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Financial Assets and Liabilities - Measured on a Recurring Basis (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Assets
Other Assets	$ 167,384	$ 84,521
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	1,270,404	737,724
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	5,694,997	6,071,352
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value, counterparty and cash collateral netting	(253,146)	(336,311)
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	472,895	1,167,712
Interest rate swap
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	5,753
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)		7,661
Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	4,998,078	6,127,752
Financial instruments owned, at fair value, counterparty and cash collateral netting	(268,583)	(354,698)
Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	1,449,054	1,230,859
Equity securities
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	3,319,044	2,612,817
Equity securities | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	2,966,598	2,554,805
Equity securities | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	1,441,851	1,222,559
U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	1,175,138	2,072,949
U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	798,236	2,296,719
Corporate Bonds
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	1,166,408	1,358,522
Corporate Bonds | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	1,187,960	1,232,097
Exchange traded notes
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	31,280	21,104
Exchange traded notes | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	20,320	18,065
Exchange traded notes | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	7,203	8,300
Equity investment
Assets
Other Assets	84,587	81,805
Exchange stock
Assets
Other Assets	2,815	2,716
Currency forwards
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	5	2,774
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value, counterparty and cash collateral netting	(253,146)	(336,311)
Currency forwards | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	22,076	22,581
Financial instruments owned, at fair value, counterparty and cash collateral netting	(268,583)	(354,698)
Options
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	3,122	3,186
Options | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	2,888	3,485
Interest rate swaps and digital assets
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	22,801
Receivables linked to digital assets
Assets
Other Assets	79,982
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	17,048
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	90,271
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Assets
Other Assets	82,797	2,716
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0	0
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	2,100,385	1,632,305
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Interest rate swap
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)		0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	1,232,481	1,235,736
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	886,438	871,240
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Equity securities
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	1,888,070	1,447,726
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Equity securities | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	886,249	710,699
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Equity securities | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	886,435	871,237
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	209,193	181,393
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	343,333	521,542
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Corporate Bonds
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Corporate Bonds | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Exchange traded notes
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Exchange traded notes | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	11	10
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Exchange traded notes | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	3	3
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Equity investment
Assets
Other Assets	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Exchange stock
Assets
Other Assets	2,815	2,716
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Currency forwards
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Currency forwards | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Options
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	3,122	3,186
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Options | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	2,888	3,485
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Interest rate swaps and digital assets
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)  | Receivables linked to digital assets
Assets
Other Assets	79,982
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Assets
Other Assets	0	0
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	1,247,603	737,724
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	3,847,758	4,775,358
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	382,624	1,160,051
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Interest rate swap
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	5,753
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)		7,661
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	4,034,180	5,246,714
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	562,616	359,619
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Equity securities
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	1,430,974	1,165,091
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Equity securities | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	2,080,349	1,844,106
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Equity securities | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	555,416	351,322
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	965,945	1,891,556
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	454,903	1,775,177
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Corporate Bonds
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	1,166,408	1,358,522
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Corporate Bonds | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	1,187,960	1,232,097
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Exchange traded notes
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	31,280	21,104
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Exchange traded notes | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	20,309	18,055
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Exchange traded notes | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	7,200	8,297
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Equity investment
Assets
Other Assets	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Exchange stock
Assets
Other Assets	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Currency forwards
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	253,151	339,085
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Currency forwards | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	290,659	377,279
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Options
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Options | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Interest rate swaps and digital assets
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	22,801
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)  | Receivables linked to digital assets
Assets
Other Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	17,048
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	90,271
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Other Assets	84,587	81,805
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0	0
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Interest rate swap
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0
Liabilities
Payables to broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($90,271 and $7,661, at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)		0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Equity securities
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Equity securities | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Equity securities | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | U.S. and Non-U.S. government obligations | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Corporate Bonds
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Corporate Bonds | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Exchange traded notes
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Exchange traded notes | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Exchange traded notes | Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Equity investment
Assets
Other Assets	84,587	81,805
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Exchange stock
Assets
Other Assets	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Currency forwards
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Currency forwards | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Options
Liabilities
Financial instruments sold, not yet purchased, at fair value	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Options | Not Pledged
Assets
Financial instruments owned, at fair value	0	$ 0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Interest rate swaps and digital assets
Assets
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)	0
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  | Receivables linked to digital assets
Assets
Other Assets	0
Receivables from broker-dealers and clearing organizations ($22,801 and $— at fair value, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively)
Liabilities
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