CFTC Orders Event-Based Binary Options Markets Operator to Pay $1.4 Million Penalty

CFTC

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today entered an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Delaware-registered Blockratize, Inc. d/b/a Polymarket, based in New York City, for offering off-exchange event-based binary options contracts and failure to obtain designation as a designated contract market (DCM) or registration as a swap execution facility (SEF). read more »

India is the latest country to investigate Apple over its App Store methods

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India is the latest country to take a closer look at Apple and the way it runs its App Store, according to a new report. The country's antitrust investigation wants to know whether Apple's 30% cut is impacting software makers and stifling competition. read more »

Jurors in the Elizabeth Holmes trial are deadlocked on some charges

NEW YORK TIMES

Jurors in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, said they were unable to agree on three of the 11 counts in her fraud case as deliberations stretched into their seventh day on Monday. read more »