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The stock markets and the regulator that keeps them fair.
Virtual digital assets and the Securities Markets Code
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The Securities Markets Code, 2025 would merge the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act and the Depositories Act into one law.
What changed
23 Jul 2026Briefnewly addedThe Standing Committee on Finance, in its 36th Report on the Code, asked the government to frame a separate law for crypto assets outside the Code. Until such a law exists, it proposed interim self regulatory organisations. Standing Committee on Finance, 23 Jul 2026: 36th Report: The Securities Markets Code, 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Losses of individual traders in equity derivatives
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) studies how individual traders fare in futures and options, the equity derivatives segment.
What changed
20 Aug 2026Briefnewly addedSEBI found that 87.7 per cent of individual futures and options traders lost money in 2025-26, with net losses of about ₹91,685 crore. Active traders fell about 20 per cent, and about 92 per cent of the losses came from options. Mains: Nearly nine in ten individual traders losing money is the core of the case for protecting small investors in derivatives. Securities and Exchange Board of India, 20 Aug 2026: Press release on the study of individual traders in equity derivatives (opens in a new tab)