Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what to watch as you’re sorting through the numbers this morning....more
Is the SEC officially on record with a warning about the viability of unregulated ICOs? It is. Is that stopping start-ups from creating and selling new virtual currencies at a torrid pace? It is not....more
Lack of workable replacement (so far, at least) be damned—the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has announced that [the scandal-plagued] Libor will be phased out by 2021 in favor of “transaction-based benchmarks”....more
The US’s biggest banks had a good day yesterday on news that they “breezed through” the first phase of the Federal Reserve’s annual stress tests—a good sign that they “have enough capital to withstand the type of financial...more
Tough news for UK prosecutors yesterday, with a jury fully acquitting all 6 former brokers of Libor manipulation charges for their work with Tom Hayes – NYTimes and WSJ and Law360... The Fed wrapped up its January...more