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SEC Investor Advisory Committee To Host March 12 Meeting

Date 05/03/2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a public meeting at the SEC Headquarters in Washington D.C. on March 12 at 10 a.m. ET to discuss public company disclosure reform, fund proxy voting, and a potential recommendation regarding the tokenization of equity securities.

ISDA derivatiViews: Refreshing The FX Definitions

Date 05/03/2026

A lot has changed in the FX derivatives market since 1998, when the last set of standard definitions for FX transactions were published. Trading volumes have grown substantially, and average daily turnover has risen by six times. Market practices have evolved and regulations have been updated. Market events have occurred that may not have been anticipated by those who drafted the 1998 definitions. And technological development has happened at an astonishing pace. Given the size and importance of the FX derivatives market, we can’t just stick with the status quo. We need a modern set of definitions that reflect the changes that have occurred, can keep pace with future developments, and support the safe and efficient trading of FX derivatives in the 21st century. The new 2026 FX Definitions meet those objectives.

Euronext Diversifies Its Financial Derivatives Franchise With The Launch Of Mini Options On ETFs

Date 05/03/2026

• Euronext launches four mini ETF options

• Mini options on iShares’ AEX, Core MSCI World and NASDAQ 100 ETFs

• Mini option on Vanguard’s S&P500 ETF

SEC Announces Roundtable On Options Market Structure Reform

Date 05/03/2026

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it will host a roundtable on April 16, 2026, to discuss listed options market structure, including facilitating competition in a quote driven market, evaluating the customer experience, and identifying opportunities and challenges for continued growth.

BitGo Selected To Provide Stablecoin Infrastructure And Support Distribution For SoFiUSD

Date 05/03/2026

BitGo Bank & Trust, N.A. (“BitGo Bank & Trust”), an OCC-regulated digital asset trust bank and subsidiary of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (“BitGo”) (NYSE: BTGO), today announces that they have been selected to provide stablecoin infrastructure services and support distribution for SoFiUSD, a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, N.A. SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by the U.S. nationally chartered and insured deposit bank on a public, permissionless blockchain.

PIABA To Testify Before House Committee On Financial Services About FINRA And The MSRB - “Improvements Are Urgently Needed”: Investor Attorneys Increasingly Concerned That FINRA’s Actions Contradict Its Mission Of Investor Protection

Date 05/03/2026

Ahead of the hearing before the House Financial Services Committee/Capital Markets Subcommittee titled “The Role of Self-Regulatory Organizations in U.S. Markets: Examining FINRA and the MSRB,” the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA) released the following statement regarding self-regulatory organizations (SRO).

Exegy And Strands Partner To Launch Comprehensive Institutional-Grade Prediction Market And Digital Asset Data Feed - Strategic Partnership Adds Real-Time Prediction Market, Digital Asset, And Smart Contract Data From Centralized And DeFi Venues To The Global Coverage Of Axiom’s Consolidated Service

Date 05/03/2026

Exegy, the capital markets platform that links elite trading firms to the global venues where they transact, and Strands, the premier multi-asset execution and tokenization infrastructure provider, today announced the inclusion of real-time data from the Strands digital asset platform into the Exegy Axiom consolidated feed service. The partnership enables a new generation of multi-asset trading strategies that bridge traditional assets traded on regulated markets with digital assets and prediction markets traded in the emerging ecosystem of centralized and distributed venues.

The EBA Sets Out Harmonised Reporting Standards To Enhance Oversight Of Third Country Branches

Date 05/03/2026

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final Report on the draft Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on the supervisory reporting of third country branches under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD VI). Overall, the reporting package aims to provide supervisors with high quality information while ensuring proportionality, clarity and operational feasibility for reporting entities. 

ICE Makes Investment In OKX, Establishing Strategic Relationship

Date 05/03/2026

• ICE to license OKX spot crypto prices and launch U.S. regulated futures
• OKX to provide access to ICE's U.S. futures and NYSE tokenized equities markets to their customer base of 120M accounts
• Joint venture to bring OKX and ICE-operated markets to U.S.-based customers
• Relationship is another step in ICE's strategy to operate on-chain infrastructure for trading, settlement, custody, and capital formation

Adaptive Announces Strategic Investment From HSBC And Citi To Fuel Capital Markets Technology Innovation

Date 05/03/2026

• Investment capitalizes on significant technological shifts in capital markets driven by cloud, open-source and AI  
• Funding to scale Adaptive’s development of next-gen cloud-enabled front office solutions, centered around its Aeron® technology