CFTC Charges Illinois Traders Richard D. Carter and Mark R. Slobodnik and...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, charging Defendants Richard D....
View ArticleUS Finance Regulators Form Crypto Working Group, Says Mnuchin
Steven Mnuchin said on Friday that the Financial Stability Oversight Council has formed a working group focused on cryptocurrencies.
View ArticleChina's Internet Finance Association Warns on 'Initial Miner Offerings'
The National Internet Association of China warned against "initial miner offerings," referring to them as "disguised ICOs" on Friday.
View ArticleFormer Customers Sue Crypto Exchange Vircurex Over Frozen Funds
Former Vircurex customers are suing the exchange, four years after it first froze their funds and allegedly failed to repay them.
View ArticleTennessee Might Also Recognize Blockchain Data Through Proposed Law
A lawmaker in Tennessee has filed a new bill that recognizes a blockchain signature as a kind of legal electronic record.
View ArticleKorea's Crypto Crackdown Talk Draws Backlash From Users and Politicians
South Korea's citizens reacted angrily to a proposed ban on cryptocurrency exchanges, with politicians and residents alike condemning the move.
View ArticleEBA Publishes Final Guidelines On Disclosure Requirements Of IFRS 9...
Following the application of IFRS 9 as of 1 January 2018, institutions will be allowed to phase-in the impact on capital and leverage ratios of the impairment requirements resulting from the...
View ArticleRemarks To The Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee, SEC...
Good morning. I want to welcome everyone to the inaugural meeting of our new Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee.read more...
View ArticleNasdaq, Inc. Provides Financial Calendar
In accordance with Nasdaq Copenhagen’s “Rules for issuers of bonds,” Nasdaq, Inc. (“Nasdaq”) is providing the following financial calendar for 2018. Nasdaq expects to publish financial statement...
View ArticleNadex Self-Certification To Adjust Parameters For Acceptable Bid/Ask Spread...
On January 12 2018, North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (“Nadex”, the “Exchange”) submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant to Section 5c(c)(1) of the...
View ArticleFederal Reserve Board Anounces It Has Finalized A Rule Adjusting The Board's...
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced that it has finalized a rule adjusting the Board's maximum civil money penalties, as required by law.read more...
View ArticleCFTC Commitments Of Traders Reports Update
The current reports for the week of January 9, 2018 are now available.
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January 2018 Data Update 3: Taxing Questions on Value
If you have read my prior posts on taxes, you already know my views on the US tax code, especially as it relates to corporate taxes. Without mincing words, the US corporate tax code, as it existed in...
View ArticleCFTC Charges Illinois Traders Richard D. Carter And Mark R. Slobodnik And...
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action on January 12, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, charging...
View ArticleWhat the Data Tells Us About Bitcoin in 2017
Statistics show bitcoin is at the forefront of an increasingly complex ecosystem that continues to grow in a variety of ways. And it refuses to die.
View Article3 Web Giants That Could Be Decentralized on a Blockchain
Blockchain-based startups, many of which are using their own crypto tokens, are taking aim at the centralized monopolies on the web today.
View ArticleCanadian Securities Regulators Issue Statement Following Rescission Of The...
On October 16, 2017, the CSA published Staff Notice 51-352 Issuers with U.S. Marijuana-Related Activities. The notice outlined a disclosure-based approach to highlight risks facing issuers with U.S....
View ArticleTehran Stock Exchange Weekly Market Review From 6 January 2017 To 10 January...
Click here to download Tehran Stock Exchange's weekly market review.
View ArticlePreventives Versus Treatments Redux: Tighter Bounds on Distortions in...
Kremer and Snyder (2015) show that demand curves for a preventive and treatment may have different shapes though they target the same disease, biasing the pharmaceutical manufacturer toward developing...
View ArticleA Neoclassical Theory of Liquidity Traps -- by Sebastian Di Tella
This paper provides an equilibrium theory of liquidity traps and the real effects of money. Money provides a safe store of value that prevents interest rates from falling enough during downturns, and...
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