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CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 08/08/2022

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.

Euronext Announces Volumes For July 2022

Date 08/08/2022

Euronext, the leading pan-European market infrastructure, today announced trading volumes for July 2022.

CFTC Commissioner Pham To Keynote At Korea Blockchain Week 2022

Date 08/08/2022

CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Seeks Nominations For Agricultural Advisory Committee Membership And Public Comment On Topics For Discussion

Date 08/08/2022

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam, sponsor of the CFTC’s Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC), is seeking nominations for AAC membership and the submission of public input on the AAC’s upcoming priorities through a formal request published in today’s Federal Register. The deadline for submissions is September 7, 2022.

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Notorious Virtual Currency Mixer Tornado Cash

Date 08/08/2022

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, which has been used to launder more than $7 billion worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019. This includes over $455 million stolen by the Lazarus Group, a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) state-sponsored hacking group that was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2019, in the largest known virtual currency heist to date. Tornado Cash was subsequently used to launder more than $96 million of malicious cyber actors’ funds derived from the June 24, 2022 Harmony Bridge Heist, and at least $7.8 million from the August 2, 2022 Nomad Heist. Today’s action is being taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, as amended, and follows OFAC’s May 6, 2022 designation of virtual currency mixer Blender.io (Blender).  

BaFin: EJ Investment, Website Operator of ej-investment: Suspected Violation Of The Prospectus Requirement

Date 08/08/2022

BaFin has sufficient grounds to suspect that the website operator of ej-investment.com, EJ Investment, which states that its registered office is in Untere Hauptstraße 7, 85354 Freising, and Vulkanstraße 108, 8048 Zürich, Switzerland, is offering shares of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft to public in Germany without the required prospectus.

U.S. Office Of Financial Research Publishes Blog Looking At CBDC And The Stability Of The Banking System

Date 08/08/2022

Today, the U.S. Office of Financial Research published a blog post elaborating on a recent OFR working paper on central bank digital currency.

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange Reports The Results Of The Financial Statements For The Second Quarter And The First Half Of 2022 - TASE Concludes The Second Quarter With A 36% Increase in EBITDA Compared To The Corresponding Quarter Last Year - Quarterly Revenues Increased By 8% With Growth Across All TASE Activity

Date 08/08/2022

• Revenues in the second quarter of 2022 totaled NIS 91 million, an 8% increase compared to the revenues in the corresponding quarter last year.
• Expenses reduced by 3% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the expenses in the corresponding quarter last year.
• The profit in the second quarter of 2022 totaled NIS 14 million, compared to NIS 12 million in the corresponding quarter last year, an increase of 18% between the quarters.
• The adjusted EBITDA grew by 36% in the second quarter of the year, totaling NIS 36 million, compared to NIS 26 million in the corresponding quarter last year.
• The average daily trading volume of shares in the first half of 2022 totaled NIS 2.5 billion, an increase of 33% compared to the trading volume in 2021.
•  In the first half, a total of NIS 14.4 billion was raised on TASE in shares - representing 54% of the total amount raised in the full year 2021, which was a record year.
• TASE announces today the joining of Jump Trading - one of Europe's top-tier international trading entities, which operates as a provider of liquidity and trades on multiple exchanges around the world - as a remote member on TASE.

ICE To Host Auctions Of Nature Based Carbon Removal Credits For GreenTrees

Date 08/08/2022

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, today announced that it plans to begin carbon credit auctions for GreenTrees, a global leader in reforestation.

ESMA Provides Comments On First Draft Of European Sustainability Reporting Standards

Date 08/08/2022

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, has responded to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group’s (EFRAG) public consultation on the first set of draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).