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  • A bid by VC Trade, an emerging technology platform for the Schuldschein market, to overcome resistance and cement its position in the market appears to have paid off this week, as a deal for Lufthansa executed solely via the platform succeeded handsomely. This could prove a turning point for the use of tech in the Schuldschein sector and perhaps other corporate debt markets. Silas Brown reports.
  • TrueDigital, a New York company that uses blockchain-based technologies to offer margined deliverable swaps on bitcoin, has hired Michel Finzi, a former managing director and SVP at Instinet, as its chief commercial officer. It has also hired two ex-Citigroup bankers as salespeople.
  • Data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission suggests that institutional investors' positioning in bitcoin futures swung away from bullishness last week.
  • Analysis provider Exotix is rebranding as Tellimer, changing its focus from providing research to the sell-side to showcasing research from various sources to all sections of the market, directed by data analytics. It will use its expertise to offer investment banking services.
  • The European Stability Mechanism’s initiative to create the first public sector-backed bond platform could seriously disrupt the current model for issuing euro bonds. But the plan only makes sense if it brings down costs.
  • Data modelling firm Simudyne, which uses an innovative approach to simulating market scenarios, has said its technology will help banks execute trades, as different asset classes grapple with algorithmic trading and risk predictions. The company has closed a new round of fundraising led by Barclays.