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Options Technology (Options), a leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services for global capital markets, today announced that it will be the first vendor to deliver OTC Markets' MOON ATS™ and OTC Overnight market data, via its industry-leading AtlasFeed.
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This will enhance Options' market data offerings, providing traders with unparalleled access to overnight liquidity and global market coverage. It also represents a key milestone in OTC Markets' ongoing efforts to expand its innovative platforms, offering a 24/5 trading model tailored to meet the needs of global investors seeking more flexible trading opportunities.
By leveraging Options’ AtlasFeed, market participants will benefit from low-latency, normalized data that ensures real-time pricing and liquidity insights, irrespective of time zone.
Danny Moore, President and CEO of Options, commented: “As the first vendor to carry OTC’s overnight data via AtlasFeed, Options is proud to continue its commitment to providing best-in-class, scalable infrastructure that meets the evolving needs of institutional traders, quant firms, and market-making firms worldwide. This partnership reinforces our commitment to offering highly accessible, low-latency, normalized data across multiple venues, helping traders to make smarter, more informed decisions around the clock.”
Cromwell Coulson, CEO of OTC Markets, added, "We are thrilled to collaborate with Options to provide OTC Markets’ MOON ATS and OTC Overnight market data via AtlasFeed. AtlasFeed’s expansive global reach, ensures more broker-dealers and investors have transparent prices and insights to trade efficiently in overnight markets. The Options team’s ability to quickly integrate new data sources to meet client demand is impressive.”
This latest development builds on Options’ established reputation for delivering high-performance market data solutions to the global financial industry. It follows the company’s continuous drive for innovation and expanding service offerings, including its commitment to low-latency market connectivity, real-time data access, and 24/7 client support.
Today’s news comes as the latest in a series of major milestones at Options, including the expansion of its Chicago and Hong Kong offices, its partnership with Data Intellect and the deployment of Cboe Hanweck’s European option analytics data feed.
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Options today announced that it will be the first vendor to deliver OTC Markets' MOON ATS™ and OTC Overnight market data, via its industry-leading AtlasFeed.
Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for a larger war between the two bitter adversaries.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday Israel will face “severe punishment,” as state-run IRNA news agency confirmed top military officials and scientists had been killed in the attack.
An Israeli military official said that the Israeli Air Force targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, without identifying them. The official spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing operation.
Air-raid sirens preventatively rang out in Israel.
The attack comes as tensions have reached new heights over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time in 20 years on Thursday censured Iran over it not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site in the country and swap out some centrifuges for more advanced ones.
Israel for years has warned it will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon, something Tehran insists it doesn’t want — though officials there have repeatedly warned it could.
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The Palestinian group said Friday that the strikes “form a dangerous escalation” that could lead to a regional war.
Hamas added that the strikes reflect the Israeli government’s intention to pull the region into an open war.
Jordanian state media said the country’s Air Force is intercepting missiles and drones in its air space.
The state news agency quoted an unnamed senior military official as saying that the interceptions were carried out based on military assessments indicating that the missiles and drones were likely to fall within Jordanian territory, including populated areas, posing a potential threat to civilian safety.
The official added that the Jordan Armed Forces are operating “around the clock to defend the country’s borders by land, sea, and air and will not allow any violation of Jordanian airspace under any circumstances.”
Qatar, which has served as a key mediator in the Israel-Hamas war, joined other Gulf Arab states in admonishing Friday’s Israeli strikes on Iran.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the attack as a “clear violation” of international law and called for restraint.
It added that Israel had violated Iran’s sovereignty and security.
Two Iraqi security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said that more than 100 drones launched from Iran toward Israel were tracked crossing Iraqi airspace.
Residents of Iraq’s Diyala province, which borders Iran, reported hearing the sound of aircraft and explosions from strikes inside Iranian territory early Friday.
Some later said they saw drones launched from Iran heading toward Israel.
Israel’s military says it has begun intercepting Iranian drones.
Earlier, the military said Iran had launched more than 100 drones at Israel in retaliation for strikes on Tehran and other cities.
An Israeli official said the interceptions are taking place outside of Israeli territory, but did not elaborate.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement.
The IAEA says Iran’s nuclear site at Isfahan had not been impacted by the Israeli attacks.
The UN nuclear agency also said Iran’s underground enrichment site at Fordo “has not been impacted.”
Earlier, the agency had said Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, on the Persian Gulf coast, “has not been targeted.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was concerned about the strikes and was working with Mideast partners to de-escalate the situation.
“We urge all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently. Escalation serves no one in the region,” he said.
“Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy.”
The United Arab Emirates on Friday condemned “in the strongest terms” Israeli strikes on Iran, urging diplomacy.
The UAE is one of only a handful of Arab countries to recognize Israel, after it signed onto the Abraham Accords in 2020.
The ministry of foreign affairs for the federation of seven sheikhdoms “stressed the importance of exercising the utmost self-restraint and judgment” and urged against the conflict’s expansion.
The Chinese embassy in Israel warned its citizens on Friday to take safety measures, saying the Israeli strikes were “significantly escalating the tensions.”
The Chinese embassy in Iran, meanwhile, also cautioned citizens and companies based there to stay alert.
It asked its citizens in Iran to avoid crowds and sensitive places.
“Citizens are advised to prepare for potential attacks involving missiles, rockets, drones, or other threats, and to take comprehensive safety measures,” the Chinese embassy in Israel said.
Jordan’s army said Friday that its forces were on alert to confront any threat.
A military official said all units were at the highest levels of readiness and it was closely monitoring the developments.
Jordan’s minister of state communications and government spokesperson, Dr. Mohammad al-Momani, said that the country will not allow its airspace to be violated and it will not be a “battleground for any conflict.”
Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Friday urged both Israel and Iran “to avoid any escalatory steps,” saying India has “close and friendly” relations with the two nations.
India, he added, urges “dialogue and diplomacy” and is “closely monitoring the evolving situation, including reports related to attacks on nuclear sites.”
He said India “stands ready to extend all possible support.”
The U.S. embassy in Manama, Bahrain, advised its personnel on Friday to “exercise increased caution” and “limit non-essential travel around the country,” after Israel’s early morning strikes on Iran.
“We recommend American citizens in Bahrain to do the same, and stand by for further instructions as we assess the situation,” the embassy added in a security alert.
Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.
Brig. Gen. Effie Deffrin, the chief Israeli army spokesman: “In the last few hours, Iran has launched more than 100 drones toward Israel, and all the defense systems are acting to intercept the threats.”
A top Turkish official condemned Israel’s strikes on Iran, describing them as “barbaric” and unjustifiable aggression.
Omer Celik, the spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing party also maintained that the action was a diversion tactic, aimed at shifting attention away from international criticism of its actions in Gaza.
“There can be no legitimacy or justification for the Israeli attack. This is barbaric aggression,” Celik said on a X post.
Celik went on to accuse Israel of “hostility” toward diplomatic efforts, noting that the attack took place amid ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran.
Israeli military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Deffrin said that some 200 Israeli fighter jets participated in the operation, striking some 100 targets.
He said the attacks were continuing.
Jordan has closed its airspace following Israel’s strikes on Iran early Friday.
Iran, Israel and Iraq have also closed their airspace.
Jordan’s civil aviation authority says the airspace will be closed for all flights over the country.
Jordan News Agency said the temporary measure is out of concern for any dangers related to the escalation in the region.
Brig. Gen. Effie Deffrin, the chief Israeli army spokesman: “In the last few hours, Iran has launched more than 100 drones toward Israel, and all the defense systems are acting to intercept the threats.”
Saudi Arabia on Friday reprimanded Israel for its strikes on Iran, despite long-running tensions between the kingdom and the Islamic Republic.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Israeli aggressions against the brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran, which undermine its sovereignty and security and constitute a clear violation of international laws and norms,” the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
An Israeli airstrike killed Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Iranian state television reported Friday.
Bagheri is a former top commander within Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
The state TV report offered no further details.
Multiple military officials and scientists have been killed in the Israeli attack Friday on sites across Iran.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that Israel will face “severe punishment” over its attack on the country.
Khamenei issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency. It also confirmed that top military officials and scientists had been killed in the attack.
Israel “opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to commit a crime against our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers,” Khamenei said.
Israel’s strikes come days before a sixth round of talks were planned between Iran and the US over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program this Sunday in Oman.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new administration has been seeking a deal that would halt Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the strikes would affect plans for the talks.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel acted unilaterally in striking Iran, but Friday morning, Iranian state television aired footage of people chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
The strike on Iran pushed the Israeli military to its limits, using its aging air-to-air refuelers to get its fighter jets close enough to attack.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Israeli jets entered Iranian airspace or just fired so-called “standoff missiles” over another country. Israel has previously attacked Iran from over the border in Iraq.
People in Iraq heard fighter jets overhead at the time of the attack.
People in Iran’s capital, Tehran, heard another round of explosions Friday morning after an initial Israeli attack.
It wasn’t immediately clear if it was air defense systems going off or another attack.
Iranian state television has confirmed the head of country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in an Israeli strike.
An anchor read a statement saying: “The news of assassination and martyrdom of Gen. Hossein Salami was confirmed.”
The anchor did not elaborate.
The Guard is a major power center within Iran’s theocracy, with vast business interests and oversees the nation’s ballistic missile arsenal.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, says Israel launched Operation “Rising Lion” against Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure with the aim of eliminating an existential and immediate threat to the citizens of Israel and the entire world.
The Iranian regime is blatantly violating international agreements, advancing towards nuclear weapons, and operating a regional terror network, he said.
Speaking to the UN Secretary-General and members of the Security Council, Danon said: “This is a moment to make moral decisions. Stand by Israel - or you will be partners in a dangerous silence.”
Benchmark Brent crude oil prices have spiked by more than 8% over the Israel's strikes on Iran, which have targeted the country’s nuclear program and raised the potential for an all-war war.
Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency is quoting an anonymous official saying Iran will offer a “decisive” response to Israel’s attack.
The report did not elaborate. However, Iranian state television put a black band over the corner of its broadcast, suggesting the attack had been significant enough to spark public mourning.
Black smoke rose Friday over Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility at Natanz though it wasn’t clear how bad the damage was.
Iranian state television briefly showed the live picture with a reporter.
Natanz is partially above ground, partially below ground, with multiple halls of centrifuges spinning uranium gas for its nuclear program.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said Israel targeted the site in Friday’s attack. Natanz previously has been targeted by the Stuxnet cyberattack and multiple sabotage campaigns likely carried out by Israel.
An Israeli security official says that Netanyahu and other top officials decided on Monday that the operation would start today. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
By Josef Federman
Australia and New Zealand’s governments condemned the Israeli strikes on Friday.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said she was “alarmed by the escalation” between Israel and Iran, which she said risked further destabilizing an already volatile region.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the strikes were “a huge concern” for his government and “potentially catastrophic” for the Middle East. “The risk of miscalculation is high,” he said.
The two countries were among five that enacted travel and financial sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers Wednesday, accusing them of “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Iranian state television says the head of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, is feared dead after an Israeli attack.
It added that one other top Guard official, as well as two nuclear scientists, were also feared dead. The report offered few other details.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centers within the country’s theocracy. It also controls Iran’s arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli attack on Iran has set the headquarters of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard ablaze, state television reported Friday.
A reporter on air said he was unable to get closer due to the intensity of the fire in Iran’s capital, Tehran.
Multiple sites in the capital had been hit in the attack, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said targeted both sites of and officials leading Iran’s nuclear program and its ballistic missile arsenal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz and the country’s ballistic missile program, as well as top nuclear scientists and officials.
He said Iran was working on a new plan to destroy Israel after its old plan, its circle of proxies, failed. He called it an intolerable threat that must be stopped.
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, called the Israeli strike “a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence.”
“These strikes threaten not only the lives of innocent civilians but the stability of the entire Middle East and the safety of American citizens and forces,” he said. Reed added: “I urge both nations to show immediate restraint, and I call on President Trump and our international partners to press for diplomatic de-escalation before this crisis spirals further out of control.”
Dozens of commercial airliners were in Iranian airspace as the strikes took place, according to flight tracking websites.
More than an hour after the Israeli attack, some were still making their way out of Iranian airspace, but some abruptly altered course to more quickly exit the area.
Many nations' jets already did not overfly Iran because of regional tensions.
The extent of Israel's strikes remained unclear early Friday.
Explosions could be heard across Tehran, Iran’s capital city. There were some images circulating of damaged residential buildings.
Iranian state television also was being careful in how they described the assault, suggesting that some areas outside of Tehran that had also been hit.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address on YouTube that the country launched “a targeted military operation roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.”
He added that the attacks will continue “for as many days at it takes to remove this threat.”
Israel closed its airspace in anticipation of Iranian retaliation.
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that attacks were expected.
“In the wake of the state of Israel’s preventive attack against Iran, missile and drone attacks against Israel and its civilian population are expected immediately,” he said in a statement.
The statement added that Katz “signed a special order declaring an emergency situation in the home front.”
“It is essential to listen to instructions from the home front command and authorities to stay in protected areas,” it said
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel took “unilateral action against Iran” and that Israel advised the U.S. that it believed the strikes were necessary for its self-defense, while warning Iran not to target U.S. forces in retaliation.
In a statement, he said: “Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense. President Trump and the Administration have taken all necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.”
An Israeli military official says that his country targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites, without identifying them.
The official spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing operation.
The Israeli official said Iran poses three threats to state of Israel: First, he alleged that the Iranian government is advancing a “secret program” to develop nuclear weapons. The U.S. intelligence community assesses that Iran is not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon.
Second, the Israeli official said, Iran has thousands of ballistic missiles. Finally, he said Iran has been distributing weapons and arms to proxy groups across the region like Hezbollah and Hamas.
— Josef Federman
As the explosions in Tehran started, President Donald Trump was on the lawn of the White House mingling with members of Congress. It was unclear if he had been informed but the president continued shaking hands and posing for pictures for several minutes.
Earlier in the day, Trump said an Israeli attack over Iran’s nuclear program was not imminent “but it looks like it’s something that could very well happen.”
The U.S. has been preparing for something to happen, pulling some diplomats from Iraq’s capital and offering voluntary evacuations for the families of U.S. troops in the wider Middle East.
The White House did not have an immediate comment Thursday night.
Firefighters work the scene of an explosion at a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Residents watch a damaged apartment in Tehran, Iran, early Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Debris from an apartment building is seen on top of parked cars after a strike in Tehran, Iran, early Friday, June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Smoke rises up to the sky, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
