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LMAX boss David Mercer: ‘Retail FUD has disappeared from crypto market’

Mercer says that the next crypto boom will be driven by tradfi adoption

'We are now seeing more theoretical and proven price targets in crypto’

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LMAX chief executive David Mercer said he has no doubt that the future of all traditional assets and capital markets more broadly is digital

LMAX Digital marks five years with $1tn in crypto trades

Jeremy Chan

The institutional crypto exchange was recently awarded ‘best crypto trading platform’ at FN's latest Trading & Tech Awards

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Winners in pictures: Industry stars celebrate at FN’s Trading & Tech awards

Senior leaders gathered at London's One Marylebone for the 21st annual awards

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Mercer: ‘I think it is foolhardy for the industry to take on those regulators’

The Fintech Files: LMAX says US crackdown isn’t ‘anti-crypto’, Coinbase turns to Europe

Alex Daniel

Fintech Files rounds up what's going on in fintech and crypto this week

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‘I don't think anything other than bitcoin, or perhaps ethereum is proven yet, but it is here to stay'

LMAX boss David Mercer: ‘It’s foolhardy for crypto to take on the regulators’

Alex Daniel

The trading house boss disagrees with evangelists who think the SEC is anti-crypto

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LMAX boss David Mercer has seen profits and activity jump on his exchanges

LMAX boss David Mercer’s pay doubles to £1.6m after bumper crypto year

Alex Daniel

LMAX is cashing in after a 340% rise in crypto trading volumes to $500bn

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Crypto and FX firm LMAX valued at $1bn after JC Flowers stake

Emily Nicolle

LMAX Digital is now the world’s second largest bitcoin exchange by volume, CEO says

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Crypto ‘now a real asset class’ as LMAX sees volume double

The volume of cryptocurrencies traded through LMAX Digital, its crypto arm, more than doubled in the first half of 2020 – reaching a total of $36bn

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