CFTC carves casino wagers out of the swap definition
Licensed casino wagers fall outside the CFTC swap definition from 19 October 2026. Comments close 18 November 2026. Event contracts remain a separate proposal.
Licensed casino wagers fall outside the CFTC swap definition from 19 October 2026. Comments close 18 November 2026. Event contracts remain a separate proposal.
FTSE MIB reaches 49,857.18 by 29 October 2026, the 16 October Borsa Italiana close. Spot is 49,086.27. A daily close below 48,835.91 ends this repair call.
FTSE MIB
49,857.18by 29 October 2026
Feeder cattle
343.925by November 20, 2026
EUR/RON
5.3400by November 12, 2026
USD/DKK
6.6646by October 29, 2026
Levels as stated when filed. Not live prices. Analysis, not investment advice.
CP26/34 maps the FCA's April 3, 2028 transaction-reporting switch, from correction rules and the User Pack deadline to the gap with EU MiFIR and the US CAT.
The Fed extended Docket R-1896 comments on Regulation O to November 4, 2026. Proposed insider-credit thresholds would rise fourfold, then track nominal GDP.
ESMA's October 9, 2026 call tests tokenised CCP collateral under EMIR liquidity, haircut and default rules. No new asset class. Comments close January 15, 2027.
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Reviews by Abdelaziz Fathi
IQ Capital suits a futures trader who reads the help-centre article for the plan they will hold. It does not suit anyone who treats the homepage as the contract. The biggest caveat is that the pages do not agree. The homepage says up to 90 per cent of profits are 100 per cent yours. Core help says 90/10 from the first dollar. Rapid futures help says 80/20 from the first dollar. The Terms of Use, dated 1 July 2025, do not name a legal entity.
Jack Henry plans tokenised deposits for banks and credit unions on Google Cloud's ledger.
The BNB Foundation burned 1,646,196.44 BNB, about $1.197 billion, in its 37th quarterly burn. Remaining total supply was 131,512,085 BNB as of 19 October 2026.
VT Markets has won Best Gold Trading Platform at the FinanceFeeds Awards 2026, capping a January in which it reported $1.5 trillion in gold turnover.
Axcera has won three FinanceFeeds Awards 2026 across prop trading technology, infrastructure and multi-asset solutions.
The constraint on most brokerages is not strategy but infrastructure that cannot pass data between functions.

Abdelaziz Fathi covers the intersection of forex/CFD brokerage, regulation, liquidity, fintech, and digital assets.

Karthik Subramanian is a founder, writer, and technology consultant with nine years in the crypto ecosystem.

Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses.
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