Shanny Basar

Senior writer

A Senior Writer at Markets Media who became a financial journalist in 2000 after working in banking for over a decade. As a journalist, Shanny has previously worked in New York close to a decade, which included covering the financial crisis in 2008, before venturing home to the UK. Shanny studied Mechanical Engineering as an undergraduate. Her passion for the arts led her to complete an Arts & Humanities degree, currently, Shanny is aiming for a Masters in Art History. When Shanny is not too busy studying, she writes plays with the goal of seeing one performed on stage. With a passion for travel, Shanny has been known to take a year off to travel round the world.

Latest From Shanny Basar

Pensions Look Beyond Equities and Bonds

SEC Moves Towards ‘Tokenized Field of Dreams’

On June 11 2026 the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rescinding Rule 611 of Regulation NMS, also known as the trade-through rule, which ensures that investors receive the best possible price regardless of which exchange executes the...

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Prediction Markets Move From Niche to Mainstream

Galaxy Digital, the digital assets fund manager, said prediction markets are the future of event-driven markets for institutions as it launched its first over-the-counter (OTC) offering in the space. The asset manager’s global markets trading desk...

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Batch Auctions Could Combat HFT

CFTC’s Selig Pledges ‘Responsible’ Regulation of Perps

Michael Selig, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the agency will be a “responsible" regulator of perpetual futures, as the CFTC’s approval of the contracts has been opposed by Terry Duffy, chairman and chief executive of ...

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Constructive Activist Funds Seek to Avoid Proxy Battles

U.S. Banks Fight Stablecoin Growth with Tokenized Deposits

S&P Global Ratings said significant growth in the use of stablecoins could impact for the U.S. banking sector, as a bank consortium said it is launching a tokenized deposit platform. On 4 June 2026 the ratings agency said in a report that ...

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Income Equity Fund IPOs

Coinbase & Kraken Add to Pre-IPO Perpetual Futures

Coinbase, the U.S. listed crypto exchange, is launching its first perpetual pre-IPO futures on SpaceX as the rocket company is expected to be a catalyst for the market. On 3 June 2026 Coinbase said in a statement that it is launching pre-IPO p...

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Institutional Infrastructure Grows in Prediction Markets

Galaxy Digital, has become the latest firm to launch an institutional over-the-counter prediction markets trading desk which the digital assets fund manager used to execute a “first-of-its-kind” crypto portfolio hedge. On 2 June 2026 Galaxy said ...

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ETF Growth in Focus

Citi: Tokenized Asset Market to Reach $5.5 trillion by 2030

Citi Institute has estimated that the global tokenized asset market will reach $5.5 trillion by 2030, compared to approximately $17bn. In a report, Tokenization 2030: Wall Street On-Chain, Citi Institute said $5.5 trillion by 2030 is its base cas...

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CBOE Expands Index Options, Volatility Suite

MIAX Aims to Grow Futures Business

Miami International Holdings (MIAX), an exchange group operating across multiple asset classes, has launched the first in a suite of equity index futures based on Bloomberg indices, after growing its market share in options. MIAX Futures, a re...

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