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SEC Halts Fraudulent Scheme Involving Unregistered ICO

Date 03/04/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two co-founders of a purported financial services start-up with orchestrating a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that raised more than $32 million from thousands of investors last year.  Criminal authorities separately charged and arrested both defendants. 

Request Network Officially Launches Their Financial Applications Technology On The Ethereum Blockchain - The Anticipated Y-Combinator Backed Project Is Enabling Businesses And Consumers To Formally Request, Send And Receive Payments In Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin And Ether, And Allow For Developers To Build Decentralized Financial Applications

Date 02/04/2018

Request Network, a Y-Combinator backed project, has officially launched a financial applications technology that allows anyone to easily request and send cryptocurrency payments for goods, services, or simply conduct money transfers between friends, family and businesses.

Statement On Behalf Of Michael A. Liberty, Founder Of Fintech Startup Mozido Inc

Date 02/04/2018

Lawyers acting on behalf of Michael Liberty, founder of the fintech startup now known as Mozido Inc., have issued the following ststement:

 “On behalf of Michael A. Liberty, we are dismayed that the SEC has chosen to file this groundless complaint.

 We are reviewing the 66-page complaint. Mr. Liberty will vigorously defend himself through the court system, including filing an Answer to the complaint.  It will deny most of the substantive allegations based on both factual and legal deficiencies in the SEC’s pleading.

We anticipate the day when Mr. Liberty’s name is cleared. The SEC has unfairly targeted him with regard to this investigation for over six years. It has contacted investors, customers, financial institutions and others, resulting in the loss by Mr. Liberty and Mozido, a corporation of which he is a substantial shareholder, of a number of business opportunities.”

OneChicago Announces Trading Volume For March 2018

Date 02/04/2018

OneChicago, LLC (ONE), a securities finance exchange, today announced its March 2018 volume of 696,700, a decrease of 53% year-over-year. OneChicago is a CFTC and SEC regulated exchange offering Single Stock Futures (SSF), a Delta One product, on approximately 1,800 equities, including ADRs and ETFs.

OCC Cleared Contract Volume Up 15 Percent In March

Date 02/04/2018

• Highest first quarter volume and highest first quarter for equity options on record
• Cleared futures average daily volume for quarter up six percent from Q1 2017
• Index options volume up 10 percent in March and 45 percent year-to-date
• Securities lending activity up 13 percent in March and 26 percent year-to-date

NEO Dark Book

Date 02/04/2018

Five years ago, Aequitas brought its vision for the Canadian capital markets forward. Founded by a diverse ownership group of investors, dealers and companies, all focused on the founding vision of making markets better.

Nasdaq To Hold First Quarter 2018 Investor Conference Call

Date 02/04/2018

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has scheduled its First Quarter 2018 financial results announcement.   

Cboe Global Markets To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) Throughout April

Date 02/04/2018

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world’s largest exchange holding companies, today kicked off a month-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Cboe Volatility Index® (VIX® Index), which Cboe began publishing in April 1993.

MGEX Announces March Numbers

Date 02/04/2018

MGEX, a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Derivatives Clearing Organization (DCO), notes the total March volume coming in at 153,104 contracts, the fourth-best March in MGEX’s history.  

SEC Charges Fintech Company Founder With Scheme To Defraud Investors And Misappropriate Funds

Date 02/04/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Michael Liberty, the founder of the fintech startup now known as Mozido Inc., with a scheme to trick hundreds of investors into investing in his shell companies instead of Mozido.  Liberty and his accomplices then allegedly stole most of the more than $48 million raised to fund a lavish lifestyle that included private jet flights, multi-million dollar residences, expensive cars, and movie production ventures.