FINRA President and CEO Robert Cook and Vice President of Member Relations and Education Kayte Toczylowski are joined by senior staff to discuss the intersection of cybersecurity, fraud and financial crimes. Staff will also highlight resources, tools and tips for mitigating risk in this area.Speakers:Robert Cook, FINRA President and Chief Executive OfficerBrita Bayatmakou, Vice President, Cyber
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FINRA Announces SEC Approval and Effective Date for New Consolidated FINRA Rules Relating to Warrants, Options and Security Futures
Bitcoin is a popular cryptocurrency, which is a form of electronic cash, in which a ledger of all transactions is stored as a blockchain. In this article we will show how to compile your own local copy of the Bitcoin client, run it, and add custom commands in order to inspect various attributes of the underlying blockchain.
SEC Approves Amendments Expanding TRACE to Include Agency Debt Securities and Primary Market Transactions
*In response to requests for an extension, the comment period has been extended to February 21, 2023.
Summary
FINRA has begun developing a machine-readable rulebook to assist users to more readily analyze and search FINRA’s rules. As part of this initiative, FINRA is creating an embedded taxonomy (which is a method of classifying and categorizing a hierarchy of key terms and concepts) within