Spot the difference: Why crypto data can’t be treated like traditional market data
As institutional participation in cryptocurrency markets increases, traditional data vendors and new specialist crypto data providers are taking different approaches to supplying necessary data to financial firms.
Where have all the blockchain startups gone?
Building a startup is hard. Building a blockchain startup is harder. More than 10 current and former financial blockchain builders and users detail their experiences of trying to cut their teeth on a once-darling tech, and the lessons they’re still learning from it.
The good, the bad, and the ugly of financial democratization
From crypto and Web3 to Robinhood and Reddit, democratization underscores it all. While it’s a largely benign concept that aims to level the playing field between institutions and individuals, it’s also really hard to get right.
What the hell is Web3, anyway?
The next iteration of the internet is upon us, with the potential to deliver radical shifts to every industry, including banking. The movement, which is currently buoyed by the prospects of blockchain and virtual reality, has implications for computing, data protection, networking, collaborating, and the very definition of a bank as a trusted intermediary and institution.
People moves: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, DataBP, LME, Azentio, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Michelle Neal (pictured), who joins the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as head of the markets group.
Meme stocks: Data providers conflicted on offering investment analyses
While some alternative data providers are jumping in on the meme-stock craze by producing new datasets and analyses geared toward risk management and alpha generation, others—perhaps rightly so—are staying cautious.
GameStop post-mortem: Alt data world confronts eroding barrier between online and real life
After Redditors staged an epic short squeeze against a handful of hedge funds, some in the industry are left wondering whether today’s models and data techniques are prepared for world where online often equals real life.
Transforming NLP: A Look at New Tools Being Used by Banks
The evolution of natural language processing is rapidly progressing. Jo Wright takes a look at BERT, one of the more game-changing innovations that is helping to transform the field of machine learning in the capital markets.
Proliferation of Fake Information: Deepfakes & the Capital Markets
As the spread of false information online threatens our view of the world, Josephine Gallagher examines how this phenomenon has evolved with technology.
Machine Learning Takes Hold in the Capital Markets: Some Examples
WatersTechnology looks at 16 projects in the capital markets that involve machine learning to show where the industry is heading.
Buy-Side Firms Turn to AI for Efficiency Amid Barriers to Adoption
Assuming that automated artificial intelligence holds the key to unlocking fragmented datasets, the absence of standardized models coupled with regulatory concerns remain barriers to adoption.
Sentieo Makes A Mazing Hire
Mazing is well-versed in using Twitter from his time running and promoting his own investment businesses and theses.
FlexTrade Adds IPP Platform to EMS
The interoperability platform will enable clients to have access to real-time data sharing and improve workflow collaboration.
Selerity Touts Improved Search, Less ‘Chatter’ for Crypto Data via Context Engine
Including support for concept-based cryptocurrency searches in the Selerity Context engine will provide more focused and relevant search results for institutional investors monitoring the crypto markets, officials say.
Bloomberg Integrates Filtered Twitter Feed to Widen EDF Offering
The data provider uses machine learning and natural language processing techniques to identify relevant topics.
The Right Place at the Right Time
Technology can’t solve all of the market’s problems. But sometimes events can conspire to make it seem like it can. James warns on the propensity among technologists to believe in false prophets.
Twitter, Neudata’s Morse Joins AI Banking ‘Assistant’ Finn.ai
Morse, a former speaker on social media usage and alternative data at IMD's North American Financial Information Summit, will help Finn.ai grow its "strategic" accounts business.
LiquidityBook Names Twitter Vet Andy Carroll as Chief Architect
Carroll has over 30 years of experience, most recently serving as tech lead of Twitter’s NFL live-streaming project
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 71: Social Data, Analytics and Trading
Stephen Morse gives a presentation on how traders are using information created via Twitter to derive trading insights.
NewsHedge, Metricle Bow Systematic Twitter Analysis API
The new offering identifies unusual trading activity and correlates it to news events on Twitter.
The Rise of #AltData
Max Bowie explores the opportunities arising from new, alternative datasets, and the challenges of managing them.
Market EarlyBird Bows Event-Tracking Twitter Tool for US Inauguration
The vendor and its clients see tweets relating to political events as a potential source of alpha.
Natural Language Processing: An Inside Look at How NLP is Used in the Capital Markets
Waters examines how natural language processing and natural language generation tools are being used on Wall Street
Twitter's Value Rising in More Ways Than One
The social media company's stock isn't the only thing that's improving.