These things are just CFDs on the blockchain and it’s unclear why, when actual CFDs are illegal, these are allowed to exist
“I think [tokenization] will become the default way to get exposure to U.S. stocks outside the U.S.,” said Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev.
Tokenization of real world assets is an unstoppable ‘freight train’ coming to major markets: Robinhood CEO
The tokenization of real-world assets, from stocks to real estate, is coming to markets around the world, says Robinhood Markets CEO Vlad Tenev.
cnb.cx
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These things are just CFDs on the blockchain and it’s unclear why, when actual CFDs are illegal, these are allowed to exist
I see the Greens also don't understand how CfDs work…
I see the Greens are opposing (checks notes) solar power now.
'Industrial scale' solar farms attacked by Norfolk's Green
The county council's Green leader says solar panels should be locally owned and put on roofs.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I see the Greens also don't understand how CfDs work…
Futures open in 15 mins. London-traded CFDs pricing them down about a third of one percent to open.
March 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Futures open in 15 mins. London-traded CFDs pricing them down about a third of one percent to open.
CfDs are great in an energy crisis, because they give a steady price, often cheaper than the gas-driven wholesale price.
Newer renewables already tend to be on CfDs, but older ones tend not to be. Pushing more old renewables onto CfDs should make prices much more stable
Newer renewables already tend to be on CfDs, but older ones tend not to be. Pushing more old renewables onto CfDs should make prices much more stable
April 21, 2026 at 6:16 AM
CfDs are great in an energy crisis, because they give a steady price, often cheaper than the gas-driven wholesale price.
Newer renewables already tend to be on CfDs, but older ones tend not to be. Pushing more old renewables onto CfDs should make prices much more stable
Newer renewables already tend to be on CfDs, but older ones tend not to be. Pushing more old renewables onto CfDs should make prices much more stable
June Brent over $114, high from last Thursday was $126. I show 1w CFDs set to close $114 and change which would be a new high (though they printed above $120 intraday in March).
May 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
June Brent over $114, high from last Thursday was $126. I show 1w CFDs set to close $114 and change which would be a new high (though they printed above $120 intraday in March).
2. Contracts for Difference (CfDs) already partially address this. The government's existing mechanism - CfDs - effectively decouples some renewable generators from spot prices by guaranteeing them a fixed "strike price." When wholesale prices are high, they pay the difference back to consumers
March 30, 2026 at 11:38 AM
2. Contracts for Difference (CfDs) already partially address this. The government's existing mechanism - CfDs - effectively decouples some renewable generators from spot prices by guaranteeing them a fixed "strike price." When wholesale prices are high, they pay the difference back to consumers
"At XM we offer Nikkei (JP225) as cash and futures CFDs. Our cash index CFDs are undated transactions that aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying index" e-fx.github.io/JP225/ via @ #JP225 #NIKKEI #trade #stock
How is the trading NIKKEI (JP225) with XM. | e-FX
At XM we offer Nikkei (JP225) as cash and futures CFDs. Our cash index CFDs are undated transactions that aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying i...
e-fx.github.io
June 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"At XM we offer Nikkei (JP225) as cash and futures CFDs. Our cash index CFDs are undated transactions that aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying index" e-fx.github.io/JP225/ via @ #JP225 #NIKKEI #trade #stock
CfDs definieren langfristige Zahlungsflüsse — die genaue Preisstruktur beeinflusst die Vergleichbarkeit mit anderen Energieformen. Der 446-Seiten-Vertrag findet sich hier:
3/27 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6385d8...
3/27 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6385d8...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
July 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
CfDs definieren langfristige Zahlungsflüsse — die genaue Preisstruktur beeinflusst die Vergleichbarkeit mit anderen Energieformen. Der 446-Seiten-Vertrag findet sich hier:
3/27 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6385d8...
3/27 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6385d8...
"At XM we offer Nikkei (JP225) as cash and futures CFDs. Our cash index CFDs are undated transactions that aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying index" e-fx.github.io/JP225/ via @ #JP225 #NIKKEI #trade #stock
How is the trading NIKKEI (JP225) with XM. | e-FX
At XM we offer Nikkei (JP225) as cash and futures CFDs. Our cash index CFDs are undated transactions that aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying i...
e-fx.github.io
February 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"At XM we offer Nikkei (JP225) as cash and futures CFDs. Our cash index CFDs are undated transactions that aim to replicate the cash price of the underlying index" e-fx.github.io/JP225/ via @ #JP225 #NIKKEI #trade #stock
Now that I have a kid, I think I’m going to become militant about cars that pollute our air with their modified exhaust / total lack of catalytic converter. And CFDs insanely loud EMS & firetruck sirens.
June 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Now that I have a kid, I think I’m going to become militant about cars that pollute our air with their modified exhaust / total lack of catalytic converter. And CFDs insanely loud EMS & firetruck sirens.
Green energy won’t get energy bills down, Centrica’s Chris O’Shea is right about that - but he doesn’t nail why. It’s not about CFDs for green energy projects. It’s about the price of fossil gas; the boss of Centrica (aka British Gas) must know this.
buff.ly/vFvI1En
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May 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Green energy won’t get energy bills down, Centrica’s Chris O’Shea is right about that - but he doesn’t nail why. It’s not about CFDs for green energy projects. It’s about the price of fossil gas; the boss of Centrica (aka British Gas) must know this.
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This is true across a range of asset classes btw - spot Brent, short-term CFDs, Brent/WTI futures, #$USO skew, energy markets, credit, liquid rates.
A physical market forcing event will eventually lead to mechanical selling but nobody wants to pre-position for that because it will be very brief.
A physical market forcing event will eventually lead to mechanical selling but nobody wants to pre-position for that because it will be very brief.
May 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This is true across a range of asset classes btw - spot Brent, short-term CFDs, Brent/WTI futures, #$USO skew, energy markets, credit, liquid rates.
A physical market forcing event will eventually lead to mechanical selling but nobody wants to pre-position for that because it will be very brief.
A physical market forcing event will eventually lead to mechanical selling but nobody wants to pre-position for that because it will be very brief.
Getting emails about Money Stuff. NO WAY we would short this flyer. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Be Careful Tweeting About Stocks
Also XTB CFDs, credit-card customer service and pharmaceutical code names.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Getting emails about Money Stuff. NO WAY we would short this flyer. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
There are many different ways to support renewables.
But 2-sided CfDs is only mechanism that provides both downside protection for investors & upside protection for consumers. Monika Morawiecka at @regassistproj.bsky.social on how to design 2-sided CfDs well.
blueprint.raponline.org/deep-dive/co...
But 2-sided CfDs is only mechanism that provides both downside protection for investors & upside protection for consumers. Monika Morawiecka at @regassistproj.bsky.social on how to design 2-sided CfDs well.
blueprint.raponline.org/deep-dive/co...
November 20, 2023 at 4:13 PM
There are many different ways to support renewables.
But 2-sided CfDs is only mechanism that provides both downside protection for investors & upside protection for consumers. Monika Morawiecka at @regassistproj.bsky.social on how to design 2-sided CfDs well.
blueprint.raponline.org/deep-dive/co...
But 2-sided CfDs is only mechanism that provides both downside protection for investors & upside protection for consumers. Monika Morawiecka at @regassistproj.bsky.social on how to design 2-sided CfDs well.
blueprint.raponline.org/deep-dive/co...
Money Stuff is the sleeping terror for US newsletters. If it wakes up, it will swoop upon the complacent cottage industry of newsletters, and tear it apart. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Not Everywhere Is Insider Trading
CFDs abroad, Vanguard advice, Dow tracking error and Metaplanet.
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Money Stuff is the sleeping terror for US newsletters. If it wakes up, it will swoop upon the complacent cottage industry of newsletters, and tear it apart. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Hast du wieder CFDs auf Kaffeebohnen gekauft? 🧐
July 29, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Hast du wieder CFDs auf Kaffeebohnen gekauft? 🧐
If you look at the change in electricity bills from 2015 to 2020 (a period when gas prices were actually falling), the key drivers of price rises are all related to early renewables.
Subsidies for legacy and new renewables (CfDs) added costs, while the capacity market aims to back up renewables.
Subsidies for legacy and new renewables (CfDs) added costs, while the capacity market aims to back up renewables.
June 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
If you look at the change in electricity bills from 2015 to 2020 (a period when gas prices were actually falling), the key drivers of price rises are all related to early renewables.
Subsidies for legacy and new renewables (CfDs) added costs, while the capacity market aims to back up renewables.
Subsidies for legacy and new renewables (CfDs) added costs, while the capacity market aims to back up renewables.
NEW: Details of UK govt plans to "break influence of gas on electricity prices"
Carrot: Offer fixed-price "wholesale CfDs" to old renewables, replacing wholesale ££ but not RO top-up
Stick: Higher windfall tax of 45–>55% on 1 July for old renewables/nuclear
1/3
Carrot: Offer fixed-price "wholesale CfDs" to old renewables, replacing wholesale ££ but not RO top-up
Stick: Higher windfall tax of 45–>55% on 1 July for old renewables/nuclear
1/3
April 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
NEW: Details of UK govt plans to "break influence of gas on electricity prices"
Carrot: Offer fixed-price "wholesale CfDs" to old renewables, replacing wholesale ££ but not RO top-up
Stick: Higher windfall tax of 45–>55% on 1 July for old renewables/nuclear
1/3
Carrot: Offer fixed-price "wholesale CfDs" to old renewables, replacing wholesale ££ but not RO top-up
Stick: Higher windfall tax of 45–>55% on 1 July for old renewables/nuclear
1/3
Bidding around 70 euros, not bad
windeurope.org/news/success...
windeurope.org/news/success...
Successful Danish offshore wind tender proves that CfDs deliver competitive bids
Denmark held a successful offshore wind auction for two sites with a total capacity of 1.8 GW. It shows that auction design matters. The last Danish offshore auction came with uncapped negative biddin...
windeurope.org
September 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Bidding around 70 euros, not bad
windeurope.org/news/success...
windeurope.org/news/success...
The government should abandon complex schemes designed to preserve private sector involvement and instead directly fund renewables through vanilla CFDs.
reneweconomy.com.au
August 25, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The government should abandon complex schemes designed to preserve private sector involvement and instead directly fund renewables through vanilla CFDs.
It also has plenty of interesting (if politically difficult) proposals for tackling rising energy system costs, including default smart tariffs, CfDs and heat pump subsidies that vary by region, and major tax reforms.
September 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
It also has plenty of interesting (if politically difficult) proposals for tackling rising energy system costs, including default smart tariffs, CfDs and heat pump subsidies that vary by region, and major tax reforms.
What bewilders me here is:
- solar farms in the UK are no longer easy money. There's no FiT and the CfDs are competitive.
- most take merchant risk, and may lose money. This is generally unacceptable to the public.
- it's fine to profit from providing real solutions (eg to high energy prices).
- solar farms in the UK are no longer easy money. There's no FiT and the CfDs are competitive.
- most take merchant risk, and may lose money. This is generally unacceptable to the public.
- it's fine to profit from providing real solutions (eg to high energy prices).
I see the Greens are opposing (checks notes) solar power now.
'Industrial scale' solar farms attacked by Norfolk's Green
The county council's Green leader says solar panels should be locally owned and put on roofs.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 18, 2026 at 9:12 AM
What bewilders me here is:
- solar farms in the UK are no longer easy money. There's no FiT and the CfDs are competitive.
- most take merchant risk, and may lose money. This is generally unacceptable to the public.
- it's fine to profit from providing real solutions (eg to high energy prices).
- solar farms in the UK are no longer easy money. There's no FiT and the CfDs are competitive.
- most take merchant risk, and may lose money. This is generally unacceptable to the public.
- it's fine to profit from providing real solutions (eg to high energy prices).
Los PPAs son CfDs privados, las subastas son CfDs entre los generadores y la sociedad.
¿Por qué prefieres CfDs privados a los públicos?
¿No será que las subastas permiten entrar a empresas generadoras y comercializadoras pequeñas al eliminar barreras de entrada que tienen los PPAs privados?
¿Por qué prefieres CfDs privados a los públicos?
¿No será que las subastas permiten entrar a empresas generadoras y comercializadoras pequeñas al eliminar barreras de entrada que tienen los PPAs privados?
September 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Los PPAs son CfDs privados, las subastas son CfDs entre los generadores y la sociedad.
¿Por qué prefieres CfDs privados a los públicos?
¿No será que las subastas permiten entrar a empresas generadoras y comercializadoras pequeñas al eliminar barreras de entrada que tienen los PPAs privados?
¿Por qué prefieres CfDs privados a los públicos?
¿No será que las subastas permiten entrar a empresas generadoras y comercializadoras pequeñas al eliminar barreras de entrada que tienen los PPAs privados?
First, on it’s own very narrow terms, would cancelling contracts for difference save any money on energy bills?
Well, if you cancelled the more recent CfDs: no!
The CfD prices under the most recent successful auctions (AR4 in 2022 and AR6 in 2024) are below the price of wholesale electricity
Well, if you cancelled the more recent CfDs: no!
The CfD prices under the most recent successful auctions (AR4 in 2022 and AR6 in 2024) are below the price of wholesale electricity
July 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
First, on it’s own very narrow terms, would cancelling contracts for difference save any money on energy bills?
Well, if you cancelled the more recent CfDs: no!
The CfD prices under the most recent successful auctions (AR4 in 2022 and AR6 in 2024) are below the price of wholesale electricity
Well, if you cancelled the more recent CfDs: no!
The CfD prices under the most recent successful auctions (AR4 in 2022 and AR6 in 2024) are below the price of wholesale electricity