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Google, CME say they’ve proved cloud can support HFT—now what?

After demonstrating in September that ultra-low-latency trading can be facilitated in the cloud, the exchange and tech giant are hoping to see barriers to entry come down.

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Long before electricity, ancient humans in the empty Northern Hemisphere looked to a dark winter sky and were stunned to find it had come alive with dancing green ribbons. What is now known as the northern lights, or the aurora borealis, was once thought to be a supernatural phenomenon, a message from the gods.

In the mind of today’s derivatives trader, a different Aurora holds a similar level of reverence—specifically the one in Illinois, where CME, the world’s largest futures and options

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‘Vibe coding is burning us out’

Vibe coding is rapidly spreading throughout the capital markets, and some are unhappy about it, while others believe the genie is out of the bottle. Engineers spoken to for this story share some choice words—and several expletives—about this new form of coding.

DTCC dives into public cloud

The clearing house has begun migrating its equities clearing and settlement systems to AWS, while its tokenization systems have migrated to Microsoft Azure ahead of their launch this fall.

Solving the last line of latency

Repurposed copper cables and hollow-core fiber can optimize latency even for firms who feel they’ve hit a ceiling, writes Vahan Sardaryan in this guest column.

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