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CFTC: Federal Court Sanctions Former New Jersey Energy Broker For Role In Disclosures Of Material Nonpublic Information

Date 23/02/2021

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a consent order on February 19, 2021, resolving CFTC charges that Ron Eibschutz, a former energy broker and New Jersey resident, sought and obtained disclosures of material nonpublic information from two former employees of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations.
Bitfinex And Tether Reach Settlement With New York Attorney General's Office

Date 23/02/2021

Bitfinex and Tether are pleased to have reached a settlement of legal proceedings with the New York Attorney General’s Office. Under the terms of the settlement, we admit no wrongdoing. The settlement amount we have agreed to pay to the Attorney General’s Office should be viewed as a measure of our desire to put this matter behind us and focus on our business.
Opening Statement Of CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump Before The Market Risk Advisory Committee

Date 23/02/2021

Thank you, Acting Chairman Behnam and Alicia, for holding, what I anticipate, will be a very informative meeting with robust debate around a number of important issues facing not only the markets regulated by the CFTC, but so many topics of interest to the public more generally.
SIFMA Comment On Need For Extension Of SLR Exclusion

Date 23/02/2021

SIFMA today submitted a comment letter to the Federal Reserve System regarding the need to extend the interim final rule (IFR) for bank holding companies that provides a temporary exclusion of U.S. Treasury securities and deposits at the Federal Reserve Banks from the Supplementary Leverage Ratio (SLR).
New York Attorney General James Ends Virtual Currency Trading Platform Bitfinex’s Illegal Activities In New York - Bitfinex And Tether Must Submit To Mandatory Reporting On Efforts To Stop New York Trading - Bitfinex And Tether Deceived Clients And Market By Overstating Reserves, Hiding Approximately $850 Million In Losses Around The Globe

Date 23/02/2021

New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her efforts to protect investors from fraudulent and deceptive virtual or “crypto” currency trading platforms by requiring Bitfinex and Tether to end all trading activity with New Yorkers. Millions around the country and the world today use virtual currencies as decentralized digital currencies — unlike real, regulated government currencies, including the U.S. dollar — to buy goods and services, often times anonymously, through secure online transactions. Stablecoins, specifically, are virtual currencies that are always supposed to have the same real-dollar value. In the case of Tether, the company represented that each of its stablecoins were backed one-to-one by U.S. dollars in reserve. However, an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that iFinex — the operator of Bitfinex — and Tether made false statements about the backing of the “tether” stablecoin, and about the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars between the two companies to cover up the truth about massive losses by Bitfinex. An agreement with iFinex, Tether, and their related entities will require them to cease any further trading activity with New Yorkers, as well as force the companies to pay $18.5 million in penalties, in addition to requiring a number of steps to increase transparency.

SIFMA Paper Outlines Negative Impact Of Stock Transfer Tax On New York Economy

Date 23/02/2021

SIFMA today issued a whitepaper titled “Economic Contribution of the New York Financial Services Sector and Review of the Stock Transfer Tax.” The analysis outlines the significance of the financial services sector to the city and state of New York and suggests that the stock transfer tax (STT) could have a negative impact on both the city and the state economy.
British Columbia Securities Commission Finding More Compliance Deficiencies At Investment Firms

Date 23/02/2021

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) is identifying more compliance deficiencies among investment adviser and dealer firms, with client statements and promotional statements becoming the most problematic areas, according to the latest Compliance Report Card from the BCSC.
BOX System Maintenance

Date 23/02/2021

BOX Options Market (“BOX”) will perform maintenance on its system on Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 9:00 am EST to 12:00 pm EST.
Cboe Global Markets To Present At The Raymond James Institutional Investor Virtual Conference On Tuesday, March 2

Date 23/02/2021

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a market operator and global trading solutions provider, announced today that Ed Tilly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Brian Schell, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will present at the Raymond James Institutional Investor Virtual Conference on Tuesday, March 2 at 8:20 a.m. ET.
ESMA Chair, Steven Maijoor Delivers Statement On GameStop At The ECON Committee

Date 23/02/2021

ESMA Chair, Steven Maijoor, addressed today the Members of the European Parliament within the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON). He was invited together with the European Commission's Director for Financial Markets, Ugo Bassi, for an exchange of views on GameStop share trading and related phenomena.