I was 10 years old when I first walked onto the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. My father was a broker in the corn pit, as was his father before him.
It was summertime, with the specter of a drought that would crush US corn yields. The trading was manic, with such intensity and urgency. I couldn’t begin to understand what was happening around me, but I knew it had to be important.
It was important then, and it is important now, because exchanges are important.
CME, ICE, CBOE, NASDAQ, Euronext, TSE, HKEX and bourses around the world are so deeply woven into the fabric of our global economy, it’s hard to fathom functioning capital markets without them.
And new exchanges are joining the fray, offering price discovery, price transparency and liquidity for emissions, niche commodities, sovereign instruments, events, crypto, tokenized assets and more.
On this, our 3rd birthday, I’m very proud to say that EP3 by Connamara Technologies is doing its part to enable this exciting new generation of exchanges and marketplaces.
With a hat tip to all the floor brokers and traders who paved the way.