• MEMX wins yet another big-bank backer as it gets closer to launching
• SIX Swiss Exchange joins the ranks of big European players by closing its acquisition of Spain’s BME
• Will the EU’s in-depth antitrust review of London Stock Exchange Group’s proposed Refinitiv acquisition put LSEG’s Borsa Italiana up for grabs?
• The Small Exchange prepares its challenge to futures giant CME
• Despite federal-court rebukes of two centerpiece equity-market-structure reforms, the SEC signals it will press ahead with big-exchange reforms; will limited time and presidential politics get in the way?
• The SEC again delays a decision on IEX’s controversial D-Limit order type proposal
• NYSE tries again to win approval for capital-raising direct listings
• Financial technology copes with the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the new federal ban on H1B visas
• Slumping cryptocurrency prices may be dimming institutional investors’ enthusiasm for digital assets, even as some exchanges soldier on with blockchain post-trade projects