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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 139 / Wednesday, July 22, 2026 / Notices

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seeking non-contiguous intrafirm
cabinet connectivity within the
Exchange’s data center halls would be
required to obtain that fiber connectivity
from Nasdaq, and third parties would
no longer be permitted to provide such
non-contiguous intrafirm cabinet fiber
connectivity within the Exchange’s data
center halls. The Exchange believes that
any resulting impact on competition is
necessary and appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act
because the requirement is designed to
support a standardized, centrally
administered, monitored, and auditable
connectivity environment within the
Exchange’s data center campus. The
Exchange believes that administering
this connectivity directly would
improve its ability to inventory,
maintain, troubleshoot, and monitor the
relevant fiber infrastructure, thereby
promoting reliability and operational
integrity.
The Exchange recognizes that the
proposal may affect competition among
providers of intrafirm cabinet
connectivity because third parties
would no longer be permitted to provide
non-contiguous intrafirm cabinet fiber
connectivity within the Exchange’s data
center halls. The Exchange believes,
however, that any such burden is
necessary and appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act
because the limitation is directly tied to
the Exchange’s responsibility to
maintain the integrity, reliability, and
auditability of the physical connectivity
infrastructure within its data center
environment. Non-contiguous intrafirm
cabinet connectivity traverses shared
data center space and forms part of the
physical infrastructure supporting
access and connectivity within the
Exchange’s facilities.16 The Exchange
believes that permitting such
connectivity to be furnished or
maintained by multiple third parties
would impair the Exchange’s ability to
apply uniform standards for
provisioning, inventory control,
maintenance, monitoring,
troubleshooting, and auditability.
The Exchange also does not believe
that the proposed fees would impose an
16 The Exchange also believes that the proposal is
appropriately tailored because it applies only to
non-contiguous intrafirm cabinet fiber connectivity
within the Exchange’s data center halls. It does not
restrict customer-directed contiguous cabling
between adjacent cabinets licensed to the same
customer where such cabling does not traverse
shared data center space, nor does it affect services
outside the scope of the proposed rule change.
Accordingly, any burden on third-party providers is
limited to the specific connectivity arrangement for
which the Exchange has determined that direct
administration is necessary to support consistent
controls and operational integrity within its data
center environment.

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undue burden on competition among
customers because the fees would apply
on an equal basis to all similarly
situated customers and are lower than
fees charged by NYSE for a comparable
connectivity offering. The Exchange
believes that the proposed service is
substantively comparable to the NYSE
offering used for comparison purposes
and therefore believes that the
comparison supports the conclusion
that the proposed fee levels are within
a reasonable range and are not unduly
burdensome for customers that purchase
the service.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either
solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become
effective pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act.17 At any time
within 60 days of the filing of the
proposed rule change, the Commission
summarily may temporarily suspend
such rule change if it appears to the
Commission that such action is: (i)
necessary or appropriate in the public
interest; (ii) for the protection of
investors; or (iii) otherwise in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
If the Commission takes such action, the
Commission shall institute proceedings
to determine whether the proposed rule
should be approved or disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
• Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
• Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include file number SR–
Phlx–2026–45 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
• Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to file
number SR–Phlx–2026–45. This file

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number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (https://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the filing will
be available for inspection and copying
at the principal office of the Exchange.
Do not include personal identifiable
information in submissions; you should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. We may
redact in part or withhold entirely from
publication submitted material that is
obscene or subject to copyright
protection. All submissions should refer
to file number SR–Phlx–2026–45 and
should be submitted on or before
August 12, 2026.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.18
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension: Rule
17a–10
Upon Written Request, Copies Available
From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA
Services, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549–2736
Notice is hereby given that pursuant
to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(‘‘PRA’’) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments
on the existing collection of information
provided for in Rule 17a–10 (17 CFR
240.17a–10), under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) (‘‘Exchange Act’’). The
Commission plans to submit this
existing collection of information to the
Office of Management and Budget
(‘‘OMB’’) for extension and approval.
The primary purpose of Rule 17a–10
is to obtain the economic and statistical
data necessary for an ongoing analysis
of the securities industry. Paragraph
(a)(1) of Rule 17a–10 generally requires
broker-dealers that are exempted from
the requirement to file monthly and
quarterly reports pursuant to paragraph
18 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 139 / Wednesday, July 22, 2026 / Notices
(a) of Exchange Act Rule 17a–5 (17 CFR
240.17a–5) to file with the Commission
the Facing Page, a Statement of Income
(Loss), and balance sheet from Part IIA
of Form X–17A–5 1 (17 CFR 249.617),
and Schedule I of Form X–17A–5 not
later than 17 business days after the end
of each calendar year.
Paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 17a–10
requires a broker-dealer subject to Rule
17a–5(a) to submit Schedule I of Form
X–17A–5 with its Form X–17A–5 for the
calendar quarter ending December 31 of
each year.
Paragraph (b) of Rule 17a–10 provides
that the provisions of paragraph (a) do
not apply to members of national
securities exchanges or registered
national securities associations that
maintain records containing the
information required by Form X–17A–5
and which transmit to the Commission
copies of the records pursuant to a plan,
the policies and procedures of which
have been declared effective by the
Commission.
The Commission staff estimates that
the current hour burden under Rule
17a–10 is approximately 38,688 hours
per year and the current cost burden is
$0.
Written comments are invited on: (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
estimates of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Please direct your written comments
on this 60-Day Collection Notice to
Austin Gerig, Director/Chief Data
Officer, Securities and Exchange
Commission, c/o Tanya Ruttenberg via
email to PaperworkReductionAct@
sec.gov by September 21, 2026.
1 Form X–17A–5 is the Financial and Operational
Combined Uniform Single Report (‘‘FOCUS
Report’’), which is used by broker-dealers to
provide certain required information to the
Commission.

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Dated: July 17, 2026.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Cboe
Exchange, Inc.; Notice of Filing of
Amendment No. 1 and Order Granting
Accelerated Approval of a Proposed
Rule Change, as Modified and
Superseded by Amendment No. 1, To
Amend Its Rules Related to Binary
Options
July 17, 2026.

I. Introduction
On April 2, 2026, Cboe Exchange, Inc.
(‘‘Exchange’’ or ‘‘Cboe’’) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Section
19(b)(1) 1 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 2 and Rule 19b–4
thereunder,3 a proposed rule change
that would permit the Exchange to list
binary options on any index upon
which it may list traditional, non-binary
options; permit A.M.- and P.M.settlement for all binary index options
traded on the Exchange; and amend the
position limits applicable to binary
index options traded on the Exchange
such that, among other things, the limits
would apply on a per-expiration basis.
The proposed rule change was
published for comment in the Federal
Register on April 20, 2026.4 On June 2,
2026, pursuant to Section
19(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the Act,5 the
Commission designated a longer period
within which to approve the proposed
rule change, disapprove the proposed
rule change, or institute proceedings to
determine whether to disapprove the
proposed rule change.6 On July 13,
2026, the Exchange submitted
Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule
change, which amended and superseded
the proposed rule change in its

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entirety.7 The Commission received
comment on the proposal.8 The
Commission is publishing this Notice
and Order to solicit comment on
Amendment No. 1 in Sections II and III
below, which sections are being
published verbatim as filed by the
Exchange, and to approve the proposed
rule change, as modified and
superseded by Amendment No. 1, on an
accelerated basis.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of Substance of
the Proposed Rule Change
Cboe Exchange, Inc. (the ‘‘Exchange’’
or ‘‘Cboe Options’’) proposes to amend
its Rules related to binary options. The
Exchange initially submitted this rule
filing SR–CBOE–2026–032 on April 2,
2026 (the ‘‘Initial Rule Filing’’). This
Amendment No. 1 supersedes the Initial
Rule Filing and replaces it in its
entirety. This Amendment No. 1
narrows the scope of the proposed rule
change from permitting binary options
to be listed on any non-broad-based
index to the Cboe Magnificent 10 Index
and to provide additional support for
the proposal. The text of the proposed
rule change is provided in Exhibit 5.
The text of the proposed rule change
is also available on the Commission’s
website (https://www.sec.gov/rules/
sro.shtml), the Exchange’s website
(https://www.cboe.com/us/options/
regulation/rule_filings/cone/), and at the
principal office of the Exchange.
III. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
2 15 U.S.C. 78a.
3 17 CFR 240.19b–4.
4 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 105247
(Apr. 15, 2026), 91 FR 21045 (‘‘Notice’’).
5 See 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I).
6 See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
105599, 91 FR 34260 (June 5, 2026). The
Commission designated July 19, 2026, as the date
by which the Commission shall approve or
disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine
whether to disapprove, the proposed rule change.

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7 Amendment No. 1 to the proposed rule change
is available at: https://www.sec.gov/comments/SRCBOE-2026-032/srcboe2026032-9584792960146.pdf.
8 Comment on the proposal is available at: https://
www.sec.gov/comments/SR-CBOE-2026-032/
srcboe2026032-957159-2956266.pdf.

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