matter, Balyasny fell 1.5% in July, trimming its cumulative return for the first seven months of the year to 1.2%. Another source said Verition declined 1.1%, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.5%. The sources requested anonymity as the performance data is confidential. Meanwhile, some hedge funds managed to profit from the market turmoil. Citadel's flagship fund Wellington rose 5.9% in July, benefiting from taking over positions in Situational Awareness. ExodusPoint Capital Management fell 0.9%, bringing its year-to-date gain to 3.5%. (Bloomberg
Hackers Recently Attack Wall Street Institutions, Asset Management Giants Including Two Sigma, Citadel, and Point72 Become Targets
According to insiders, a recent wave of sophisticated cyberattacks has targeted multiple large asset management institutions on Wall Street, with attackers attempting to infiltrate the companies' information systems. Several major global hedge funds have become targets of the attacks, including Two Sigma Investments, Citadel, and Point72 Asset Management. In addition, multiple private equity firms have also been attacked.It is currently unclear who the attackers are, how the attacks were carried out, or whether sensitive data has been compromised. The insiders requested anonymity as the matter involves non-public information.This incident has once again drawn market attention to cybersecurity risks facing financial institutions. As asset management companies increasingly rely on complex information systems, algorithmic trading, and cloud infrastructure, the financial industry is becoming a key focus for cyber attackers. (Bloomberg)
Citadel Securities Sues Former Employee for Over $7.9 Million Over Crypto Startup
Citadel Securities has filed a lawsuit in London, seeking over £6 million (approximately $7.9 million) from Leonard Lancia, its former European Head of Derivatives Systematic Market Making and co-founder of high-frequency crypto trading firm Portofino Technologies.Citadel Securities alleges that Leonard Lancia and his colleagues began planning their startup while still employed, and has won damages and legal cost support in related labor arbitration. Additionally, Citadel Securities filed a lawsuit against Portofino Technologies in the US in 2023, accusing it of stealing trade secrets. Leonard Lancia and Portofino Technologies have denied all allegations. The High Court in London rejected Leonard Lancia's request to lift the asset freezing order last Friday. (Bloomberg)
BIS Warns: Beware of High Leverage Amid the AI Frenzy
Odaily reports: In its latest quarterly assessment, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), known as the "central bank of central banks," issued a warning that alongside the rapid rise in leverage and the growing opacity of underlying debt structures, the financial vulnerabilities underpinning this round of exuberance are intensifying.This risk warning is not unfounded. In July of this year, the Situational Awareness fund, helmed by Leopold Aschenbrenner, staged a harrowing episode. The fund had placed heavy bets on the AI sector, but a sharp drop in the valuation of its underlying assets triggered a wave of margin calls from banks, ultimately forcing it to urgently transfer the core holdings of its public market equity portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel in order to barely survive the liquidity crisis.In the BIS's view, this incident is a typical microcosm of leveraged hedge funds becoming deeply entangled in core markets. Frank Smets, Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics at the BIS, pointed out that cross-market leverage is concerning, as it can easily amplify normal market fluctuations into severe systemic shocks. The near-miss of AI-themed hedge funds has once again laid this risk bare.
Robinhood Partners with Crypto.com on Prediction Market Deal
Odaily News: Robinhood has reached an agreement with Crypto.com to further expand its prediction market business. Under the agreement, Robinhood will list event contracts provided by OG.com, Crypto.com's prediction market platform, and will take a minority stake in both Crypto.com and OG.com.Following an investment from Citadel Securities in July this year, OG.com's valuation has reached approximately $5 billion. (WSJ)
Uniswap Founder Hayden: Correlated Trading Pairs Will Drive AMMs into Global Financial Markets
Odaily News Uniswap founder Hayden said on X that correlated trading pairs are emerging. The top five tokenized SPY trading pairs by volume are "bridge" pairs connecting other common base pairs, which then primarily link to highly correlated tokenized stocks. These markets are global, programmable, low-cost, and operate 24/7.Uniswap founder Hayden said on X:.I've been working at the frontier of DeFi for 9 years. It's a fascinating field with infinite depth and the potential to transform capital markets.I've always believed AMMs hold immense potential, but for the past decade, one question has persisted: Can this novel market structure truly become the core engine for all financial markets?After years of evolution and development, the path for AMMs to achieve global dominance is becoming increasingly clear. To explain this, we need to start in 1976.Tokenization Changes Market Makers.Index funds celebrated their 50th anniversary this month. When Jack Bogle launched the index fund in 1976, he hoped to raise $150 million but ultimately raised only $11.3 million. Competitors called it "Bogle's Folly," posting posters claiming index funds were un-American. They argued that a fund making no decisions couldn't possibly beat professionals paid to make decisions. Today, the majority of US fund assets are allocated to passive investment vehicles.I've been thinking about this recently because tokenization's "folly moment" is ending. The SEC has approved NASDAQ and the NYSE to trade tokenized stocks. DTCC, which handles virtually all US securities settlement, also conducted a live pilot of tokenized trades in July. Nearly all related activity is described the same way: treating tokenization as an infrastructure upgrade.The same markets, faster, cheaper, and always open. These statements are all true, but I believe the infrastructure upgrade framework obscures a larger change. Tokenization makes markets programmable, changing how markets exist, who makes markets, and what is traded.In 2018, I created Uniswap, an automated market maker protocol. Anyone can deposit two assets into a shared liquidity pool and earn fees from every trade, while prices adjust along a curve as users buy and sell. Uniswap has operated autonomously since its launch, processing over $4.6 trillion in cumulative volume and increasing DEX spot volume share from under 1% to over 20%.As AMMs like Uniswap continue to evolve, their liquidity has formed a pattern most financial markets haven't noticed yet: correlated trading pairs.The Easiest Place to Find Success.To succeed everywhere, you must first succeed somewhere. AMMs found product-market fit in long-tail markets because most assets previously couldn't attract professional market makers' attention. On Uniswap, anyone can create a market with a single transaction, and issuers and early supporters can become the first liquidity providers.Then came stablecoin pairs. Take USDC/USDT, for example. A good passive strategy can approach optimal l
Correlation trading pairs will help AMMs enter larger markets, Uniswap founder Hayden explains in a post
Odaily News: Uniswap founder Hayden said in a post on X that he cannot ignore the theory of correlation trading pairs when observing various things, and noticed that the second-largest Uniswap pool on Base is the Jito staked SOL/BTC trading pair, which aligns with the logic of correlation trading pairs.In an article titled "Correlation Trading Pairs: How AMMs Win the Biggest Markets," Hayden stated that AMMs have the potential to become the core engine of all financial markets, and tokenization will make markets programmable, changing market types, market makers, and the assets being traded.He said Uniswap has been operating autonomously since its launch in 2018, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $4.6 trillion, and has helped increase the proportion of decentralized exchanges relative to centralized spot trading volume from less than 1% to over 20%. As AMMs have developed, their liquidity has gradually formed a structure of correlation trading pairs.He pointed out that AMMs initially achieved product-market fit in the long-tail asset market, and then stablecoin trading pairs developed. Due to the lower capital costs of passive strategies, the demand for professional market making in stablecoin trading pairs has been squeezed.Hayden said traditional financial markets are dominated by market-making firms that integrate capital, trading strategies, execution technology, settlement, and distribution into a single vertical business. Citadel Securities handles approximately 25% of US stock trading volume, with net trading revenue reaching $12.2 billion last year and trading capital of approximately $21 billion.He believes blockchain can unbundle the different components of traditional market-making businesses: code handles execution, shared services provide custody and settlement, and open-source software replaces proprietary infrastructure. The scarce factor of capital in AMMs is capital itself, and participants who can hold inventory at lower costs gain an advantage.Hayden said liquidity providers face lower inventory risk when holding assets with similar price movements, and liquidity will deepen as a result. Ethereum ecosystem assets typically trade against ETH, Solana ecosystem assets typically trade against SOL, stablecoins trade in pairs with each other, and a few high-liquidity trading pairs are responsible for connecting different asset clusters.He noted that once tokenized assets share the same settlement layer, any asset can trade directly against any other asset. For example, NVIDIA/USD can become NVIDIA/SPY and connect to the dollar through SPY/USD; oil companies can trade against oil ETFs or tokenized oil, and private credit can trade against tokenized US Treasury funds.Hayden said traditional market makers typically pursue delta neutrality, reducing risk by denominating in USD and hedging non-USD exposure, which increases market-making costs. A market structure consisting of low-volatility correlation trading pairs and a few high-
EntropyIO completes $14 million funding round with $40 million in HYPE staking support
EntropyIO announced the completion of a $14 million funding round, led by Ribbit Capital, along with $40 million in HYPE staking support. The first batch of markets has gone live on Hyperliquid.EntropyIO stated that it has launched the first liquid Anthropic trading market and plans to further expand into assets such as Pre-IPO startups, computing resources, public companies, and global indices to enable around-the-clock trading.Team members come from Citadel Securities, Optiver, Polymarket, and Millennium, and have developed a liquidity-weighted oracle that dynamically adjusts external oracle price weights based on executable market depth, aiming to improve price discovery and liquidity for new asset classes.
"AI stock guru" Leopold Aschenbrenner shares wedding photos on X after nearly a year-long hiatus
Odaily News: "AI stock guru" Leopold Aschenbrenner has shared wedding photos on X after a nearly one-year silence.Previously reported, Leopold Aschenbrenner's Situational Awareness fund gained 439% cumulatively before June 2026, but suffered heavy losses during the July AI sector sell-off. Prior to his wedding, he sold most of the fund's equity portfolio to Citadel, the investment firm owned by Ken Griffin.
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BIS Warns: Beware of High Leverage Amid the AI Frenzy
Odaily reports: In its latest quarterly assessment, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), known as the "central bank of central banks," issued a warning that alongside the rapid rise in leverage and the growing opacity of underlying debt structures, the financial vulnerabilities underpinning this round of exuberance are intensifying.This risk warning is not unfounded. In July of this year, the Situational Awareness fund, helmed by Leopold Aschenbrenner, staged a harrowing episode. The fund had placed heavy bets on the AI sector, but a sharp drop in the valuation of its underlying assets triggered a wave of margin calls from banks, ultimately forcing it to urgently transfer the core holdings of its public market equity portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel in order to barely survive the liquidity crisis.In the BIS's view, this incident is a typical microcosm of leveraged hedge funds becoming deeply entangled in core markets. Frank Smets, Head of Economic Analysis and Statistics at the BIS, pointed out that cross-market leverage is concerning, as it can easily amplify normal market fluctuations into severe systemic shocks. The near-miss of AI-themed hedge funds has once again laid this risk bare.
Citadel Securities Calls for US SEC Regulation of Event Contracts Tied to U.S. Stocks
Citadel Securities has submitted comments to U.S. regulators, urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee event contracts tied to U.S. publicly traded companies. The market maker argued that trading platforms should not evade the SEC's regulatory jurisdiction by obtaining self-certification from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The battle over regulatory authority for event contracts continues to intensify. While some U.S. prediction markets are currently offering such contracts under the CFTC framework, the regulatory dividing line between the SEC and CFTC is becoming a key focus for the market as event contracts increasingly encompass financial assets like equities.
Robinhood Partners with Crypto.com on Prediction Market Deal
Odaily News: Robinhood has reached an agreement with Crypto.com to further expand its prediction market business. Under the agreement, Robinhood will list event contracts provided by OG.com, Crypto.com's prediction market platform, and will take a minority stake in both Crypto.com and OG.com.Following an investment from Citadel Securities in July this year, OG.com's valuation has reached approximately $5 billion. (WSJ)
Uniswap Founder Hayden: Correlated Trading Pairs Will Drive AMMs into Global Financial Markets
Odaily News Uniswap founder Hayden said on X that correlated trading pairs are emerging. The top five tokenized SPY trading pairs by volume are "bridge" pairs connecting other common base pairs, which then primarily link to highly correlated tokenized stocks. These markets are global, programmable, low-cost, and operate 24/7.Uniswap founder Hayden said on X:.I've been working at the frontier of DeFi for 9 years. It's a fascinating field with infinite depth and the potential to transform capital markets.I've always believed AMMs hold immense potential, but for the past decade, one question has persisted: Can this novel market structure truly become the core engine for all financial markets?After years of evolution and development, the path for AMMs to achieve global dominance is becoming increasingly clear. To explain this, we need to start in 1976.Tokenization Changes Market Makers.Index funds celebrated their 50th anniversary this month. When Jack Bogle launched the index fund in 1976, he hoped to raise $150 million but ultimately raised only $11.3 million. Competitors called it "Bogle's Folly," posting posters claiming index funds were un-American. They argued that a fund making no decisions couldn't possibly beat professionals paid to make decisions. Today, the majority of US fund assets are allocated to passive investment vehicles.I've been thinking about this recently because tokenization's "folly moment" is ending. The SEC has approved NASDAQ and the NYSE to trade tokenized stocks. DTCC, which handles virtually all US securities settlement, also conducted a live pilot of tokenized trades in July. Nearly all related activity is described the same way: treating tokenization as an infrastructure upgrade.The same markets, faster, cheaper, and always open. These statements are all true, but I believe the infrastructure upgrade framework obscures a larger change. Tokenization makes markets programmable, changing how markets exist, who makes markets, and what is traded.In 2018, I created Uniswap, an automated market maker protocol. Anyone can deposit two assets into a shared liquidity pool and earn fees from every trade, while prices adjust along a curve as users buy and sell. Uniswap has operated autonomously since its launch, processing over $4.6 trillion in cumulative volume and increasing DEX spot volume share from under 1% to over 20%.As AMMs like Uniswap continue to evolve, their liquidity has formed a pattern most financial markets haven't noticed yet: correlated trading pairs.The Easiest Place to Find Success.To succeed everywhere, you must first succeed somewhere. AMMs found product-market fit in long-tail markets because most assets previously couldn't attract professional market makers' attention. On Uniswap, anyone can create a market with a single transaction, and issuers and early supporters can become the first liquidity providers.Then came stablecoin pairs. Take USDC/USDT, for example. A good passive strategy can approach optimal l
U.S. SEC Announces Agenda for September 17 "24-Hour Trading" Roundtable Featuring Robinhood, NYSE, BlackRock, and Others
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will hold a "24-Hour Trading Readiness" roundtable at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., on September 17 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET. The event will be open to the public and live-streamed on the SEC website, with advance registration required for in-person attendance. Participating institutions include Robinhood, the New York Stock Exchange, BlackRock, Virtu Financial, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, BNY Pershing, UBS, FINRA, Jane Street, State Street, Samsung, Charles Schwab, Nasdaq, Interactive Brokers, DTCC, OTC Markets Group, BNP Paribas, 24X, Invesco, Citadel Securities, DriveWealth, Blue Ocean, and Citigroup, among others.
JPMorgan and Citadel Securities Both Warn: Stay Cautious Ahead of Nonfarm Payrolls, Advise Investors to Hedge Downside Risk in Advance
Odaily News JPMorgan and Citadel Securities have both issued short-term warnings, advising investors to remain cautious ahead of the upcoming period of dense macro data releases and the Federal Reserve policy meeting, and to utilize option prices currently at yearly lows to strengthen downside risk hedging.After Fed Chair Warsh delivered a clear signal in his highly anticipated speech on August 28, emphasizing that U.S. inflation has not shown any substantial slowdown, the trading team led by JPMorgan's Head of U.S. Market Intelligence, Andrew Tyler, decided to abandon their bullish stance ahead of the September 16 Fed policy decision. Although they expect economic data and corporate earnings to continue providing support, they have downgraded their view on U.S. equities to tactically cautious.Scott Rubner, Head of Equity and Equity Derivatives Strategy at Citadel Securities, noted that retail investor buying activity in September, as tracked by his firm, has been the weakest of the year since 2019. On days when the S&P 500 index declines, average net retail buying volume is only about half of normal levels. (Bloomberg)