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12th June, 2026

Kalshi partners with Elwood to boost institutional liquidity

The collaboration will allow institutional trading desks to execute and manage the Kalshi’s event contracts alongside other asset classes using Elwood’s platform, marking growing institutional adoption of booming prediction markets.

Narayani Srinivasan

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12th June, 2026

OSTTRA sees 52% surge in cross-currency compression in May

The London-based post-trade service said total notional cross-currency compression activity on its triReduce service was 52 per cent higher at the end of May compared to the same period last year.

Aravind Bulusu

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12th June, 2026

TMX acquires RAFI Indices to boost global indexing presence

The Candian financial services company expects the acquisition to strengthen its indexing and analytics business through its subsidiary TMX VettaFi.

Narayani Srinivasan

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12th June, 2026

CFTC proposes faster whistleblower awards via 30% presumption rule

The US derivatives regulator is streamlining smaller whistleblower payouts aimed at accelerating award determinations and strengthening incentives for individuals to report violations of commodities laws.

Narayani Srinivasan

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12th June, 2026

Ondo Finance hires John Hoffman to build on-chain business

The New York-based fintech firm has appointed John Hoffman as managing director, head of product portfolios ahead of the launch of its tokenised portfolio products.

Aravind Bulusu

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12th June, 2026

TFX discusses 1-month and rate-decision-linked TONA futures

The Asian exchange is considering listing of these risk-free interest rate futures as part of efforts to deepen liquidity in Japan's short-term interest rate derivatives market, according to minutes of recent meetings.

Narayani Srinivasan

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12th June, 2026

Japan’s lower house clears bill to regulate crypto instruments

The House of Representatives of the National Diet has partially amended the ‘Financial Instruments and Exchange Act’ to classify crypto assets as financial instruments and bring them under the same regulatory framework as stocks.

Aravind Bulusu

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12th June, 2026

Shanghai and Shenzhen mutually recognise derivative contract accounts

The move is expected to reduce costs of derivatives trading and broaden participation channels for both domestic and foreign investors.

Karry Lai

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12th June, 2026

Webull launches Model Context Protocol to support AI-based trading

The Florida-based digital investment platform said traders can now access its ‘OpenAPI’ via plain-language artificial intelligence (AI) prompts to place trades and manage positions.

Aravind Bulusu

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