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While the ban is focused on a single player, many believe it may have wider effects on liquidity, trading volumes, investor confidence, and even foreign investor behaviour.

Jane Street categorically denied any wrongdoing. "We reject the premise and the substance of the Order in the strongest possible terms," the firm told employees in an email