For years, bitcoin was seen as a speculative outlier: volatile, loosely regulated, and detached from the macroeconomic fundamentals that drive traditional asset classes. Today, we’re seeing something ...

LMAX: stablecoin bill sets stage for FX and crypto convergence CEO David Mercer on what the Genius Act means for markets, and where the venue’s FX business goes next ...

Chinese corporates shunned hedging during tariff upheaval High hedging costs and increasingly stable spot rate meant exporters opted not to add FX hedges as RMB rose ...

Standard Chartered has launched a spot crypto trading business, making it the first bank to go live with a spot crypto market ...

US mutual funds and exchange-traded funds went into April’s tariff turmoil holding the highest net long US dollar position in ...

The wide interest rate differentials between the US and Europe have meant rolling a one-month FX forward hedge can cost ...

BNP Paribas is planning to selectively expand its white-labelling programme to give more regional banks and their clients access to its spot foreign exchange execution algorithms. Earlier this month, ...

The turmoil from US president Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariff announcements rattled global foreign exchange, interest rate and equities markets, where it triggered significant volatility and ...

Dealers are seeing renewed hedge fund interest in the Hong Kong dollar carry trade due to the wide gap between Hong Kong and US rates, after many were stopped out on similar trades in early May.

FX Markets is delighted to announce the winners of the Asia Awards 2025. The eighth edition of the FX Markets Asia Awards recognises and showcases the best banks, trading platforms and technology ...

Global trade tensions have turned the normally benign Hong Kong dollar into a treacherous currency to trade, with wild spot moves forcing hedge funds to unwind leveraged positions that were widely ...

Deutsche Bank has hired Oliver Jerome, the former chief executive and co-founder of BestX, as its new head of European foreign exchange product. Based in London, he will report to Sameen Farooqui, ...