Yeah, but trading volume is not liquid cash. It's not the exchange's money. They make money on fees / commissions, but they can't just dip into the customer funds and use them to pay the government.
>but they can't just dip into the customer funds and use them to pay the government.
But if they have $1B-2B worth of trade volume daily and they charge a 0.1% fee per trade, wouldn't that mean they're generating $1M daily in revenue? From that, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume they have profits accumulated to pay the fine?
