Episode 124: Exchange Outages and Blockchain Developments

This week on the podcast, Anthony and James first look at the London Stock Exchange’s outage that resulted from “technical issues” with its auction system, and why the industry should expect more glitches—across the world—in the future. Then they turn their attention to both failed blockchain projects and projects that were announced last year that have actually gone fully live. They wrap the show up talking about the state of mainstream magazines (because we all know that Waters magazine is the finest magazine covering fintech in the world). Outages 1:45 What happened at the LSE? https://www.waterstechnology.com/exchanges-trading-venues/3685356/issue-with-auction-system-led-to-lses-morning-blackout 5:00 The regulators are starting to care more about outages. https://www.waterstechnology.com/exchanges-trading-venues/3529391/nyse-fined-14-million-by-sec-for-reg-sci-violations 6:00 Why we should expect more outages across the industry. Blockchain 8:15 First, a look at some of the failed blockchain projects that have dotted the capital markets. 11:30 Some cold water on the idea of blockchain for clearing. 14:00 But there have been some bright spots in the blockchain space, right? Misc 18:30 What’s happened to Esquire? Why is California Sunday Magazine so good? Why is James promoting one of our competitors? We have answers (and possibly a job opening for a news editor). https://www.waterstechnology.com/trading-technologies-and-strategies/3681751/markets-learn-painful-lessons-as-blockchain-grows-up https://www.waterstechnology.com/industry-issues-initiatives/3683991/northern-trust-pushes-forward-with-private-equity-blockchain https://www.waterstechnology.com/trading-floor-technologies/3683731/clearing-executives-remain-skeptical-on-blockchain https://www.waterstechnology.com/organization-management/3672916/flush-with-cash-paxos-plans-precious-metals-blockchain-launch-next-week