On September 8, Nasdaq took a significant step towards revolutionizing the trading landscape by filing with the SEC to enable trading of tokenized securities listed on its exchange starting in 2026. This move, if approved,...more
DeFi development carried quietly on throughout 2023, but DeFi protocols also faced significant hurdles. In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) increased their...more
On November 1, 2019, Digital Asset Exchange BitMEX announced that a substantial volume of its customers’ email addresses had been inadvertently leaked in email communications. While the precise nationalities and identities of...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Chairman Clayton and Trading and Markets Director Redfearn Call for a Reassessment of Regulation NMS - On March 8, US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton and director, Division...more
On March 7, 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued additional guidance with respect to digital assets trading platforms, affirming that platforms that offer trading of cryptocurrencies that are...more
Deputy US Attorney General and SEC Enforcement Head Warn Corporate Individual Wrongdoers to Beware - Deputy US Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates provided further insight into the Department of Justice’s new emphasis...more
On October 20, 2015, SEC Chair Mary Jo White gave the keynote address at the “Evolving Structure of the U.S. Treasury Market” conference organized by the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York....more
High speed trading, dark pools and similar market structure issues have become hotly debated topics. Former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton gave several speeches discussion the subjects and proposed that high speed traders be...more