This week on The Spread, FTSE Russell and SGX form a strategic alliance, Cboe’s mini VIX futures sell like hotcakes, and more.

Chicago entrepreneurs seek to bring cash-heavy retail industry into digital age.

Tom Rinaudo was working at a bank when his mother heard about a job at the Chicago Board of Trade. He had no idea what the Board of Trade was all about, but he said yes and was hired by JK McKerr in a back office job.

The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it was settling its criminal spoofing case against the Bank of Nova Scotia for its role in a “. . . massive price manipulation scheme aimed at falsely manufacturing the prices of precious metals futures contracts...

DrawBridge Lending LLC sees itself as the “bridge” between the cryptocurrency world and the world of institutional trading. In this episode, DrawBridge CEO Jason Urban discusses the finer points of running a business based around lending against cryptocurrency, the state of institutional demand for digital asset products, how to work with regulators, and more.

The CFTC is dropping all charges against Jitesh Thakkar in the anti-spoofing case that grew out of software development work that Thakkar’s company, Edge Financial Technology, performed in 2012 for Navinder Sarao. Sarao made at least $12.8 million by illegal spoofing,...