Greifeld

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  "Crypto Winter" Is Here. Bitcoin Crash Signals Tough Times, Say Experts

  There are few things scarier for investors than a bear market -- unless youre involved in crypto, in which case a winter is worse.

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  'Risk-Free' Trade Is Back Ahead Of First Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund

  The so-called basis trade, whereby a speculator buys Bitcoin in the spot market and sells long-dated futures to lock in the discrepancy between the two prices, has turned back on

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  Bitcoin's Surge Lacks Extreme Leverage That Supported Its Past Rallies

  The spread between Bitcoin futures and its spot price has shriveled relative to February, when the cryptocurrency was in the midst of a rally that ultimately reached an all-time high

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  Adena Friedman Could Become Nasdaq CEO Next Year: Report

  Nasdaq OMX Group Inc lured back former chief financial officer Adena Friedman as co-president with the understanding that she will succeed chief executive Bob Greifeld, possibly as soon as next year, sources familiar with the matter said.

• Nasdaq plans 'dark pool' for US Treasuries

  Nasdaq, which runs the no. 2 US equities exchange, closed its $750 million acquisition of eSpeed, an electronic Treasuries-trading platform formerly run by BGC Partners Inc, in July.

• Connectivity issue between Nasdaq, NYSE Arca preceded outage: report

  The vague "connectivity issue" that Nasdaq said triggered the outage that paralysed a large part of the US stock market on originated as a problem between Nasdaq and rival NYSE Arca, a source familiar with the matter said Friday.

• Nasdaq to buy eSpeed platform for $750 mn

  Nasdaq OMX Group Inc agreed to buy electronic Treasuries-trading platform eSpeedfrom BGC Partners Inc for $750 million in cash, providing the exchange operator an entry into one of the world's largest and most liquid cash markets.

• UBS blames Facebook IPO for $ 350m loss

  Within a space of an hour UBS of Switzerland, Deutsche Bank, BBVA of Spain and Austria's Erste Bank delivered the bad news.

• Nasdaq boosts Facebook compensation plan to $62 mln

  Nasdaq OMX Group Inc plans to pay out $62 million in cash to firms that lost money in Facebook Inc's bungled initial public offering in May.

• Nasdaq increases Facebook compensation plan to $62 million

  The plan, which Nasdaq filed with regulators late Friday, is $22 million larger than originally proposed in June.

• Facebook to address shareholder lawsuits over IPO, plans to consolidate them

  One month after its botched initial public offering, the social network is set to file a motion to consolidate all the shareholder lawsuits against the company.

• Facebook IPO: Nasdaq offers $40m to cover losses

  Nasdaq OMX Group said it will offer cash and rebates totaling $40 million to compensate clients affected by the problems with Facebook Inc's initial public offering.

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  Nasdaq 'embarrassed' at Facebook delay

  Facebook's stock was expected to start trading at 11 a.m. but didn't open until 11:32 a.m., and some investors didn't learn for hours whether their orders went through.

• Investors sue Nasdaq, Facebook over IPO

  Nasdaq has been sued by an investor who claimed the exchange was negligent in handling orders for Facebook shares following its IPO, causing losses for investors.

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  Nasdaq 'embarrassed' at Facebook delay

  Facebook's stock was expected to start trading at 11 a.m. but didn't open until 11:32 a.m., and some investors didn't learn for hours whether their orders went through.