The bear market has bit down hard on some crypto companies--but not all. What does it mean?
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The cryptocurrency bear market has had a wide variance of effects on companies in the cryptocurrency industry. Some companies have thrived off of the trimming of the market; others have found themselves devastated by their suddenly empty coffers.
As a result, things are changing--fast. Companies are turning themselves upside down to keep up with the changes in the market: cutting back, scaling up, structuring, restructuring--oi vey.
While not all of the news has been bad, reports of massive layoffs have run rampant through the industry.
Exactly what is happening, and why?
A Time of Churning & Overturning-- A Time to ”Streamline”
That word--streamline--has echoed across industry layoff announcements.
Its first high-profile appearance came in Coinbase’ decision to lay off some of its customer service employees this October--a couple of months before industry layoffs could be described as a “trend.”
Indeed, Coinbase’ layoffs were seemingly far less severe than those we have seen in other corners of the industry; their use of the word “streamline” may actually be appropriate. While the company would not confirm a headcount of sacrificed employees, sources told Yahoo Finance that it was more than 15 people who worked remotely.
“We’ve learned that certain teams who are co-located are more efficient, effective, and happier in their roles,” the company said in an announcement explaining the layoffs. “So moving forward, some teams—including Support, Fraud, and Compliance—will only hire employees into Coinbase offices.”
“People here are pretty upset about it, and so far senior leadership is handling communications poorly,” a source told the publication.
While 15 employees may seem like pittance at Coinbase’ 550-person operation, the fact that the company may be preparing to go public has made all of the company’s actions points of possible scrutiny.
Investors have also been paying close attention to the comings and goings of Coinbase’ executive pool--no cuts or layoffs appear to have happened there, although the company did lose Facebook’s David Marcus as a board member around the time of the layoffs.
Solomon explained that Consensys’ layoffs were caused by an all-too-common cycle of events in the cryptocurrency industry: botched funding and capital management.
The consequences of this mismanagement are slated to be severe. On December 6, CoinDesk reported that Consensys had plans to lay off 13 percent of its employees in an effort to “restructure” the company. CEO Joseph Lubin told the publication that the layoffs were an attempt to “streamline several parts of the business.”
Then, on December 20th, technology news outlet The Verge reported that the company was “quickly spinning out startups that it previously supported.” The spin-outs, as well as other cutbacks, will reportedly lead to the cutting of 50 to 60 percent of its 1200-person workforce.
The company sought to soften the blow in a December 26th Medium post, saying that “Projects spinning out is a separate concept than ‘layoffs,’ and the process of spinning out for ConsenSys spokes will occur in stages as each spoke is on a unique journey.”
“ConsenSys will shift from incubating projects internally to collaborating with external partners of all kinds: collaborators, builders, joint ventures, investors. From hackers to enterprises to governments,” the post said, diplomatically.
It seems, however, that ConsenSys isn’t fooling anyone. Even before the layoffs were announced, a Forbes report entitled “Joe Lubin’s Ethereum Experiment Is A Mess. How Long Will He Prop It Up?” estimated that the company’s annual burn rate is $100 million.
Shapeshift Shifts Down
Smaller, more agile companies have also felt the burn of the bear market.
Cryptocurrency exchange Shapeshift announced on January 8th that it would be laying off 37 employees, approximately one-third of its staff. CEO Erik Vorhees wrote in the post that the cutbacks were “a deep and painful reduction, mirrored across many crypto companies in this latest bear market cycle.”
What was unusual about the announcement is that Vorhees seems to have gracefully come out and said exactly what everyone else has been finding ways to skirt around.
Among other concessions, Vorhees admitted that the company had “grown too fast, given our (in)experience as leaders. By the time we learned how to manage a 10-person team, we were 30. By the time we learned how to manage 30, we were 80. Then 100. Then 125. Our understanding of how to organize people grew, but not as fast as the people.”
The Crypto Market Crash Has Devastated Companies Who Stored Capital in Coins
Vorhees also cited the fact that the company kept too large a portion of its assets in cryptocurrency. “As a company, our greatest and worst financial decision is the same: to embrace substantial exposure to crypto assets,” he wrote. “Much of our balance sheet is comprised of them.”
Bill Sinclair, CTO and Interim President and CEO of crypto lending company SALT Lending, explained that this is an unfortunately common problem. “In many cases, companies in the industry have decided to hold large portions of their reserves in crypto. Any company that has approached their business in this way has likely lost resources as a result of the bear market,” he said.
"Companies Must Be Strategic and Somewhat Conservative When It Comes to Treasury Management"
Bill Sinclair.
“While as a crypto company, it's important to believe in crypto and its ability to disrupt traditional industries, companies must be strategic and somewhat conservative when it comes to their treasury management,” he continued, adding that his own company employees a “conservative treasury strategy” that avoids price speculation.
Volatility in cryptocurrency prices was also cited as the reason behind Ethereum-based chat startup Status’ decision to lay off 25 percent of its workforce. In a December 18th blog post announcing the layoffs, co-founder Jarrad Hope wrote that “we budgeted based on an assumption of a higher floor in the event of a market crash, and did not prepare for scenarios where the value dropped beyond 80% since August.”
“Currently 25% of our roles are non-essential to those goals and our long-term growth projects, and regretfully we’re forced to ask the contributors occupying them to leave today,” he explained. That 25 percent represented about 25 people.
Similarly, blockchain startup Steemit cut 70 percent of its employees in November, citing the bear market.
“While we were building out our team over the last many months we have been relying on projections of basically a higher bottom for the market and since that’s no longer there, we’ve been forced to lay off more than 70 percent of our organization and begin a restructuring,” Steemit CEO and Founder Ned Scott said in a Youtube video announcing the layoffs.
"The next 12 months we will be in survival mode from a cost-cutting perspective. We're focused on building ad revenue for the first time on the platform, and getting operation fees under control" ~ new @steemit CEO @EliPowellhttps://t.co/bbo8MNWL58
Chinese mining giant Bitmain announced a round of layoffs near the end of December, followed by rumors that the company has plans to eventually lay off roughly 50 percent of its approximately 2000 employees. The rumors were never denied by the company.
⚠️⚠️⚠️
there’s post on Chinese Linkedin (usually very high accuracy, posted by employees themselves) saying Bitmain will start a layoff the coming week ... ???
A separate rumor said the plan is for more than 50% of its headcount ???! pic.twitter.com/b0ZSBuPX4d
— Dovey Wan ? (@DoveyWan) December 23, 2018
Despite the growing number of layoffs in the industry, things may not be as bad as they seem. In mid-December, LinkedIn’s 2018 US Emerging Jobs report revealed that blockchain developer positions were the most rapidly growing new job opening in the United States.
Similarly, reports have also emerged that certain pockets of the cryptocurrency industry have been thriving in the bear market-- for example, crypto lending companies. SALT Lending’s Bill Sinclair said that “what we're seeing, especially within our own company, is the ability to create roles that are variations of positions in existing fields.”
Blockchain Companies Are Poaching Staffers With More “Traditional” Skill Sets
“Companies in the blockchain space are creating roles that leverage traditional skill sets,” he explained, “so we see a lot of potential for job growth as blockchain technology continues to evolve and become a larger part of our economy and a technology used by more traditional firms.”
What this may suggest is that the industry is changing more than it is shrinking--and that companies with certain qualities are feeling the burn far more than others. “The impact on the industry at large will be felt hardest for moonshot ‘pie-in-the-sky’ blockchain projects that aren’t currently generating any revenues, i.e. companies who haven’t yet established product-market fit within their customer bases,” Solomon said.
“Companies that have established traction, customers, and revenue will be less affected by the current crypto-market, while those companies that have not previously been revenue-focused will feel layoffs the most.”
Is the Party Over?
And indeed, the companies who have felt the layoffs the most have received the lion’s share of the media’s attention. Perhaps this is why--for some--the cryptocurrency market has passed the point of no return.
Dary Merckens.
One of these is Dary Merckens, CTO of Gunner Technology (an AWS Partner specializing in JavaScript development for government and business). Merckens told Finance Magnates that “the industry is toast. Anyone in it needs to get out. Anyone hoping to get in missed the bubble.”
“Anyone working in crypto right now is like a tulip bulb salesman in the Netherlands circa 1637,” he said. “The party's over.”
The cryptocurrency bear market has had a wide variance of effects on companies in the cryptocurrency industry. Some companies have thrived off of the trimming of the market; others have found themselves devastated by their suddenly empty coffers.
As a result, things are changing--fast. Companies are turning themselves upside down to keep up with the changes in the market: cutting back, scaling up, structuring, restructuring--oi vey.
While not all of the news has been bad, reports of massive layoffs have run rampant through the industry.
Exactly what is happening, and why?
A Time of Churning & Overturning-- A Time to ”Streamline”
That word--streamline--has echoed across industry layoff announcements.
Its first high-profile appearance came in Coinbase’ decision to lay off some of its customer service employees this October--a couple of months before industry layoffs could be described as a “trend.”
Indeed, Coinbase’ layoffs were seemingly far less severe than those we have seen in other corners of the industry; their use of the word “streamline” may actually be appropriate. While the company would not confirm a headcount of sacrificed employees, sources told Yahoo Finance that it was more than 15 people who worked remotely.
“We’ve learned that certain teams who are co-located are more efficient, effective, and happier in their roles,” the company said in an announcement explaining the layoffs. “So moving forward, some teams—including Support, Fraud, and Compliance—will only hire employees into Coinbase offices.”
“People here are pretty upset about it, and so far senior leadership is handling communications poorly,” a source told the publication.
While 15 employees may seem like pittance at Coinbase’ 550-person operation, the fact that the company may be preparing to go public has made all of the company’s actions points of possible scrutiny.
Investors have also been paying close attention to the comings and goings of Coinbase’ executive pool--no cuts or layoffs appear to have happened there, although the company did lose Facebook’s David Marcus as a board member around the time of the layoffs.
Solomon explained that Consensys’ layoffs were caused by an all-too-common cycle of events in the cryptocurrency industry: botched funding and capital management.
The consequences of this mismanagement are slated to be severe. On December 6, CoinDesk reported that Consensys had plans to lay off 13 percent of its employees in an effort to “restructure” the company. CEO Joseph Lubin told the publication that the layoffs were an attempt to “streamline several parts of the business.”
Then, on December 20th, technology news outlet The Verge reported that the company was “quickly spinning out startups that it previously supported.” The spin-outs, as well as other cutbacks, will reportedly lead to the cutting of 50 to 60 percent of its 1200-person workforce.
The company sought to soften the blow in a December 26th Medium post, saying that “Projects spinning out is a separate concept than ‘layoffs,’ and the process of spinning out for ConsenSys spokes will occur in stages as each spoke is on a unique journey.”
“ConsenSys will shift from incubating projects internally to collaborating with external partners of all kinds: collaborators, builders, joint ventures, investors. From hackers to enterprises to governments,” the post said, diplomatically.
It seems, however, that ConsenSys isn’t fooling anyone. Even before the layoffs were announced, a Forbes report entitled “Joe Lubin’s Ethereum Experiment Is A Mess. How Long Will He Prop It Up?” estimated that the company’s annual burn rate is $100 million.
Shapeshift Shifts Down
Smaller, more agile companies have also felt the burn of the bear market.
Cryptocurrency exchange Shapeshift announced on January 8th that it would be laying off 37 employees, approximately one-third of its staff. CEO Erik Vorhees wrote in the post that the cutbacks were “a deep and painful reduction, mirrored across many crypto companies in this latest bear market cycle.”
What was unusual about the announcement is that Vorhees seems to have gracefully come out and said exactly what everyone else has been finding ways to skirt around.
Among other concessions, Vorhees admitted that the company had “grown too fast, given our (in)experience as leaders. By the time we learned how to manage a 10-person team, we were 30. By the time we learned how to manage 30, we were 80. Then 100. Then 125. Our understanding of how to organize people grew, but not as fast as the people.”
The Crypto Market Crash Has Devastated Companies Who Stored Capital in Coins
Vorhees also cited the fact that the company kept too large a portion of its assets in cryptocurrency. “As a company, our greatest and worst financial decision is the same: to embrace substantial exposure to crypto assets,” he wrote. “Much of our balance sheet is comprised of them.”
Bill Sinclair, CTO and Interim President and CEO of crypto lending company SALT Lending, explained that this is an unfortunately common problem. “In many cases, companies in the industry have decided to hold large portions of their reserves in crypto. Any company that has approached their business in this way has likely lost resources as a result of the bear market,” he said.
"Companies Must Be Strategic and Somewhat Conservative When It Comes to Treasury Management"
Bill Sinclair.
“While as a crypto company, it's important to believe in crypto and its ability to disrupt traditional industries, companies must be strategic and somewhat conservative when it comes to their treasury management,” he continued, adding that his own company employees a “conservative treasury strategy” that avoids price speculation.
Volatility in cryptocurrency prices was also cited as the reason behind Ethereum-based chat startup Status’ decision to lay off 25 percent of its workforce. In a December 18th blog post announcing the layoffs, co-founder Jarrad Hope wrote that “we budgeted based on an assumption of a higher floor in the event of a market crash, and did not prepare for scenarios where the value dropped beyond 80% since August.”
“Currently 25% of our roles are non-essential to those goals and our long-term growth projects, and regretfully we’re forced to ask the contributors occupying them to leave today,” he explained. That 25 percent represented about 25 people.
Similarly, blockchain startup Steemit cut 70 percent of its employees in November, citing the bear market.
“While we were building out our team over the last many months we have been relying on projections of basically a higher bottom for the market and since that’s no longer there, we’ve been forced to lay off more than 70 percent of our organization and begin a restructuring,” Steemit CEO and Founder Ned Scott said in a Youtube video announcing the layoffs.
"The next 12 months we will be in survival mode from a cost-cutting perspective. We're focused on building ad revenue for the first time on the platform, and getting operation fees under control" ~ new @steemit CEO @EliPowellhttps://t.co/bbo8MNWL58
Chinese mining giant Bitmain announced a round of layoffs near the end of December, followed by rumors that the company has plans to eventually lay off roughly 50 percent of its approximately 2000 employees. The rumors were never denied by the company.
⚠️⚠️⚠️
there’s post on Chinese Linkedin (usually very high accuracy, posted by employees themselves) saying Bitmain will start a layoff the coming week ... ???
A separate rumor said the plan is for more than 50% of its headcount ???! pic.twitter.com/b0ZSBuPX4d
— Dovey Wan ? (@DoveyWan) December 23, 2018
Despite the growing number of layoffs in the industry, things may not be as bad as they seem. In mid-December, LinkedIn’s 2018 US Emerging Jobs report revealed that blockchain developer positions were the most rapidly growing new job opening in the United States.
Similarly, reports have also emerged that certain pockets of the cryptocurrency industry have been thriving in the bear market-- for example, crypto lending companies. SALT Lending’s Bill Sinclair said that “what we're seeing, especially within our own company, is the ability to create roles that are variations of positions in existing fields.”
Blockchain Companies Are Poaching Staffers With More “Traditional” Skill Sets
“Companies in the blockchain space are creating roles that leverage traditional skill sets,” he explained, “so we see a lot of potential for job growth as blockchain technology continues to evolve and become a larger part of our economy and a technology used by more traditional firms.”
What this may suggest is that the industry is changing more than it is shrinking--and that companies with certain qualities are feeling the burn far more than others. “The impact on the industry at large will be felt hardest for moonshot ‘pie-in-the-sky’ blockchain projects that aren’t currently generating any revenues, i.e. companies who haven’t yet established product-market fit within their customer bases,” Solomon said.
“Companies that have established traction, customers, and revenue will be less affected by the current crypto-market, while those companies that have not previously been revenue-focused will feel layoffs the most.”
Is the Party Over?
And indeed, the companies who have felt the layoffs the most have received the lion’s share of the media’s attention. Perhaps this is why--for some--the cryptocurrency market has passed the point of no return.
Dary Merckens.
One of these is Dary Merckens, CTO of Gunner Technology (an AWS Partner specializing in JavaScript development for government and business). Merckens told Finance Magnates that “the industry is toast. Anyone in it needs to get out. Anyone hoping to get in missed the bubble.”
“Anyone working in crypto right now is like a tulip bulb salesman in the Netherlands circa 1637,” he said. “The party's over.”
Rachel is a self-taught crypto geek and a passionate writer. She believes in the power that the written word has to educate, connect and empower individuals to make positive and powerful financial choices. She is the Podcast Host and a Cryptocurrency Editor at Finance Magnates.
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• Ramzi Ahmad, Director of Intelligence, Finance Magnates
• Sylwester Majewski, Head of Insights & Reporting Hub, Finance Magnates
• Philios Petrides, Data & Business Intelligence Consultant
If you work in brokerage, fintech, compliance, business development or market strategy, this session offers practical insights backed by verified industry data.
Access the FM Intelligence Portal at: https://datalab.financemagnates.com/
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#FinanceMagnates #FX #CFD #Fintech #Trading #Brokerage #MarketIntelligence #RegTech #Compliance #Forex
Where is the FX & CFD industry really heading in 2026?
In this free Finance Magnates Intelligence masterclass, industry experts explore the latest data shaping the global FX & CFD market, how regulation and regional demand influence expansion planning, and how brokerages benchmark performance across 265 firms on the FM Intelligence Portal.
In this session you'll learn:
✔ Where the FX/CFD industry is heading in H2 2026
✔ Why compliance should guide regional expansion decisions
✔ How internal performance compares when benchmarked against 265 brokers
✔ Regional demand shifts across Europe, APAC, and LATAM
✔Broker volume rankings, verification, and FM Intelligence Portal data
Speakers:
• Ramzi Ahmad, Director of Intelligence, Finance Magnates
• Sylwester Majewski, Head of Insights & Reporting Hub, Finance Magnates
• Philios Petrides, Data & Business Intelligence Consultant
If you work in brokerage, fintech, compliance, business development or market strategy, this session offers practical insights backed by verified industry data.
Access the FM Intelligence Portal at: https://datalab.financemagnates.com/
🔔 Subscribe to Finance Magnates for more webinars, interviews and market intelligence covering the global online trading industry.
#FinanceMagnates #FX #CFD #Fintech #Trading #Brokerage #MarketIntelligence #RegTech #Compliance #Forex
Where is the FX & CFD industry really heading in 2026?
In this free Finance Magnates Intelligence masterclass, industry experts explore the latest data shaping the global FX & CFD market, how regulation and regional demand influence expansion planning, and how brokerages benchmark performance across 265 firms on the FM Intelligence Portal.
In this session you'll learn:
✔ Where the FX/CFD industry is heading in H2 2026
✔ Why compliance should guide regional expansion decisions
✔ How internal performance compares when benchmarked against 265 brokers
✔ Regional demand shifts across Europe, APAC, and LATAM
✔Broker volume rankings, verification, and FM Intelligence Portal data
Speakers:
• Ramzi Ahmad, Director of Intelligence, Finance Magnates
• Sylwester Majewski, Head of Insights & Reporting Hub, Finance Magnates
• Philios Petrides, Data & Business Intelligence Consultant
If you work in brokerage, fintech, compliance, business development or market strategy, this session offers practical insights backed by verified industry data.
Access the FM Intelligence Portal at: https://datalab.financemagnates.com/
🔔 Subscribe to Finance Magnates for more webinars, interviews and market intelligence covering the global online trading industry.
#FinanceMagnates #FX #CFD #Fintech #Trading #Brokerage #MarketIntelligence #RegTech #Compliance #Forex
Where is the FX & CFD industry really heading in 2026?
In this free Finance Magnates Intelligence masterclass, industry experts explore the latest data shaping the global FX & CFD market, how regulation and regional demand influence expansion planning, and how brokerages benchmark performance across 265 firms on the FM Intelligence Portal.
In this session you'll learn:
✔ Where the FX/CFD industry is heading in H2 2026
✔ Why compliance should guide regional expansion decisions
✔ How internal performance compares when benchmarked against 265 brokers
✔ Regional demand shifts across Europe, APAC, and LATAM
✔Broker volume rankings, verification, and FM Intelligence Portal data
Speakers:
• Ramzi Ahmad, Director of Intelligence, Finance Magnates
• Sylwester Majewski, Head of Insights & Reporting Hub, Finance Magnates
• Philios Petrides, Data & Business Intelligence Consultant
If you work in brokerage, fintech, compliance, business development or market strategy, this session offers practical insights backed by verified industry data.
Access the FM Intelligence Portal at: https://datalab.financemagnates.com/
🔔 Subscribe to Finance Magnates for more webinars, interviews and market intelligence covering the global online trading industry.
#FinanceMagnates #FX #CFD #Fintech #Trading #Brokerage #MarketIntelligence #RegTech #Compliance #Forex
Where is the FX & CFD industry really heading in 2026?
In this free Finance Magnates Intelligence masterclass, industry experts explore the latest data shaping the global FX & CFD market, how regulation and regional demand influence expansion planning, and how brokerages benchmark performance across 265 firms on the FM Intelligence Portal.
In this session you'll learn:
✔ Where the FX/CFD industry is heading in H2 2026
✔ Why compliance should guide regional expansion decisions
✔ How internal performance compares when benchmarked against 265 brokers
✔ Regional demand shifts across Europe, APAC, and LATAM
✔Broker volume rankings, verification, and FM Intelligence Portal data
Speakers:
• Ramzi Ahmad, Director of Intelligence, Finance Magnates
• Sylwester Majewski, Head of Insights & Reporting Hub, Finance Magnates
• Philios Petrides, Data & Business Intelligence Consultant
If you work in brokerage, fintech, compliance, business development or market strategy, this session offers practical insights backed by verified industry data.
Access the FM Intelligence Portal at: https://datalab.financemagnates.com/
🔔 Subscribe to Finance Magnates for more webinars, interviews and market intelligence covering the global online trading industry.
#FinanceMagnates #FX #CFD #Fintech #Trading #Brokerage #MarketIntelligence #RegTech #Compliance #Forex
How Finance Leaders Adapt to Change | iFX EXPO
How Finance Leaders Adapt to Change | iFX EXPO
How Finance Leaders Adapt to Change | iFX EXPO
How Finance Leaders Adapt to Change | iFX EXPO
How Finance Leaders Adapt to Change | iFX EXPO
How Finance Leaders Adapt to Change | iFX EXPO
Markets never stop changing.
We asked finance executives for their number one success tip, and many came back to the same idea: adapt, stay informed and keep looking ahead.
Featuring executives from Shift Markets, Letknow Pay, Base Markets and SPAYZ.io.
#FinanceMagnates #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Fintech #Shorts
Markets never stop changing.
We asked finance executives for their number one success tip, and many came back to the same idea: adapt, stay informed and keep looking ahead.
Featuring executives from Shift Markets, Letknow Pay, Base Markets and SPAYZ.io.
#FinanceMagnates #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Fintech #Shorts
Markets never stop changing.
We asked finance executives for their number one success tip, and many came back to the same idea: adapt, stay informed and keep looking ahead.
Featuring executives from Shift Markets, Letknow Pay, Base Markets and SPAYZ.io.
#FinanceMagnates #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Fintech #Shorts
Markets never stop changing.
We asked finance executives for their number one success tip, and many came back to the same idea: adapt, stay informed and keep looking ahead.
Featuring executives from Shift Markets, Letknow Pay, Base Markets and SPAYZ.io.
#FinanceMagnates #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Fintech #Shorts
Markets never stop changing.
We asked finance executives for their number one success tip, and many came back to the same idea: adapt, stay informed and keep looking ahead.
Featuring executives from Shift Markets, Letknow Pay, Base Markets and SPAYZ.io.
#FinanceMagnates #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Fintech #Shorts
Markets never stop changing.
We asked finance executives for their number one success tip, and many came back to the same idea: adapt, stay informed and keep looking ahead.
Featuring executives from Shift Markets, Letknow Pay, Base Markets and SPAYZ.io.
#FinanceMagnates #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #Fintech #Shorts
FM Daily Brief – 20 July 2026
FM Daily Brief – 20 July 2026
FM Daily Brief – 20 July 2026
FM Daily Brief – 20 July 2026
FM Daily Brief – 20 July 2026
FM Daily Brief – 20 July 2026
Today's Monday, the 20th of July 2026, and these are our main stories: two brokers surpass the two-trillion-dollar monthly trading volume mark, Asic posts a record year for civil penalties, and Jump Trading expands its prediction markets team.
Today's Monday, the 20th of July 2026, and these are our main stories: two brokers surpass the two-trillion-dollar monthly trading volume mark, Asic posts a record year for civil penalties, and Jump Trading expands its prediction markets team.
Today's Monday, the 20th of July 2026, and these are our main stories: two brokers surpass the two-trillion-dollar monthly trading volume mark, Asic posts a record year for civil penalties, and Jump Trading expands its prediction markets team.
Today's Monday, the 20th of July 2026, and these are our main stories: two brokers surpass the two-trillion-dollar monthly trading volume mark, Asic posts a record year for civil penalties, and Jump Trading expands its prediction markets team.
Today's Monday, the 20th of July 2026, and these are our main stories: two brokers surpass the two-trillion-dollar monthly trading volume mark, Asic posts a record year for civil penalties, and Jump Trading expands its prediction markets team.
Today's Monday, the 20th of July 2026, and these are our main stories: two brokers surpass the two-trillion-dollar monthly trading volume mark, Asic posts a record year for civil penalties, and Jump Trading expands its prediction markets team.
