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Nasdaq November 2022 Volumes

Date 05/12/2022

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today reported monthly volumes for November 2022 on its investor relations website. A data sheet showing the monthly volumes can be found at: http://ir.nasdaq.com/financials/volume-statistics.

Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger On Order Of Registration Regarding SpectrAxe LLC SEF

Date 05/12/2022

I support the Commission’s issuance of an Order of Registration (Order) regarding the application of SpectrAxe LLC SEF (SpectrAxe) to register as a swap execution facility (SEF).  The record before us demonstrates that SpectrAxe, subject to conditions set forth in the Order, has demonstrated compliance with the Commodity Exchange Act and the Commission’s regulations, and therefore its registration as a SEF is appropriate.

Nadex Adjusts Index Composition

Date 05/12/2022

Pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (“Act”), and Section 40.6(d) of the regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act (the “Regulations”), North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) hereby provides notice that it is removing FTX (Derivatives) data from the underlying cryptocurrency data set used in the composition of the Nadex Indicative Index used to determined the Expiration Value of its Bitcoin and Ether Cryptocurrency Touch Bracket (“Knockout”) Variable Payout Contracts effective immediately.

CFTC Grants SpectrAxe LLC Registration As A Swap Execution Facility

Date 05/12/2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced it has issued an Order of Registration to SpectrAxe LLC (SpectrAxe) granting it registration as a swap execution facility (SEF). SpectrAxe is a Delaware limited liability company headquartered in New York, N.Y. and an affiliate of Spectra FX Solutions LLC, an introducing broker.

AT&T Settles SEC Charge Of Selectively Disclosing Material Information To Wall St. Analysts - Company Agrees To Pay A Record Penalty In Regulation FD Cases Of $6.25 Million

Date 05/12/2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that AT&T agreed to pay a $6.25 million penalty and three company executives agreed to pay $25,000 apiece stemming from charges brought in March 2021 related to the company’s selective disclosure of material nonpublic information to research analysts in violation of Regulation FD and Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The penalty that AT&T agreed to pay is the largest ever in a Regulation FD case.

Have You Seen The Quantum Cat After Digital Asset Crash? By Kelvin To, Founder And President Of Data Boiler Technologies

Date 05/12/2022

The 2022 digital asset crash wiped out more value than the $1.7 trillion during the burst of dot-com bubble in 2000. The aftermath of the historic $3+ billion cryptocurrency seizure that connected with Silk Road Dark Web Fraud, the bankruptcy of FTX, and the countless cases of Crypto and Stable-coins’ downfall are starting to be unveiled. Investigations or “accusations” to grill mania involved in the chaos is the hindsight of politicians, regulators, and many others, but not us. We play the devil’s advocate to critically think about the paradox of Digital Assets, to see whether its future may evolve like the Quantum Cat – i.e. simultaneously both alive and dead.

Number Of Investors Grows At B3 Despite A Volatile Wider Scenario - An Unprecedented Study Of Investors’ Behavior In The Election Month Of October Found Increased Trading Volume And Higher Values For All Investment Types At The Exchange

Date 05/12/2022

Despite the global uncertainty that increased market volatility, the number of individual investors in equity securities at B3 grew 35% between the third quarter of 2021 and the same period in 2022, to 4.6 million from 3.3 million. Between the second and third quarters of 2022, the number of investors grew by 200,000. These figures are contained B3’s most recent findings, which were published today.

BETTER FINANCE Concerned About The European Commission Abandoning The Necessary And Urgent Audit Reform Announced In November 2021

Date 05/12/2022

In June 2020, the Wirecard scandal unraveled, generating unprecedented retail investor detriment worth about €20 billion. BETTER FINANCE reacted, labelling it an “outrageous case of corporate governance, external auditing and supervisory failures” and calling for an urgent reform of EU Audit Rules.

Cboe Digital Continues To Demonstrate Commitment To The Highest Levels Of Financial And Operational Controls In Crypto Industry With SOC 1 Completion

Date 05/12/2022

Cboe Digital is pleased to announce it has completed an independent Service Organization Controls (SOC) audit of its clearing services platform, Cboe Clear Digital, and received a SOC 1 Type II certification, completed by a large national public accounting firm. The SOC 1 Type II examination reviewed Cboe Clear Digital's design, implementation and operating effectiveness of its financial transaction operations and reporting controls.

Nasdaq Completes Migration Of The First U.S. Options Market To AWS

Date 05/12/2022

• The Successful Migration of MRX Marks a Major Milestone in Building the Global Capital Markets Infrastructure of the Future
• The New Cloud-Enabled Market Infrastructure Delivers a 10% Performance Improvement for Market Participants