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CFTC Statement On ION And The Impact To he Derivatives Markets

Date 02/02/2023

Staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Divisions of Clearing and Risk, Market Participants, Data, and Market Oversight today released the following statement on the cyber-related incident at ION Cleared Derivatives (a subsidiary of ION Markets), a third-party service provider of cleared derivatives order management, order execution, trading, and trade processing:

Nasdaq January 2023 Volumes

Date 02/02/2023

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today reported monthly volumes for January 2023 on its investor relations website. A data sheet showing this information can be found at: http://ir.nasdaq.com/financials/volume-statistics.

CME Group Inc. Names Slate Of Director Nominees

Date 02/02/2023

CME Group Inc., the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its Board of Directors has nominated two new director candidates, Harold Ford Jr. and Kathryn Benesh, for election at its 2023 annual meeting to be held Thursday, May 4, 2023.

US Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Releases CRA Evaluations For 31 National Banks And Federal Savings Associations

Date 02/02/2023

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of December 1, 2022, through January 31, 2023.  The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings.  The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.

US Department Of Justice: Man Charged In $110 Million Cryptocurrency Scheme

Date 02/02/2023

A Puerto Rico man is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon at the federal courthouse in Manhattan to face commodities fraud, commodities market manipulation, and wire fraud charges in connection with the manipulation of the Mango Markets decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. 

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Speak At The Bank For International Settlements Financial Stability Institute Conference On Big Techs In Finance

Date 02/02/2023

ISDA Comments On EMIR 3 Package

Date 02/02/2023

ISDA fosters safe and efficient derivatives markets. We believe that the EU should work towards strengthening the competitiveness of Europe’s growing derivatives markets by advancing the EU’s attractiveness, reducing market fragmentation and upholding a global level playing field for European firms as laid out in our Whitepaper ‘’A Roadmap to Make European Clearing More Attractive.”

Readout: US Under Secretary Of The Treasury Brian Nelson’s Visit To The United Arab Emirates

Date 02/02/2023

Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson traveled to the United Arab Emirates from January 30 - February 1, 2023 to continue coordination on illicit finance and other regional issues.  Treasury’s Deputy Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Bradley Smith was also in attendance.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger On Revision And Extension Of Staff No-Action Positions For Swaps Intended To Be Cleared

Date 02/02/2023

I support the revised and extended staff no-action relief regarding swaps intended to be cleared (“No-Action Relief”).  This expanded No-Action Relief appropriately recognizes the developments in the cleared swaps market in the decade following the issuance of the existing no-action positions in 2013, including the Commission’s issuance of exemptions from registration to certain non-US clearing organizations and swap execution facilities as provided for in the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). This approach facilitates the efficient use of cleared swaps and furthers our mandate to recognize comparable, comprehensive supervision and regulation of derivatives market infrastructure providers in other countries.

Beneath The Surface Of Uniswap Pools: Just-in-Time Liquidity - Kaiko Research: Deep Dive

Date 02/02/2023

This piece was originally going to compare the average and median size of liquidity events – meaning any mint (deposit) or burn (withdrawal) to/from a DEX liquidity pool – on the most popular Ethereum DEXs: Uniswap V3, V2, and Curve. There have been some excellent Twitter threads comparing DEXs and considering whether providing liquidity on Uniswap V3 can be profitable.