Wall Street Goes All In on Great Crypto Comeback Fueled by Trump

The entertainment also skewed older. The 1970s hitmakers Cheap Trick blasted their tunes for the likes of New York Stock Exchange President Lynn Martin and DRW Holdings founder Don Wilson.
“Crypto is back,” Catherine Clay, head of derivatives at Chicago-based options powerhouse Cboe Global Markets, said in an interview. “We definitely have seen the re-emergence of the crypto theme back at Boca after a few years of it being pretty much absent.”
Trump pledged to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet” during his campaign, and since taking office has worked to make good on his promises. He issued an executive order on digital assets and his top securities regulator has started a task force on crypto headed by Hester Peirce, a longtime advocate for the industry.
All of that is giving Wall Street confidence. Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities, previously conservative in its approach to digital assets, is now looking to get more involved as a liquidity provider for cryptocurrencies. CME Group Inc. is expanding by launching Solana futures after overtaking Binance as the world’s largest Bitcoin derivatives exchange. Intercontinental Exchange Inc., which had stayed away, sees opportunities to step in and compete with rival CME, according to people familiar with the matter.