HMA In the News

HMA applauds the Securities and Exchange Commission for proposing several new rules designed to better protect investors, and promote more fair, orderly, and efficient markets.  

December 14, 2022

Washington, D.C. – The Healthy Markets Association (HMA) applauds the Securities and Exchange Commission for proposing several new rules designed to better protect investors, and promote more fair, orderly, and efficient markets.   HMA has long advocated for reforms to order execution disclosures, improved transparency and access to better-priced orders, order-by-order competition, and enhancements to best […]

Is SEC Regulation Best Execution a Good Idea? Experts Weigh In

December 8, 2022

Think Advisor – In a story about the SEC’s upcoming rule proposal on Regulation Best Execution, Healthy Markets President and CEO Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying “By moving a self-regulatory organization rule over to the SEC, you’re going to dramatically improve the chances of robust enforcement — but you also need to update the rule. […]

Senate committee to kick off public probe of FTX collapse

December 1, 2022

The Hill – In a story about an upcoming Senate public probe of the FTX collapse, Healthy Markets President & CEO Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying “The fates of crypto investors are now determined by the fine prints of contracts they probably never read, and they took on a lot more risks than they thought […]

FTX’s Collapse Upends Sam Bankman-Fried’s Washington Play

November 27, 2022

WSJ – In a story about how FTX attempted to steer oversight of crypto into the hands of the CFTC who is perceived to be a friendlier regulator than the SEC, Healthy Markets President & CEO Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying “The finances and futures of both the CFTC and FTX were tied together. It […]

FTX Flipped One Trading Firm’s Risk Obsession. Disaster Followed

November 23, 2022

FA Magazine – In yet another story about Crypto Exchange FTX failure, Healthy Markets President & CEO Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying “When billions of dollars are changing hands, this isn’t a child’s game of Monopoly. You have to have record keeping that looks better than a high school kid’s lemonade stand.” (Full Story).

SEC poses next obstacle in quest to take Trump’s Truth Social public

November 22, 2022

Politico – In a story about the Trump Truth Social SPAC, Healthy Markets President & CEO is quoted saying “The SEC has been extremely skeptical of many SPACs’ claims, both at the time of the initial offering and at the time of the merge. What we’re seeing now is a race for many SPACs to […]

FTX’s regulatory chief had 4 job titles in 2 years. What was he really doing?

November 22, 2022

NBC News – In a story about FTX’s regulatory chief, Healthy Markets President & CEO Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying ““The sad reality is, the economics of their business lined up with the traditional financial world, but they weren’t operating within any of those traditional financial rules. Those rules do help to protect investors from […]

How FTX’s Sister Firm Brought the Crypto Exchange Down

November 18, 2022

NY Times – In a feature story about FTX Healthy Markets President & CEO Tyler Gellasch was featured and said: “The lack of transparency and regulation of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s businesses should have been a bright red flag early on. This catastrophe with FTX was enabled by two things: It was crypto, and it wasn’t public […]

Crypto’s free-wheeling firms lured millions. FTX revealed the dangers.

November 16, 2022

The Washington Post – In a story about the implosion of Crypto exchange FTX, Healthy Markets President & CEO Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying “Some companies have been allowed to become very large despite their obvious disregard for the rules imposed on traditional financial institutions. The banking and securities rules were set up to ensure […]

Watch SEC Chair Gary Gensler address FTX and Crypto from the Healthy Markets Conference 11.9.22

November 15, 2022

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